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French MPs block vote, end pension age hike protests
Jun 12, 2023 07:22Many in France had hoped that by holding a vote on the legality of the recent pension age hike, Parliament could establish its right to be a part of a national law-making process increasingly dominated by executive decree.
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Raeisi, Macron discuss Iran-France ties, agree on roadmap for engagement
Jun 10, 2023 17:28The presidents of Iran and France have exchanged views on ways to improve relations and agreed on a roadmap for further engagement, according to a senior government official in Tehran.
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French National Assembly speaker refuses to allow vote to overturn unpopular pension law
Jun 07, 2023 16:18France's National Assembly Speaker Yael Braun-Pivet has ruled out an opposition-sponsored motion to cast vote on repealing the unpopular pension law that divided the nation and sparked social unrest across the country.
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France threatens to ban US social media network in EU over disinformation rules
May 31, 2023 07:55France has threatened to ban Twitter from the European Union if the American social media network fails to abide by new disinformation regulations in the bloc.
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Police brutality unchecked but Yellow Vests still marching
May 29, 2023 13:26French police brutality against demonstrators continues unabated and one group, which knows plenty about that subject, is the Yellow Vest anti-government protesters. They still gather every Saturday nationwide and do so despite regular harassment by police and judges.
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French police attack protesters with tear gas at Total's meeting
May 26, 2023 12:33French police officers have fired teargas to disperse climate demonstrators gathered in Paris to raise their voices against an annual general meeting of oil company TotalEnergies.
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French unions protest pensions reform in Cannes
May 22, 2023 15:13Protesters from French labor unions threw an effigy of President Emmanuel Macron into the air as they marched towards Cannes on Sunday, in a demonstration against pension law reform.
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UN warns against 'splitting world in two’ as G7 leaders reinforce division
May 21, 2023 08:15United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has cautioned G7 nations to refrain from the “division of the world into two” Cold-War-style blocs aligned with either the US or China, while the G7 bloc reinforced the division by accusing China and Russia over nuclear weapons.
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Study: Millions of French people do not have enough food to eat
May 20, 2023 12:26Sixteen percent of French people say they did not have enough food to eat at the end of last year, according to a new study.
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Lebanon's Central Bank chief vows to appeal against France's arrest warrant
May 17, 2023 08:12Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh has slammed French prosecutors for issuing an arrest warrant against him, saying he would appeal against the decision.