Days of unrest have affected more than 1,000 schools across France as high school students push for better standards.

Riot police clashed with teenagers across France as roughly 400 high schools closed and some 2,000 people were arrested amid escalating student unrest.

With six months to go before voters elect a successor to Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, discontent could well play out on the streets as much as in television studios or the parliamentary debating chamber.

In a four-day visit, Pope Leo XIV won praise across the political spectrum, even from its most avowedly secular figures.

Violent student protests continue to spread across France, with school blockades, clashes with police and officials warning of outside agitators.

F RANCE’S MESSY politics are spooking the bond markets. On September 29th the yield on ten-year bonds rose to 4.8%, its highest level since 2008. The surge in borrowing costs pu

The Vatican estimated that 700,000 people came out for the Mass — more than the 600,000 who had registered in advance. The stunning turnout testified to the church's enduring influence in France, despite sharp declines in churchgoing in recent decades and secularizing trends that have emptied churches around Europe.

Zinedine Zidane will face Italy on Friday for the first time after head-butting Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final, now coaching France instead of playing for them. Zidane says he does not regret the incident,