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The Louvre Museum reopened to the public Saturday, less than 24 hours after a machete-wielding assailant shouting “Allahu akbar!” attacked French soldiers guarding the sprawling building.
The official said an initial investigation found no record of political activism, criminal activity or membership in any militant group by him.
President Rodrigo Duterte said Saturday he will scrap peace talks with communist rebels and asked several rebel leaders who were freed for the negotiations to return to prison or face arrests in the latest blow to efforts to peacefully settle one of Asia’s longest-running rebellions.
Duterte said in southern Davao city that he will ask government negotiators not to participate in talks with the Maoist guerrillas scheduled to resume this month in Norway.
After mass protests rocked the country for days, Romania’s government said Saturday that it will repeal an emergency decree that decriminalizes official misconduct.
Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu said the government will hold an emergency meeting Sunday to repeal the decree, which has sparked the biggest protests in Romania since the end of communism in 1989.
Thousands of protesters marched Saturday in London to demand that the British government withdraw its invitation to U.S. President Trump for a state visit.