The high cost of living, shortcomings in the school system and police brutality were the main sources of discontent at demonstrations in Paris on Saturday. More than 100,000 people took part in protests across France, according to the Interior Ministry.
World politicsActress Nicole Kidman is to receive an Honorary César, France’s equivalent of the Oscars.
TV & filmShe has won two Olympic gold medals for South Africa. Now, swimming star Tatjana Smith is switching national teams.
SportsJudoka Teddy Riner has won five Olympic gold medals and a total of 14 World Championship medals. Now he is turning to politics. Le Parisien reports that he is running in France’s 2027 presidential election.
SportsThree Swedish shooters who had qualified for the Olympics missed the World Championships in Qatar and a chance to secure Olympic qualifying spots. The reason? Uncertainty in the region.
SportsBetween 150,000 and 250,000 people demonstrated across France on Saturday. In most places, the protests were reported to have been peaceful, with few clashes with police.
World politicsWeightlifter Bozjidar Dimitrov Andreev won bronze at the Paris Olympics two years ago. Now the Bulgarian has been suspended for taking the anabolic steroid mesterolone.
SportsA committee approved plans for Donald Trump's 76-meter-high "arc of triumph" in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. However, shortly afterward, a federal judge halted the project.
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