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France’s student stir intensifies in Paris; schools shut, police fire tear gas

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France’s student stir intensifies in Paris; schools shut, police fire tear gas

At least a dozen demonstrations supporting the student movement were also planned across France on Thursday, underlining the widening scale of the protests. What began as a nationwide student movement over education funding and poor school conditions has escalated into clashes in the French capital. Students barricaded a high school in northeastern Paris on Thursday, … Read more

Pakistan in crisis: PTI to hold Sept 27 stir ‘at all costs’; Imran Khan’s sisters challenge detention orders

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Pakistan in crisis: PTI to hold Sept 27 stir 'at all costs'; Imran Khan's sisters challenge detention orders

Pakistan: Imran Khan’s sisters challenge detention orders in court, demand immediate release Pakistan’s opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will proceed with its planned September 27 protest demanding the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, even as legal challenges have been filed against the preventive detention of his three sisters.A petition was filed in the … Read more