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France will deploy some 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests this weekend after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago, the government said on Friday. President Emmanuel Macron, who, according to aides, is postponing a visit later this month to Nigeria and Senegal amid the crisis, held a meeting of his defence council of top ministers and officials and was to meet security forces. He was also set to host for the first...

Paris Saint-Germain's game has been postponed following a request by police amid a wave of violent protests in France.

The brutal lynching of an aurally challenged, unidentified man near the Moolathara dam in Keralam’s Palakkad has once again shaken the conscience of society. Abdul Latheef Naha speaks to investigators, psychiatrists and forensic experts to understand how did a homeless man become the target of a group that took it upon itself to punish him and such incidents are recurring.

When the French fight high fuel taxes, they don yellow vests and march. When angry farmers want better pay, hundreds of them drive tractors down the Champs-Elysees. And when museum workers want better tourist management, they strike and shut down the Louvre. Passionate public protest is as French as “La Marseillaise”, the 1792 anthem that enshrines the collective duty to fight tyranny in the country’s national identity. But this month, the most violent demonstrations in years – and tough...

A 17-year-old was sentenced on 20 October to six years for five killings in Montevideo's El Monarca district, as third-quarter homicides rose 20.7%. The post Uruguay Teen Gets 6 Years for 5 Killings appeared first on The Rio Times.

France's second city saw some of the worst violence as chaos gripped the country on Saturday.

Two days have passed since the scenes of chaos and looting on Saturday, but walking down Rue Beaurepaire in Paris on Monday, one can still smell burning in the air, likely coming from the heaps of burned rubbish and charred bicycles left among the smashed shopfronts. Among the most damaged was La Barrique, a local bar-tabac – classic French corner cafe and bar – burned down by rioters. Its owner, Aline Li, a middle-aged Chinese immigrant from Zhejiang province, was overseeing workers boarding up...

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Video published by several news outlets shows gunmen firing multiple shots at a car while it is moving past a crowd.

Fresh clashes broke out in Paris on Sunday, a day after France experienced one of its worst bouts of unrest in years. Protests over high prices left one demonstrator dead, thousands arrested, and shops across the country looted or damaged. France 24's Antonia Kerrigan tells us more.

Streets littered with broken glass, burnt bicycles and debris greeted residents in France on Sunday 18 October, following demonstrations that left extensive damage across Paris, Lyon and Marseille.

Some 1,800 people arrested and hundreds injured during nationwide demonstrations attended by hundreds of thousands.

France woke up Sunday to devastated streets after clashes between police and protesters, mass looting and fires erupted nationwide as marches against rising costs of living degenerated into "extreme" violence.

Guatemalan police say they arrested two men in connection with the killing of Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa.

A idosa Tânia Andrade Lima, de 81 anos, foi assaltada na esquina das ruas João de Barros com Venâncio Flores, no Leblon, zona sul do Rio. Na ação, o assaltante deu um tiro na mão da vítima, levou seus pertences e fugiu com um comparsa em uma motocicleta. Equipes da Operação Leblon Presente, do bairro, chegaram em seguida e socorreram a vítima, que foi levada para o Hospital Municipal Miguel Couto, onde está internada. Notícias relacionadas:Três suspeitos são mortos pela polícia militar em assalto a casa em SP.Polícia Federal e MPSP fazem operação contra tráfico de drogas.À noite, o Museu Nacional da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) emitiu nota oficial sobre o caso, que envolveu uma professora aposentada da instituição. "O Museu Nacional/UFRJ manifesta sua solidariedade à professora aposentada Tania Andrade Lima, vítima de um gravíssimo episódio de violência ocorrido nessa quinta-feira, (15) no Leblon. “Destacamos, nesse momento de extrema preocupação, a dedicação da professora ao longo de décadas de serviços prestados à instituição", diz a nota. A UFRJ lamentou que o episódio tenha ocorrido justamente no Dia do Professor, dedicado à valorização desses profissionais tão especiais e imprescindíveis na sociedade. "Ocorrências como essa nos levam a refletir sobre o agravamento crescente do cenário de violência em nossa cidade”, afirma.

The police use a mild lathi-charge to disperse activists of both parties

The PM was speaking after violent attacks at Polish schools this week left one dead and others injured.

Police in Durban were battling a fresh wave of anti-migrant unrest. Shops were looted, homes were torched and foreign nationals were targeted as crowds took to the streets for a second day. The violence has revived fears of rising xenophobic tensions over immigration.

The attack comes after police announced the detention of 76 people across Poland in connection with previous incidents.

South Africa has experienced recurrent outbreaks of violence, often targeting migrants from neighbouring countries.

Protesters in Barcelona set fires, built barricades and hurled projectiles as violence erupted at a housing protest.

A Mexico City shooting killed a man and wounded Débora Sáenz, ex-director of IMSS sports trust FIDEIMSS. Police have not given a motive. The post Mexico City Shooting Wounds Ex-FIDEIMSS Chief Sáenz appeared first on The Rio Times.

French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure of some 400 establishments showed no sign of abating. The movement, which began last week in the Paris region and rapidly spread nationwide, has seen teenage pupils at lycees in their final years of schooling block access to buildings and clash with police. The students say their school hours are excessively long, conditions are inadequate including...

Some 400 French schools have been closed and will remain shuttered on Friday as the student protests that began in high schools in the Paris region last week have spread across France and grown increasingly violent. The students are protesting grievances including teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings. The government has blamed the hard left for initiating the movement.

Civil aviation changed after 9/11 to keep attackers outside cockpits. The Flydubai scare flips the dilemma.

The confessed gunman says he was promised up to US$4,000; a wounded 72-year-old supporter has died and the suspects' detention expires on election day. The post Peru: Hitman Says He Was Promised US$4,000 to Kill Candidate ‘China Polo’ as Second Victim Dies appeared first on The Rio Times.

Youth Congress and SFI activists have blamed each other for triggering the violence by throwing stones and bottles