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Top French court rejects age hike referendum, prolonging crisis
May 04, 2023 04:26France’s top court has rejected the request for a national referendum on the recent 2-year increase to the retirement age. The unpopular law has been met with four months of huge and violent demonstrations, with more protests announced for June.
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Listen to protesting voices, avoid resorting to violence: Iran to French govt.
May 03, 2023 02:03The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has admonished French police for the use of violence against protesters in the international Labor Day rallies, calling on President Emmanuel Macron’s government to listen to dissident voices.
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French police fire tear gas, clash with Labor Day protesters amid simmering anger over pension reform
May 02, 2023 03:49Police in France have fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital Paris and other major cities on International Labor Day amid rising public anger over the passage of President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform.
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France under fire at UN for racism, police violence against protesters
May 02, 2023 02:58France has come under fire by several states at the United Nations over racism and police violence, including against demonstrators during mass rallies over a controversial pension reform bill that finally became law.
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‘Casserole pan’ protesters plaguing Macron, his ministers daily
May 01, 2023 05:51French President Emmanuel Macron tried to enjoy the final of the French Football Cup, but his visit was once again met with protesters noisily banging cooking pans. The new type of protest is greeting Macron and his ministers wherever they go.
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Iran arrests individuals charged with ties to French spies
May 01, 2023 02:25Iran has arrested members of a network, comprising elements with records of links to Marxist counter-revolutionary groups, the terrorist cult the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), and French spies.
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Thousands of protesters demonstrate across France, slamming government's immigration plans
Apr 30, 2023 03:52Thousands of protesters, including a large group of migrants, have marched in Paris and other French cities, protesting planned changes to immigration laws and evictions from the Indian Ocean Island of Mayotte.
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Furious French hold casserolade protest against government's pension law
Apr 25, 2023 09:58French protesters have once again taken to the streets banging pots and pans to vent their outrage at the government’s highly unpopular pension law that will delay the age at which people can retire in the European country.
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Report: French oil giant involved in large-scale pollution of Yemen environment
Apr 25, 2023 05:43A recent report has uncovered the involvement of French oil giant TotalEnergies SE in large-scale pollution of Yemen’s environment by dumping thousands of tons of toxic chemicals into waters around the areas where it operates in the impoverished and conflict-stricken Arab nation.
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European Environment Agency: Air pollution kills 1,200 children a year
Apr 24, 2023 04:21Air pollution still causes more than 1,200 premature deaths a year in under 18's across Europe and increases the risk of chronic disease later in life, the EU environmental agency said Monday.