Macron Abandons Plan To Raise Retirement Age As Rock-Throwing Protesters Get Tear-Gassed French President Emmanuel Macron has scrapped plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, as tens of thousands of anti-government activists - many donning yellow vests - returned to the

Yellow Vest activists completely ignored French President Emmanuel Macron's 'olive branch' of compromises - taking to the streets of Paris and other French cities for the 25th straight weekend of protests, albeit in much smaller numbers than in previous weeks.  Around 200 people were arrested according to BFM TV, while about 80 shops near the iconic Champs

Thousands of pro-Macron climate activists materialized in Paris on Sunday to counter the Yellow Vest movement during the 11th straight week of protests against the French government.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CP3cGOb1tw Marching under slogans such as "Enough!" and "End the violence,"

Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com, The US State Department has issued a statement accusing the Syrian government of having carried out a false flag chemical weapons attack in northwestern Aleppo with the intent to blame it on the jihadist factions in the region, citing “credible info”