Our daily trip around the world

🇫🇷 Thousands of French residents participated in protests on Thursday. President Emmanuel Macron made his second public appearance since signing a controversial pension reform bill into law yesterday, which was heavily attended by protesters opposed to his plan to raise the minimum age for a full pension from 62 to 64. Elsewhere, a group of protesters briefly stormed the Paris offices of stock-market operator Euronext while chanting slogans calling for big companies to finance pensions, as well as for President Macron’s resignation.

🇨🇦🪙 Canadian police are investigating a $15 million gold heist that took place at Toronto’s main airport. Officials won’t reveal where the gold and other valuables came from, nor where they were headed, but said the cargo was reported missing after it arrived Monday evening and was transferred to a temporary holding facility. A police spokesperson said the “very rare” theft appeared to be an isolated incident, and there currently aren’t any suspects.

🌏 A record 363 journalists were detained across 30 countries last year. That’s per an annual report from the Committee to Protect Journalists, which found the highest number of detainees were held in Iran (62), China (43), Myanmar (42), and Turkey (40). Last year’s total is nearly twice as high as in 2015, as well as ~4x higher compared to at the start of this century.