Chinese students stand by France study plans despite widespread civil unrest
Rivals from the centre-left to the far right have turned on Jean-Luc Melenchon and his France Unbowed (LFI) party, accusing them of fuelling France’s worst civil unrest in years. Melenchon, who launched his fourth presidential bid in May and remains the hard left’s strongest hope of reaching next…
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