BREAKING: French President Emmanuel Macron’s office says a state visit by Britain’s King Charles III has been postponed amid mass strikes and protests in France.
A protester kicks a tear gas canister in front of the Opera at the end of a rally in Paris, Thursday, march 23, 2023. French unions are holding their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote. A protester kicks a tear gas canister in front of the Opera at the end of a rally in Paris, Thursday, march 23, 2023.
Although no major protests were planned on Friday, train traffic was slowed, rows of trucks blocked access to Marseille’s commercial port and debris still littered the Paris streets following the previous day’s mass demonstrations.
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