Activist Greta Thunberg joins French student protests
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This story first appeared in 🇫🇷 French coverage — 6.9 hours before PULSE detected it in English news.
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"Activist Greta Thunberg joins French student protests" is generating significant coverage in the World category, with 5 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include AP News, Al Jazeera, Euronews.com and Reuters. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (30)
- France's Gen Alpha Revolution Was Built Over Snapchat Teen Vogue · 32d ago
- France sees risk of violence in weekend protests, PM says Reuters · 32d ago
- What the demand for decent toilets says about the French student protests Le Monde.fr · 32d ago
- Greta Thunberg joins French school protests as Paris warns of Israeli influence campaign Ynetnews · 32d ago
- Over 6,800 detained as French school protests show no sign of ending Euronews.com · 32d ago
- 'We want to propel the high school movement': France's 'grandes écoles' join protests Le Monde.fr · 32d ago
- Greta Thunberg is the personification of empty activism Yahoo · 32d ago
- French protests draw parallels with 1968 student demonstrations The Christian Science Monitor · 32d ago
- France’s class action: inside the 16 October Guardian Weekly The Guardian · 32d ago
- French high school protesters call on university students and Yellow Vests to take up the torch Le Monde.fr · 32d ago
- Greta Thunberg: Get a Job Newsweek · 32d ago
- Fires and tear gas as French students protest Reuters · 32d ago
- Macron says French student protesters 'exploited' by political forces France 24 · 32d ago
- In French high schools, protests give way to students' political awakening Le Monde.fr · 32d ago
- Activist Greta Thunberg joins French student protests Al Jazeera · 32d ago
- Greta Thunberg joins massive French student protests as cars burn, police fire tear gas Fox News · 32d ago
- Police, protesters clash in Paris as tens of thousands rally across France Axios · 32d ago
- What to know about France's high school student protests ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · 32d ago
- Violence in Paris as tens of thousands attend France student protests Euronews.com · 32d ago
- Tens of thousands rally across France as high school protests gather strength France 24 · 32d ago
- Riot police uses tear gas to disperse crowds in France amid nationwide student protests Yahoo · 32d ago
- Greta Thunberg joins Paris student protests The Telegraph · 32d ago
- Photos: French protests over school conditions swell Al Jazeera · 32d ago
- At least 160,000 people take to streets in third week of French school protests The Guardian · 32d ago
- Greta Thunberg backs French high school protests over run-down schools AP News · 32d ago
- Greta Thunberg is the personification of empty activism The Telegraph · 32d ago
- France’s students are angry about more than crumbling classrooms and missing teachers The Guardian · 32d ago
- Greta Thunberg joins French teens on new day of school protests NBC News · 32d ago
- Greta Thunberg backs French high school protests over run-down schools The Hill · 33d ago
- What to know about France’s high school student protests AP News · 33d ago
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