France prepares for day of protest a week after nationwide riots
Hundreds of thousands are expected to turn out, as more than 70,000 police officers are to be deployed over some may defy restrictions.
Super typhoon weakening but large parts of Taiwan, including Taipei, still mostly closed and flights cancelled
Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday killing one person, injuring more than 500, and uprooting trees and severing power as it weakened and headed north toward the Chinese coast.
Earlier classified as a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi was still packing gusts of about 126km per hour (78 miles per hour) near its centre, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA).
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