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  • After unrest, French authorities impose curfews in some areas of Paris, northern cities, and Nice.
  • After looting damaged thousands of businesses over the weekend, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warned on Monday that he was ready to declare a state of emergency as authorities struggled to contain ongoing violence.
  • Paul Mackenzie, a self-proclaimed preacher, and 28 accomplices were found guilty by a Mombasa, Kenya, court on Monday of killing 190 children and one adult as members of a well-known Christian starvation cult.

Tag: Catalonia

April 24, 2025

World’s Oldest Olive Tree Farga de...

There is a small fence around the 1,700-year-old Farga de l’Arión. One unique piece of natural heritage is a 1,700-year-old olive tree outside the small town of Ulldecona in Catalonia,Spain. It may be the oldest olive tree in the world according to scientific dating.

October 20, 2020

Poll Finds Many Spaniards Favor Dissolving...

Protests against the monarchy have spread in Spain and polls show the nation is divided about whether it should be abolished

November 19, 2019

Spain’s Conviction for Sedition of ...

The jail terms handed down to the two civil society leaders and to seven other senior Catalan officials resulted from the vague definition of the crime of sedition in the Spain’s Criminal Code, and an overly broad and dangerous interpretation of this definition by the Supreme Court

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