Clashes on champs elysees as french protests rage against taxes

Updated 6:45 am PDT, Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Protesters make a barricade during clashes with police outside El Prat airport in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Riot police have charged at protesters outside Barcelona's airport after the Supreme Court sentenced 12 prominent Catalan separatists to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a 2017 push for the wealthy Spanish region's independence. less Protesters make a barricade during clashes with police outside El Prat airport in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Riot police have charged at protesters outside Barcelona's airport after the Supreme ... more Photo: Emilio Morenatti, AP Photo: Emilio Morenatti, AP Image 1 of / 20 Caption Close Image 1 of 20 Protesters make a barricade during clashes with police … [Read more...] about AP PHOTOS: Riot police clash with protesters in Barcelona

Thousands of people prepared to descend on Paris on Sunday (Oct 6) to protest a government plan to let single women and lesbians become pregnant with fertility treatments, the first major social reform since France legalised gay marriage in 2013. IVF treatment is currently only available to heterosexual couples in France. (Photo: AFP/Josep Lago) Organisers say they are hoping 100,000 will turn out against a law heading to the Senate this month, after it was approved by the lower house of parliament in September. President Emmanuel Macron pledged during his 2017 election campaign to push the law despite deep resistance among right-wing opponents as well as conservative Roman Catholics and other religious groups. They had mobilised massively in 2012 and 2013 against a move by Macron's Socialist predecessor Francois Hollande to legalise marriage for homosexual couples, with one Paris protest attracting 340,000 people according to police. But that law did not allow lesbian … [Read more...] about French to protest pro IVF law for single women, lesbians

Ecuador appears to be at a dangerous impasse after days of escalating protests and clashes.President Lenín Moreno has moved his administration out of the capital, alleging he is the target of a coup attempt.But Moreno so far has the military’s support and isn’t backing down from his decision to cut fuel subsidies, causing hikes in fuel prices. The unrest has spread from transport workers to indigenous demonstrators.Moreno said Monday that Ecuador’s government faces security threats and will operate from the port city of Guayaquil instead of Quito, the capital. The president says his predecessor, Rafael Correa, is trying to destabilize Ecuador with the help of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Ecuador is among dozens of nations calling for Maduro’s ouster.Correa accuses Moreno of corruption and political persecution. … [Read more...] about Ecuador’s leader moves government seat as clashes escalate

Thousands of Algerians are protesting in front of their parliament against a bill aimed at attracting foreign investment to the oil and gas sector, which underpins the national economy.Surrounded by police, protesters raised their fists and accused the government of selling out Algeria’s resources and threatening their children’s futures.The bill has further angered anti-democracy protesters who have been demonstrating since February.The government is discussing the bill Sunday. It argues that Algeria needs foreign investment to modernize the sector and make it more globally competitive. State-run gas and oil giant Sonatrach says the bill is needed to simplify Algeria’s tax system. Protest organizers include professor Noureddine Bouderba, who accuses Algeria’s provisional government of offering favors to foreign companies in exchange for political support ahead of December’s presidential election. … [Read more...] about Algerians protest bill to boost foreign money in oil sector

A Japanese man who stepped out of his Paris hotel for a cigarette was robbed of his US$840,000 Swiss watch by a thief who snatched it off his wrist, police sources said Tuesday (Oct 8). The thief made off with a Richard Mille Tourbillon Diamond Twister. (Image source: Screenrgrab from the Richard Mille website) The 30-year-old victim was approached outside the five-star Hotel Napoleon near the Arc de Triomphe late Monday by a man who asked for a cigarette. The thief then grabbed the man's arm and fled with the rare Richard Mille timepiece, a Tourbillon Diamond Twister estimated to cost some 770,000 euros. Mille timepieces, with their bulky cases that reveal the intricate inner mechanisms, are highly prized by aficionados - and instantly recognisable to thieves targeting wealthy tourists in the French capital. The Parisien newspaper published a map Tuesday pinpointing some two dozen high-value watch nabbings in the "Golden Triangle" and other glitzy areas near the … [Read more...] about Paris thief swipes US$840,000 watch from Japanese man”s wrist