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A monkey sits on the forest floor beside a small tree, gripping the trunk while opening its mouth wide enough to reveal its sharp canine teeth. Its striking facial expression becomes the center of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Britain and France have scrapped a pilot “one in, one out” agreement that let the U.K. return some migrants who ...

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A British-French agreement aimed at reducing the number of people trying to cross the English Channel in small boats has been scrapped, London said Wednesday. The pilot programme was intended to break ...

ROMA icon Francesco Totti celebrated his 50th birthday in style by partying in Las Vegas. The 2006 World Cup winner celebrated the milestone birthday only with the closest members of his family. He ...

The phenomenon of pupils wrecking equipment and setting fire to classrooms predates the current crisis. Is it rooted in poverty, social media peer pressure – or just plain boredom? Like most French ...

Mass protests over decrepit schools and absent teachers are in their third week, with more planned. Officials have failed so far to quell a movement drawing many adult supporters. By Catherine Porter ...

Watch: Fires and blockades as students stage school protests across France Four-hundred-and-forty people, mostly minors, have been arrested and 76 injured as a wave of school protests over overcrowded ...

France is struggling to contain its biggest student protests in decades. What started as a demonstration in support of striking teachers at a suburban high school to the north of Paris has snowballed ...