Tens of thousands of French protesters marched against President Emmanuel Macron’s flagship economic reforms on Tuesday in the first major demonstrations against his pro-business agenda. The day of strikes and rallies are seen as a key test for the young French leader as he stakes his presidency on overhauling the ...
Hurricane Irma, rampaging across the Caribbean, has produced sustained winds at 295 kilometers per hour (183 miles per hour) for more than 33 hours, making it the longest-lasting, top-intensity cyclone ever recorded, France’s national weather service said Thursday. “Such an intensity, for such a long period, has never been observed ...