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The Immigration debate was the focus for the majority of Britain's newspapers on Friday.The Guardian revealed Home Secretary Suella Braverman's plan to deport 3,000 asylum seekers a month.The Mirror says ministers have been accused of losing control on immigration after figures hit a record high last year.

Celebrated by Black Americans since the latter part of the 19th century, Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.Sometimes referred to as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, June 19, 1865 marks the date Union general Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to declare the end of enslavement there, despite the Emancipation Proclamation being issued two years earlier by President Abraham Lincoln.

The Brooklyn calendar is full this year for a Juneteenth with a celebratory mix of events that offer summer enjoyment along with some food for thought.The Juneteenth holiday commemorates the day when news of Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation finally reached the enslaved people of Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865.

On the ground Protesters climb the Triumph of the Republic statue on Place de la Nation during the May Day protests in Paris, on May 1, 2023.Lara Bullens, FRANCE 24 Thousands marched across Paris and other French cities in what unions hoped would be one of the biggest May Day demonstrations in years.

As scores of marketers made their way to Radio City Music Hall on Monday morning for a major event hosted by NBCUniversal, they were greeted by dozens of striking writers marching near the entrances to the building.NBC, you're no good, pay your writers like you should!they chanted.As the writers' strike enters its third week, demonstrators have set their sights on disturbing the so-called upfront week, a decades-old tradition where media companies stage lavish events to promote their lineups in an attempt to woo advertisers.

On June 7, 1957, Howard University awarded honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and recently-retired Brooklyn Dodgers infielder Jackie Robinson.The Dodgers and King have been intertwined through Robinson, who famously broke MLB's color barrier on April 15, 1947.

The Atlanta City Council voted overwhelmingly early Tuesday to approve $31 million in funding for the construction of a sprawling $90 million police and fire training complex, backing a project that has provoked nearly two years of sustained protests and further inflamed tensions over law enforcement in the city.

French right-wing protesters listen to speeches at a rally in Saint-Brevin-les Pins, western France on February 25, 2023.Sebastien Salom-Gomis, AFP The resignation of a French mayor targeted by the far right over plans to move an asylum-seekers' centre prompted a political outcry Thursday after he faced death threats and an arson attack on his home.

GitHub Actions is a platform built into GitHub that automates software building, testing, and deployment.GitHub, owned by Microsoft, is a hosting service for software development using Git, an open source version control and collaboration program developed by Linus Torvalds.Git and GitHub are already used by many programmers and software shops as the basis for their development practices, including the automated continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines that carry projects through the build, test, and deploy cycle.

Some 406 French police officers and gendarmes were injured and 291 people detained during violent May Day protests across France, the interior minister said on Tuesday.Published: 1 May 2023 16:28 CEST Updated: 2 May 2023 09:18 CEST Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced on Tuesday morning that 406 officers were injured during the protests across the country including 305 in Paris alone.

Some 406 French police officers and gendarmes were injured and 291 people detained during violent May Day protests across France, the interior minister said on Tuesday.Published: 1 May 2023 16:28 CEST Updated: 2 May 2023 09:18 CEST Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced on Tuesday morning that 406 officers were injured during the protests across the country including 305 in Paris alone.

Justine Triet, winner of the Palme d'Or for Anatomy of a Fall, poses for photographers following the awards ceremony at the 76th international film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Saturday.Daniel Cole/AP Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall won the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in a ceremony Saturday that bestowed the festival's prestigious top prize on an engrossing, rigorously plotted French courtroom drama that puts a marriage on trial.

As the war enters its 442nd day, we take a look at the main developments.Here is the situation as it stands on Thursday, May 11, 2023: A plan by Russian forces to relocate more than 3,000 workers from the town that serves the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, will result in a catastrophic lack of personnel, Ukraine's state-owned Energoatom company warns.

Happy May, everyone!New month alert: You can celebrate all things spring this week outdoors at the Flower Mart or Taste of Tysons Corner, or head over to the National Museum of Asian Art's Centennial Festival to jumpstart Asian American Pacific Heritage Month.Best Things to Do This Week



NMAA Centennial Festival.

Monday May Day May 1st is a public holiday in France and traditionally a day of marches and demonstrations.READ ALSO What changes in France in May 2023?Tuesday Schools re-open schools in Zone B (northern France plus Aix-Marseille) restart after the spring holidays.Zone A went back last week, but kids at school in Zone C (Paris and the south west) have another week off and go back on Tuesday;, May 9th.

03:33 Riot police officers face youths during a demonstration, May 1, 2023 in Paris.Aurelien Morissar, AP Several nations voiced concern at the United Nations Monday over police violence, including against protesters, in France, as the country headed into another day of mass demonstrations.Attacks on migrants, racial profiling and religious intolerance were also raised during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) which all 193 UN countries must undergo every four years.

The arrival of ChatGPT last year sent a rare shiver through Google's spine.For years the company had positioned itself as a leader in the development in artificial intelligence.Suddenly, though, a product from the upstart OpenAI rocketed to tens of millions of monthly users - and observers began asking whether Google had squandered its lead.

Pakistan's army warns against further attacks on state buildings or personnel after ex-PM's arrest.Pakistan's government has called in the army to help end deadly unrest in the wake of the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, warning protesters against any further attacks on state installations.

Image The police fired tear gas at supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan during a protest yesterday in Peshawar, Pakistan.Credit...Abdul Majeed/Agence France-Presse Getty Images A second day of demonstrations in major cities across Pakistan yesterday deepened the turmoil and prompted the army to deploy units in at least two provinces.

Picture books about food have been entertaining children for generations you can probably name one or maybe a dozen.Cooking the Books, a program on May 6 at this year's Bay Area Book Festival, will give kids the chance to actually taste some of the ideas from five award-winning picture book authors, who aim to make healthy eating fun and creative.

An explicit sex scene in a newly published novel by the French economy minister has left the government facing fresh accusations it is not listening to the concerns of the country just as it tries to contain anger over the unpopular rise in the pension age.The toe-curling sexual descriptions in the novel, Fugue Americaine, written by the economy minister, Bruno Le Maire, have angered opposition politicians and inspired anti-government slogans and graffiti at street demonstrations as the government struggles to contain the political crisis over Emmanuel Macron raising the minimum pension age to 64.

French unions have called for an 11th day of national strikes on 6 April, which could spill over into the Easter weekend.The Louvre was forced to close its doors on Monday (27 March), after dozens of staff members blocked the entrance as part of the wider strikes, prompting museum officials to close the building to visitors.

France has a problem with violence.It is not, on the whole, a violent country.And yet it has a strange tolerance of even a taste for political violence.Even after 26 years reporting on France, I find this phenomenon hard to explain or define.There used to be a kind of theatrical violence by farmers and other serial protesters which had informal rules of engagement.