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Clashes broke out between demonstrators and police near the Porte de Champerret as protesters were preparing to march across town toward Gare d’Austerlitz in southern Paris while police also intervened to prevent a few hundred demonstrators from occupying the Paris ring road, according to Reuters TV footage.
The $62.5 million-budgeted DC Films flick crosses the $1 billion mark in raw global grosses.
A selection of news photographs taken around the world this week.
Campobello Island sits in the Bay of Fundy off the coast of the province of New Brunswick, but the only way to easily access the island outside of summer months is via Maine.
The Dutch government announced Wednesday it is lowering the top speed limit during the day on highways to 62 mph (100km/h) in an attempt to deal with an emissions pollution crisis.
US singer Mike Posner is best known for the song I Took A Pill In Ibiza, which spent four weeks at number one in 2016.
Provisional PA analysis found 1,120 of 3,322 registered candidates were women.
Three PMs attend marketing sales event on how wealthy can snap up EU citizenship for $100,000.
Italian TV show to reveal alleged abuse at Vatican’s youth seminary in 1980s and 90s.
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is being investigated by federal prosecutors for possible campaign finance violations and a failure to register as a foreign agent as part of an active investigation into his financial dealings, according to three U.S. officials. Bloomberg's Greg Farrell has more on "Balance of Power."
The German Federal Police initially carried out the investigation with the Romanian national authorities and were later joined by UK and Hungarian investigators.
Astrophotographer Sergio Montúfar told SWNS, a British news agency, that he hiked up to the volcano —Volcán de Pacaya in Villa Canales — because the forecast predicted clear skies. But as he neared the top, the weather was a bit dicier than he expected.
The researchers took an approach that was similar to one pioneered by engineers at Utah’s Brigham Young University who used invisible lasers to levitate and manipulate a small particle in mid-air, which was illuminated with RGB lights as it zipped around to create the effect of a 3D image.
The fully-electric Aspark Owl is capable of reaching 60mph in just 1.69 seconds, according to Japanese manufacturers Aspark.
The footage shows the shirtless boy, who cannot move, screaming as a sheriff’s deputy pins him to the ground while yelling at the teen to stop resisting.
Musician reveals message painted on her chest in latest celebrity show of support for national demonstrations.
The early arrival of fierce bushfires in the southern spring has already claimed several lives and destroyed nearly 300 homes over the past week.
Protesters are also furious at perceived police brutality, a charge police deny.