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Looted Goods From French Stores Appear on Resale Sites After Riots

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By: Jenny Gross
Officials in France are pressing online platforms like eBay and Vinted to remove items that were stolen during public disturbances over the weekend.

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People smashing a store on a day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices in Paris.
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Student Protests Mushroom Across Europe, Exposing Bleak Views of the Future

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By: Jason Horowitz
Since high school students began protesting in France in September, they’ve been joined by young demonstrators in at least seven other European countries.

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Protesters against the high cost of living in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday.
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Macron Says Trump Does Not Like France and Distorts Its Troubles

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By: Ségolène Le Stradic
Speaking in Qatar, President Emmanuel Macron railed against foreign leaders who he said had made false claims about unrest in France for their own political ends.

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President Emmanuel Macron of France in Lusail, Qatar, on Wednesday. “All the people who are speaking ill of our country right now are people who don’t like our country,” he said.
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What We Saw at Fast-Track Trials of Riot Suspects in France

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By: Catherine Porter and Giulia Imbert
At the Tribunal de Paris, judges have supervised a carousel of expedited and often chaotic hearings for those detained during recent unrest.

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Police officers confronting protesters in Paris this month.
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France Riots Expose the Rage Aimed at Dior, Hermès and Other Luxury Brands

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By: Vanessa Friedman
The looting of stores belonging to brands like Dior, Celine and Hermès has exposed a crack in the glossy facade.

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A vandalized Hermès storefront in Marseille, France, on Saturday.
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Macron Says Trump Does Not Like France and Distorts Its Troubles

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By: Ségolène Le Stradic
Speaking in Qatar, President Emmanuel Macron railed against foreign leaders who he said had made false claims about unrest in France for their own political ends.

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President Emmanuel Macron of France in Lusail, Qatar, on Wednesday. “All the people who are speaking ill of our country right now are people who don’t like our country,” he said.
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Modi Seeks to Calm Allies by Shackling Gen Z Protests

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By: Mujib Mashal · Suhasini Raj and Hari Kumar
Leaders of India’s governing coalition are trying to frame the demonstrations as a power grab by traditional political parties rather than a grass-roots youth movement.

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Security personnel detained protesters in New Delhi this month demanding the resignation of the election commission chief.
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Art Basel Paris Preview Draws Interest Despite Protests

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By: Scott Reyburn
The Avant-Première preview of the Art Basel Paris fair attracted major collectors despite an escalation of anti-government protests, riots and looting across French cities.

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The Grand Palais in Paris, site of the Art Basel Paris preview.
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Student Protesters in France Have a Strange New Slogan. What Does It Mean?

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By: Zane Irwin
“Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres” has appeared on signs at recent demonstrations. It doesn’t make much sense (it means, “In the name of God, it’s the darkness”) but is seen as shorthand for a generational divide.

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A student protest in Nantes, France, last week.
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Heading to France? Amid Recent Unrest, Here’s What to Know

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By: Ceylan Yeğinsu and Tariro Mzezewa
Rioting over affordability and public education has swept through Paris and other French cities, and there may be more to come.

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On Monday, protesters blocked the entrance to the Louvre museum in Paris. The demonstrations in support of public education and the cost of living were held in several French cities, including Marseille, Lille and Nice.
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France to Extend Curfews After Calm Night Follows Days of Riots

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By: Ségolène Le Stradic
The targeted restrictions are part of a state effort to reassert control after the country’s largest riots in years, as those arrested in the chaos face expedited trials.

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Police officers patrolling during an overnight curfew in Paris early Tuesday.
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France Protests Show Europe’s Shift Away From Centrist Politics

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By: Steven Erlanger
Europe’s centrist parties are losing ground among young people and workers, who are increasingly tempted by populist promises of radical change.

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A burned-out vehicle on Rue Yves Toudic in Paris on Monday after a weekend of rioting.
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Mahmoud Khalil Appeals to Supreme Court to Halt Deportation

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By: Ann E. Marimow
Mr. Khalil had recently graduated from Columbia when he was arrested by ICE agents and became the face of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

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Mahmoud Khalil speaking in Manhattan last year. His memoir, “No Land to Stand On,” recounts his harrowing experience of being arrested in the lobby of his New York apartment building and held for months in a detention camp in Louisiana.
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France Imposes Curfews in Parts of Paris and Other Cities After Nationwide Rioting

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By: Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic
The interior minister acknowledged that the police were underprepared for the scale of the riots. But Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu defended their efforts and pledged to restore order.

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Police officers in Paris during protests on Saturday.
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France’s Far Right Shifts Into Campaign Mode as Student Riots Erupt Into Violence

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By: Catherine Porter
The National Rally, already ahead in the polls, presented itself as the party best placed to restore law and order.

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The aftermath of protests in central Bordeaux on Sunday.
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The French City of Limoges Wasn’t Known for Unrest. Then Rioters Set Fire to Its City Hall.

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By: Giulia Imbert
As unrest surged across France this weekend, the most surprising attack came in the quiet city of Limoges, where rioters set fire to the city hall.

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The city hall in Limoges on Saturday night. The violence in the city, better known for its porcelain than its politics, was among the most surprising episodes of France’s widespread unrest.
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How a Dominican Man Became an ICE Target Before the NYC Shooting

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By: Luis Ferré-Sadurní · Ana Ley · Maria Cramer and Hamed Aleaziz
Oscar Belgal arrived in the city from the Dominican Republic in 2022. Chaos appeared to follow, ending in a fateful encounter with immigration agents.

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Immigration agents descended upon Oscar Belgal, a Dominican immigrant, along a strip of small stores in New York as people made their way home from work or accompanied their children after school.
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Why Are There Protests in France?

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By: Amelia Nierenberg and Catherine Porter
France imposed scattered curfews on Monday after weekend protests over living costs and poor school conditions devolved into riots.

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Forensic officers examining the tourist office in Lyon, France.
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