Learn “blockades”, “intercepted” in slow English. From: Protests continue at schools across France.
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- Protests continue at schools across France
- Kagan and Soai win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Deadly Houthi attacks on Saudi airports raise risk of wider conflict
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- RechercheHigh school students continued protesting on October 8 in France, including in Paris, Nantes and Bordeaux, despite Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s promise to present an education plan by the end of October. The Guardian reported that demonstrators had rejected that promise.
- France 24School protests part of a broader French malaise?
- RechercheOn October 6, France’s education ministry said more than 900 of the country’s 3,700 high schools were blockaded or closed for the day; student groups gave a higher estimate of 1,800.
- The GuardianThis is what the 2026 Nobel prize for chemistry is all about
- Le MondeFrench scientist Henri Kagan wins long-awaited Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- France 24Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to France's Henri Kagan, Japan's Kenso Soai
- Le Monde2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai
- Deutsche WelleNobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai
- Al JazeeraHenri Kagan, Kenso Soai win Nobel chemistry prize for ‘mirror image’ work
- RechercheThe award recognized research into how homochirality—the near-exclusive use of one mirror-image form of certain molecules in living organisms—can arise spontaneously.
- Le MondeSaudi Arabia says 3 dead at airports after Houthis claim attacks
- BBC NewsThree people killed in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia airports, officials say
- France 24Saudi Arabia strikes back after deadly Houthi attacks on airports
- RechercheThe attacks came amid escalating fighting between forces aligned with Yemen’s internationally recognised government and Houthi forces, which have seized territory near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.