Society
French students blocked high schools and staged nationwide demonstrations Tuesday demanding better-funded education, joined by unions and university students amid allegations of excessive police force.
Students and faculty protested at Cornell University on Monday over administrators’ handling of 2024 sexual assault allegations, demanding the president’s resignation and vandalizing an administration building.
A laboratory worker died in Irkutsk of an unclear cause as Russian authorities disputed a suspected plague link and President Donald Trump offered U.S. help if the situation worsened.
Israel raised its alert ahead of the third anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack, amid fears of renewed attacks and continued deadly strikes in Gaza despite a ceasefire.
An 18-year-old was killed when a double-decker bus overturned between Växjö and Alvesta in southern Sweden. About 10 people were seriously injured, and police are investigating the driver for suspected offenses.
Investigators said a Flydubai co-pilot intended to seize a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight and crash it at Ben Gurion Airport; the inquiry continued.
Tens of thousands of people protested Barcelona’s housing crisis on Monday, with clashes between some demonstrators and police after a largely peaceful march.
