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One dead after accident at 'yellow vest' roadblock near Arles, France: prosecutor 02 Dec 2018 - 03:08 pm
A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask makes the victory sign near a burning barricade during a protest of Yellow vests (Gilets jaunes) against rising oil prices and living costs, on December 1, 2018 in Paris. / AFP / Abdulmonam EASSA
Macron visits riot-damaged Arc de Triomphe, state of emergency mulled 02 Dec 2018 - 03:03 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) looks on at Cafe Belloy, near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on December 2, 2018, a day after clashes during a protest of Yellow vests (Gilets jaunes) against rising oil prices and living costs.   AFP / Geoffroy VAN DER
Pope lights candle to promote peace in Syria 02 Dec 2018 - 02:59 pm
Pope Francis leads a special audience with members of a volunteers association from Sardinia island in Paul VI hall at the Vatican November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi
German police shut down concert over 'Sieg Heil' chants 02 Dec 2018 - 02:38 pm
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Putin briefs Trump over Ukraine as EU leaders up pressure 02 Dec 2018 - 11:14 am
US President Donald Trump (R) looks at Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they take their places for a family photo, during the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018. AFP / Alexander NEMENOV
France to consider state of emergency to prevent riots recurring - Govt spokesman 02 Dec 2018 - 10:54 am
French Government's spokesperson Benjamin Griveaux (R) speaks with yellow vests (gilets jaunes) protestors before an official visit of Copelectronic, a company specialised in electronic and electric components, in Mouguerre, southwestern France, on Novemb
For Poland's mining region, coal remains a way of life 02 Dec 2018 - 09:17 am
A miner puts away his equipment after a night shift at the shaft at the Knurow mine on November 23, 2018 in Knurow, in Poland's southern mining region of Silesia. AFP / Janek SKARZYNSKI
How engineers are straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa 02 Dec 2018 - 09:09 am
A picture taken on November 28, 2018 shows the Pisa Tower in Pisa. / AFP / Tiziana FABI
Gangs of "yellow vest" militants set heart of Paris ablaze 01 Dec 2018 - 08:50 pm
Yellow Vests (Gilets Jaunes in French) protesters demonstrate against rising oil prices and living costs in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on December 1, 2018. / AFP / NICOLAS TUCAT
French police, protesters clash in Paris riot; 80 injured 01 Dec 2018 - 08:06 pm
Protesters wearing yellow vests, a symbol of a French drivers' protest against higher diesel taxes, gather at the Place de l'Etoile near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Paris department stores close amid escalating violence 01 Dec 2018 - 07:06 pm
Demonstrators destroy a car during a protest of Yellow vests (Gilets jaunes) against rising oil prices and living costs on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, on December 1, 2018. T  AFP / Alain JOCARD
Citing Russia threat, Ukraine boosts security at ports, power plants 01 Dec 2018 - 06:23 pm
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (2nd L), Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak (L) and Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council Oleksander Turchinov visit an airbase of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Vasy
France: Fuel rise protests continue across country 01 Dec 2018 - 04:02 pm
Demonstrators face riot police officers during a protest of Yellow vests (Gilets jaunes) against rising oil prices and living costs, in Strasbourg, eastern France, on December 1, 2018. / AFP / PATRICK HERTZOG
Two jailed Catalan separatist leaders start hunger strike 01 Dec 2018 - 03:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: Banners with the photos of jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart are displayed at a protest rally in Barcelona, Spain March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Ukraine stops 100 Russians from entering amid entry ban 01 Dec 2018 - 03:41 pm
A member of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service accompanies women who were denied entry to the country at the Goptovka crossing point on the border between Russia and Ukraine in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevsky
May faces more Brexit woes after UK minister quits 01 Dec 2018 - 03:33 pm
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May answer questions about her Brexit agenda by British MP's at a Parliamentary liaison committee meeting on November 29,
Another UK govt minister quits over Brexit deal 01 Dec 2018 - 01:47 pm
Peninsula
"Yellow vest" protesters clash with police in Paris, 24 arrested 01 Dec 2018 - 01:03 pm
Demonstrators stand in the smoke of police grenades during a protest of Yellow Vests (Gilets jaunes) against rising oil prices and living costs on the Champs Elysees in Paris, on December 1, 2018. AFP / Alain Jocard