Battles near the Louvre, graffiti over Place de la République, protests along the Champs-Élysées, and shopkeepers trying to fight off looters and plumes of tear gas. Long-standing fury from youth in France has exploded into these fiery scenes. Rage has spread across borders, with protests erupting in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Albania. Why is this […]
Continue ReadingWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in An explosion at a building in central Athens on Wednesday caused injuries to two police officers and two members of the public, Greek police said. All four people were taken […]
Continue ReadingWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Pope Leo returned to St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, just eight days after undergoing lung cancer surgery. The 71-year-old pontiff stood in the back of his open-air popemobile as it […]
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