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President Macron used his emergency decree to push through a rise in the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64.

On Wednesday, 1.7 million people, according to the hard-left Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) trade union federation, while 480,000, according to the interior ministry, took to the streets nationwide against the govt's decision to raise retirement age.

After finding him in a vulnerable position, one cop in riot gear charged at Ivan and planted a blow on his groin.

Charlie Hebdo recently published a raft of critical cartoons mocking Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

For decades, on New Year's Eve, while the residents stay inside their homes, hooligans take to the roads in France and set hundreds of cars on fire. There have been recurrent incidents of car burning in France over the years, and it has taken the shape of an annual event.

A 69-year-old white supremacist named William M shot three activists dead, outside a Kurdish community centre on December 23.

France's players faced racial abuses after missing penalty kicks at FIFA Finals

In one of the most exciting matches of all times, Argentina defeated France to win the World Cup after 36 years.

Lionel Messi was awarded the Golden Ball, the honour given to the best player of a FIFA World Cup, after a thrilling final at Lusail which saw the legendary striker's World Cup dreams turn into reality following a 4-2 win over France in penalties. 

The final was billed as Lionel Messi vs Kylian Mbappe, teammates at Paris St Germain, and the talismans for their respective national teams, and it did turn into Messi vs Mbappe.