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13 people arrested in France after a demonstration in protest of pension change

By Associated Press

French police say they arrested 13 people after gas and power meters were strewn outside a government building in an unusual trade union demonstration against unpopular pension reforms.

Protesters in Northern Ireland firebomb police car on anniversary of peace deal

By Associated Press

Police had warned in advance that officers could be attacked in the Creggan neighborhood during the Easter Monday parade, for which official permission had not been granted, by republicans who opposed the U.S.-brokered peace deal reached April 10, 1998.

What's next for Tennessee's expelled Democratic lawmakers?

By Associated Press

Tennessee Republicans have expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control.

Pension protests continue in France

By John Leicester, Thomas Adamson, Oleg Cetinic, Associated Press

Protesters have disrupted vehicle traffic at Paris' main airport and marched in their thousands again in other French cities with strikes and demonstrations to get President Emmanuel Macron to scrap contested pension reforms.

Tennessee House GOP moves to expel 3 Democrats after participation in gun control protest

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

The extraordinarily rare move resulted in a chaotic and fiery confrontation between lawmakers and supporters opposing the move and has further fractured an already deep political division inside the state's legislature.

French police prepare for protest violence as trash strike ends

By Nicolas Garriga, John Leicester, Associated Press

Tens of thousands marched as protests and strikes against unpopular pension reforms gripped France again Tuesday, with police ramping up security after the government warned that radical demonstrators intended “to destroy, to injure and to kill."…

Protesters in South Africa call on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign

By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press

South African police on Monday monitored protests by the country’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party, which is demanding the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa.

France's Macron shuns parliament to impose unpopular raise in retirement age

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron has shunned parliament and imposed a highly unpopular change to the nation's pension system, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.

Autopsy report says 'Cop City' protester had hands raised when killed

By R.J. Rico, Associated Press

A slain protester's family says an environmental activist in Georgia was sitting cross-legged with their hands in the air when they were fatally shot by a state trooper.

With stained pants, Kenyan Senator Gloria Orwoba fights menstruation taboo

By Evelyne Musambi, Associated Press

Kenyan senator Gloria Orwoba has said that she attended parliament while wearing a white pantsuit stained by her menstrual blood in order to combat the stigma surrounding women's monthly periods.