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Crowds hold anti-riot rallies in France as unrest eases
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Crowds hold anti-riot rallies in France as unrest eases

NANTERRE: Crowds gathered at town halls across France on Monday to show solidarity with local governments targeted in six nights of violence touched off by…

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Donations for French policeman who sparked riots top $1 million
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Donations for French policeman who sparked riots top $1 million

PARIS: A collection for a French policeman who sparked nationwide riots last week by shooting a teenager dead reached more than 986,000 euros ($1.07 million)…

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Why is France still burning?
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Why is France still burning?

Young rioters clashed with police until early Sunday and targeted a mayor’s home with a burning car as France saw a fifth night of unrest…

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Shot teenager's grandmother urges end to French riots
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Shot teenager’s grandmother urges end to French riots

PARIS: The grandmother of the boy killed by police during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb on Sunday said she wanted the nationwide rioting…

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France: Hundreds more arrested in fifth night of French rioting
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France: Hundreds more arrested in fifth night of French rioting

PARIS: The French government said Sunday that hundreds more had been arrested in a fifth night of rioting sparked by the police killing of a…

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Social media is blamed for fuelling riots in France
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Social media is blamed for fuelling riots in France

PARIS : Social media companies are once again under scrutiny, this time in France as the country’s president blames TikTok, Snapchat and other platforms for…

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Hundreds arrested on fifth night of France unrest after teen laid to rest
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Hundreds arrested on fifth night of France unrest after teen laid to rest

PARIS: French authorities deployed reinforcements to flashpoint cities and had made hundreds of arrests by early Sunday, on the fifth night of unrest sparked by…

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California Mass Shooting: 72-year-old suspect Huu Can Tran kills self as police surround him
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Rioting continues for fourth day in France; Paris braces for funeral of teen shot by cop: Top developments

NEW DELHI: France was reeling on Saturday from a fourth night of rioting as family and friends of Nahel M, whose shooting by a police…

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