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PARIS (Reuters) -Paris police banned a protest on Saturday against violence by the force, a week after France was rocked

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The Premier League confirm a number of changes to the early weeks of the 2023/24 fixture schedule.

Former President Donald Trump has hit the 2024 campaign trail and is giving voters a preview of what a second Trump presidency could look like if he's elected. He's made many campaign promises -- many of which are often vague and lacking in details or specifics -- including ending the war in Ukraine, building 10 new cities and giving drug smugglers the death penalty.

A farmer has been ordered to pay up a staggering $92,000 (£71,600) after sending a thumbs-up emoji in a text. Chris Achter was speaking with Kent Mickleborough, a grain buyer who worked for South West Terminal Ltd (SWT). A contract for 86 tonnes of flax for $25 a bushel was drafted between the pair, and the order was expected to arrive in November. Mickleborough signed the document and sent Achter a photo, writing: "Please confirm flax contract". Achter responded with a thumbs-up emoji – but the order did not arrive by the intended date. The Court of King’s Bench in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has said the Canadian farmer must pay a fee of $92,000. They believe the emoji confirmed the contract, which was later breached. In the legal documents, Achter claimed his use of the emoji was to confirm he had received the document and "understood the complete contract would follow by fax or email." He went on to deny that he accepted the emoji as a digital signature of the "incomplete contract," adding: "I did not have time to review the Flax Contract and merely wanted to indicate that I did receive his text message." Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter His legal team argued that "allowing a simple [thumbs up] emoji to signify identity and acceptance would open up the flood gates to allow all sorts of cases coming forward asking for interpretations as to what various different emojis mean … Counsel argues the courts will be inundated with all kinds of cases if this court finds that the [thumbs up] emoji can take the place of a signature." Meanwhile, the buyers adamantly believed the emoji signified Achter accepted the contract. According to AU News, Justice Timothy Keene summarised the case by saying the case "led parties to a far-flung search for the equivalent of the Rosetta stone in cases from Israel, New York State and some tribunals in Canada, etc. to unearth what a [thumbs-up] emoji means." "This court readily acknowledges that a [thumbs-up] emoji is a non-traditional means to ‘sign’ a document, but nevertheless, under these circumstances, this was a valid way to convey the two purposes of a 'signature.'" He continued: "This Court cannot (nor should it) attempt to stem the tide of technology and common usage – this appears to be the new reality in Canadian society, and courts will have to be ready to meet the new challenges that may arise from the use of emojis and the like." Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

The Dutch government has collapsed after failing to reach an agreement on curbing immigration.

Barcelona are ready to confirm the signing of Vitor Roque despite late interest from Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea and Bayern Munich.

ChatGPT, a publicly available language-learning AI, was not designed to create things like crochet or knitting patterns, but what happens when you ask it to do just that? We crocheted some ChatGPT-generated patterns to find out.

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Adding freshly sliced meat isn't the only major change Subway has made in the past several years.

PARIS The U.S. presidential election could trigger a major energy shock if Republicans were to win and decide

Kylian Mbappe says PSG's failings in the Champions League must be addressed with the club's hierarchy. The 24-year-old has one year left on his deal and has been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid.