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Diesel prices ease to $6.29 per gallon, offering slight relief amid a global fuel demand squeeze.
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Diesel prices ease to $6.29 per gallon, offering slight relief amid a global fuel demand squeeze.
Between 400-500 schools across France are expected to stay closed this Monday, as student protests continue. Pupils are calling for smaller class sizes and better equipped classrooms. More than 70 schoolteachers have been injured since the unrest began. Ellen Gainsford & France 2 take a look at some of the violent incidents related to the protests.
With the prices of fuel continuously escalating, more and more drivers have been switching to bioethanol in France. It's cheaper to produce and currently costs around 95 cents per liter. Details by Shirli Sitbon.
Summer holidays and disruption to global oil supplies by the Middle East conflict stoked price growth.