France's Constitutional Council approves Macron's pension reform amidst protests.

France's Constitutional Council has approved President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, despite months of mass protests. The decision has dismayed or enraged critics of the pension plan, with hundreds of union activists and others gathering peacefully in Paris before some groups broke off in marches towards the historic Bastille plaza and beyond, setting fires to garbage bins and scooters as police fired tear gas or pushed them back. Unions and Macron’s political opponents vowed to maintain pressure on the government to withdraw the bill, and activists threatened scattered new protests Saturday.