WorldPingAs France's nationwide student protest movement continued on Thursday with more clashes between protesters and police, the education minister pledged to deploy 3,000 substitute teachers "within the next hours" to help struggling high schools.
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WorldPingEducation minister Edouard Geffray makes the offer after another day of sometimes violent demonstrations by high-school students.
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WorldPingThe students have complained of absent teachers, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings that cannot cope with rising temperatures…
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WorldPingFrench teenagers blockaded several high schools and took to the streets in cities across the country on Thursday in the latest wave of protests over conditions in schools.
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Economist Paul Krugman sounded the alarm on a looming "ugly crisis," while former ECB head Jean-Claude Trichet said French politicians must compromise.
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Crude oil prices had shot up on Thursday after reports President Trump was considering more strikes. They immediately dropped again after his new announcement.
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In France, some public schools have been closed since Monday and won't reopen until next week amid nationwide student and labor protests that have been raging for three weeks. Aiden Stretch reports from Paris.
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