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$9.25 million settlement announced in 2020 George Floyd protest lawsuits

By Ron Todt, Associated Press

Philadelphia city officials have announced a $9.25 million settlement with hundreds of people in lawsuits challenging the police response to protests in 2020 that followed the police custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Protests erupt in France over Macron’s pension change

By Sylvie Corbet, Barbara Surk, Associated Press

It's a time of protest in Paris and much of France, where opponents hope to bring down the government of President Emmanuel Macron. They're blocking the streets over his decision to force a pension system change through parliament without a…

Garbage piles up as French strike nationwide over pension change

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

French people hoping to preserve their retirement benefits took to the streets in a nationwide protest on Wednesday as a committee of lawmakers meeting behind closed doors validated the wording of President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension plan.

WATCH: Women and girls are still protesting in Iran. Here’s why

By Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn, Yasmeen Alamiri

Seven months after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed at the hands of Iran’s so-called morality police in September, protests across the country calling for the rights of women and girls continue.

Tens of thousands march in Greece to protest train disaster

By Derek Gatopoulos, Theodora Tongas, Associated Press

Tens of thousands of people are marching in Athens and Greek cities to protest the deaths of 57 people and the serious safety deficiencies the country's worst train disaster exposed.

Norwegian prime minister meets with Indigenous Sami as protests against wind farms end

By Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has met with Indigenous Sami reindeer herders after more than a week of protests against wind farms that activists say endanger the herders' way of life.

Iran investigating suspected poisonings of hundreds of schoolgirls

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

For months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools in Iran have become overpowered by what are believed to be noxious fumes wafting into their classrooms, with some ending up weakened on hospital beds.

Israeli government advances legal system overhaul despite mass protest

By Laurie Kellman, Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press

Israel's parliament has for the first time advanced a plan to overhaul the legal system, defying a historic uproar among Israelis and calls for restraint from the United States.

Thousands in Israel protest far-right government’s plan to weaken nation’s judiciary

By William Brangham, Teresa Cebrian Aranda, Cai Pigliucci, Madeline Powell

The recently elected far-right government in Israel took a clear step Monday toward passing highly controversial judicial reform. Its actions have created a massive reaction among Israelis who stand against it, saying they could fundamentally alter Israel's democracy. William Brangham…

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Nearly 1 million French march in 4th day of national protests against pension changes

By Thomas Adamson, Jade le Deley, Associated Press

Police were out in force across France on Saturday as protesters held a sometimes restive fourth round of nationwide demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to reform the country's pension system.