Riot police clashed with teenagers across France as roughly 400 high schools closed and some 2,000 people were arrested amid escalating student unrest.

The Vatican estimated that 700,000 people came out for the Mass — more than the 600,000 who had registered in advance. The stunning turnout testified to the church's enduring influence in France, despite sharp declines in churchgoing in recent decades and secularizing trends that have emptied churches around Europe.

F RANCE’S MESSY politics are spooking the bond markets. On September 29th the yield on ten-year bonds rose to 4.8%, its highest level since 2008. The surge in borrowing costs pu

Violent student protests continue to spread across France, with school blockades, clashes with police and officials warning of outside agitators.

Days of unrest have affected more than 1,000 schools across France as high school students push for better standards.

Hundreds of French high schools closed Friday after nationwide student protests over school conditions escalated into violence.

PARIS, Oct 2 (Reuters) - French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen set out on Friday plans for a binding budget rule she said would put France's public finances back on track, seeking to ease investor concerns about her fiscal credibility.