French President Emmanuel Macron ordered his prime minister to wield a special constitutional power Thursday that skirts parliament to force through a highly unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a vote.
Since island apple snails invaded the Florida Everglades, an endangered species of bird known as snail kites has bounced back from the threat of extinction.
A crowd of over 2,000 protesters voiced their displeasure with France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, after she pushed through a pension reform bill through their National Assembly without a vote.
Yoon Suk Yeol became the first South Korean president to visit Japan in 12 years on Thursday, in a step toward repairing a relationship strained by history and rebuilding co-operation in the face of North Korea's frequent missile launches.
After four days of destructive wind and rain, local communities and relief workers are now confronting the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy, which has killed more than 250 people and displaced tens of thousands of others across Malawi and Mozambique and may still cause further damage.
