Wednesday, March 29

Today's only big news is on the huge protests for pension reform against French President Emmanuel Macron, who is raising the retirement age for most workers from 62 to 64. This has sparked outrage across the country, and over 740,000 people lined up in over 240 rallies on streets across France to protest the change. Many services have stopped and over 10,000 tons of trash has piled up on roads as sanitation workers refuse to do their jobs. The protests have recently been becoming more violent, as people throw miscellaneous objects at police, including smoke bombs in some cases.