The “Yellow Jackets” Riots In France Are What Happens When Facebook Gets Involved With Local News

This week, protesters scaled the Arc de Triomphe, burned cars, and clashed with police in the third consecutive weekend of riots in France. More than 300 people were arrested in Paris last weekend alone, and 37,000 law enforcement officers have been deployed around the country to restore order. The “Gilets Jaunes” or “Yellow Jackets” protests…

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‘Yellow vest’ protests: 31,000 protesters take to the streets across France as 700 arrested

Paris riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets near the famous Champs-Elysees boulevard against “yellow vest” protesters who are staging another weekend of demonstrations against French President Emmanuel Macron. The French government said 31,000 people were protesting across France, including 8,000 in Paris. Around 700 people have been arrested so far today. Police tried push…

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Behind the scenes at Dreamforce, Salesforce’s tech extravaganza – SFChronicle.com

  hearst/templates/premium/article/content/gallery.tpl e hearst/templates/premium/article/content/gallery.tpl It was the week before Dreamforce, the conference extravaganza organized by Salesforce, and the tech company’s design team was listening to a recording of animals chirping and cooing in the woods. “I’m wondering if we could tone down the woodpecker a little,” said Brigitte Donner, chairwoman of Dreamforce, which will fill…

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Ice Dancing Favorite After NSFW Wardrobe Malfunction: “It Was Pretty Distracting”

The French ice dancing team of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron is our pick to win the event in Pyeongchang, but an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction today threatened to sink those chances, if not for Papadakis’s steely determination. IOC Papadakis told press after the performance that “it was pretty distracting… my worst nightmare happening at the…

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After French win, Macron fields congratulations but has little time to bask in glory – The Washington Post

PARIS — Emmanuel Macron received congratulations from around the world — including Moscow — on Monday after French voters made the centrist political neophyte their new president and rejected anti-E. U. firebrand Marine Le Pen. But the raucous celebration among Macron supporters Sunday night — which also served as pep rally for the European Union…

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French election: Emmanuel Macron has defeated Marine Le Pen to become president of France before the age of 40 — Quartz

After all that was made about the rise of Marine Le Pen and her far-right National Front, and after an eleventh-hour campaign hacking that bears the hallmarks of Russian meddling in Western elections, France has chosen the 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron to succeed the 62-year-old François Hollande as president. So, what have you been doing with…

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