Two women were also rescued and taken to hospital with serious burns from the mixture of gasoline and seawater.

Riot police clashed with teenagers across France as roughly 400 high schools closed and some 2,000 people were arrested amid escalating student unrest.

By Sabrina Valle Oct 5 (Reuters) - France's Schneider Electric said on Monday it had agreed to buy PTC in an all-cash deal valuing the US software company's equity at around $22.6 billion, confirming reports from Sunday.

Ten years ago, Roland Lescure quit a high-flying finance job in Canada to answer Emmanuel Macron’s call for an economic and political revolution in France. The banker was lured back to his homeland by the opportunity to turn back the rising tide of the far right and hand the next generation of leaders a pro-European,

Political and fiscal concerns are mounting in two of the euro area's biggest economies.

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Asian stocks made brisk gains on Monday as investors pared back expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike this month, while the euro sank to a 17-month low on concerns over France's deteriorating fiscal position.

Lessons will be 'totally or partly suspended' in some '400-500' high schools, Education Minister Edouard Geffray said today.

Only one point separates Group A1 leaders France and second-placed Belgium before Monday’s clash.