French police have fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators in Paris, as thousands gathered in the capital and staged road blockades across the nation to vent anger against rising fuel taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency.

Nearly 30 items stolen during the colonial era will be returned to the West African nation of Benin, following a decision by President Emmanuel Macron.

A row between Spain and the UK over the British enclave of Gibraltar threatens to overshadow a European Union summit aimed at endorsing Theresa May's Brexit deal.

The earliest known example of a plant-eating reptile has been found, a fossil discovered in 300-million-year-old rocks in southern New Mexico.

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