World Dec 12 Suspected Strasbourg gunman had criminal history, French police say Police union officials identified the suspected assailant as Frenchman Cherif Chekatt, a 29-year-old with a thick police record for crimes including armed robbery and monitored as a suspected religious radical by the French intelligence services.
World Dec 08 Scuffles, tear gas as police clamp down on Paris protest Crowds of yellow-vested protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron and France’s high taxes tried to converge on the presidential palace Saturday, as police fired tear gas, amid exceptional security measures.
World Nov 11 In remembering WWI, world warned of resurging ‘old demons’ World leaders with the power to make war but a duty to preserve peace solemnly marked the end of World War I’s slaughter 100 years ago at commemorations Sunday that drove home the message “never again” but also exposed the…
World Oct 11 Analysis: Macron too busy to rush French government reshuffle France's president is turning a government reshuffle into a soapbox against the time-pressures of modern politics and wall-to-wall news coverage.
World Oct 07 Wife says Interpol officer sent knife image as danger signal Less than an hour after she publicized the text from Interpol President Meng Hongwei, the disciplinary organ of China’s ruling Communist Party said it was investigating him.