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Victor Wembanyama is seen as a lock for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs to select in the draft. He hopes to reproduce the championship success of other French players, like Tony Parker.

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Belgian customs destroyed a shipment of 2,352 cans of Miller High Life after the Champagne trade body called foul over the "Champagne of Beers" slogan.

France's Constitutional Council approved a plan to raise the retirement age to 64. Macron's office said he would enact the law soon, and he has said he wants it implemented by the end of the year.

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Fears that violence could mar the demonstrations against President Macron's unpopular pension reforms has led to deployment of 13,000 officers, nearly half of them concentrated in the French capital.

Workers already refused to roll out the red carpet for the British monarch's arrival, originally scheduled for Sunday. The French are protesting a decision to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62.

Building on Thursday's strong turnout, unions swiftly called for new protests and strikes next week when the British king is scheduled to visit Bordeaux on the second day of his trip to France.