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France: Illegal Migrants Break Elderly Woman's Nose During Brutal Robbery
A female retiree suffered serious facial injuries when she was beaten and robbed by a pair of illegal migrants from Africa who claimed to be underage last week in France, according to reports.
The disturbing incident unfolded on Tuesday in Amiens, a city in the Somme department.
A 67-year-old woman was on her way to do some grocery shopping when she was approached by two young men.
The suspects asked...
Yellow Vests who have lost eyes, limbs demand justice from Macron
France gathered for the 14th week of Gilets Jaunes protests, with the injury toll of the worst civil unrest in decades now resembling that of a small war. Yet despite pleas from victims, Emmanuel Macron is tightening the screws.
“This is not normal. We are in France, one of the oldest and best democracies in the world,” says Fiorina Jacob Lignier, who lost her eye at a demonstration in Paris on...
French workers hold demo to save jobs
Goodyear employees gather around burning tires outside the Goodyear tire company in the northern French city of Amiens on February 26, 2013.
French workers have held a demonstration in the northern city of Amiens against the impending closure of a troubled tire plant in the city.
The workers at Goodyear Dunlop Tires France have been trying to save their jobs for more than five years, but in a last-ditch...