PARIS — Too little, too late: That was the reaction of the so-called Yellow Vest protesters to the French government’s sudden retreat this week on a gas tax increase. The Yellow Vests, who have thrown ...

The Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) movement emerged in France in November. It got its name from the high visibility tabards that those who take part in the actions wear. It is a movement mobilising ...

Perhaps, however, it is possible to identify some of the characteristics of this "insurrection" – as some exaggerated commentaries describe it – of wide layers, but mainly the lower classes, of French ...

Energy prices have been rising sharply around the world over the last few months, adding to inflationary pressures. Last year's cold winter in Europe put pressure on supplies and, as a result, stored ...

Legendary Paris restaurant Le Fouquet's is to open Sunday for the first time since "yellow vest" protesters torched the plush hangout on the Champs-Elysees boulevard in March. It was one in a wave of ...

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PARIS - Thousands of protesters are expected to demonstrate in cities and towns across France on Saturday on the anniversary of the "yellow vest" movement - the impromptu, amorphous uprising against ...

Here is a timeline of the "yellow vest" movement in France, from the first online rumblings against a fuel tax hike to nationwide protests that led to the worst Paris riots in decades. A new day of ...

Seven years after the "Gilets Jaunes" or Yellow Vests protests and iconic roundabout occupations shook France, a new citizen-based movement called "Bloquons Tout" — Block Everything — is challenging ...

PARIS, Sept 12 (Reuters) - French police fired tear gas and arrested more than 250 people in Paris on Saturday as they tussled with "yellow vest" protesters seeking to revive an anti-government ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French police fired tear gas and arrested more than 250 people in Paris on Saturday as they tussled with "yellow vest" protesters seeking to revive an anti-government movement curbed ...