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France says to accept Burkina Faso’s demand to withdraw troops within month
Jan 26, 2023 04:35France on Wednesday said it will withdraw its hundreds of troops stationed in Burkina Faso within a month after the junta ruling the West African country demanded the pullout amid growing anti-French sentiment.
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Tensions high in Paris as protests over Macron’s pension reform rage on
Jan 22, 2023 11:36Tensions run high in Paris as demonstrators once again rallied in protest against the planned pension reform announced by French President Emmanuel Macron
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France’s Macron set to boost military budget despite protests over pension cuts, inequality
Jan 21, 2023 03:39French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed to allocate a huge chunk of the country’s budget to the military despite widespread opposition and mass protests against his pension reform plan.
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Storm Gerard leaves over 70,000 households without power in France
Jan 17, 2023 05:52Tens of thousands of households in France have suffered power outage after storm Gerard swept across large parts of the European country, power grid company Enedis says.
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French unions rally for major strikes against pensions reform
Jan 13, 2023 11:42The main trade unions in France have announced strikes in response to the government’s pension reform proposal, with oil workers being part of the mobilization.
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Macron says France will not apologize to Algeria for colonization
Jan 13, 2023 02:43French President Emmanuel Macron once again says he will not "ask forgiveness" from Algeria for French colonization but hopes to continue working toward reconciliation with his Algerian counterpart Abdelmajid Tebboune.
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Protesters denounce Charlie Hebdo cartoons
Jan 12, 2023 09:48Iranian university students and political activists gathered in front of the French Embassy in Tehran to once again denounce a French magazine’s insult to Muslim sanctities and Iran’s religious and national values.
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Paris knife attack: several wounded at train station, police arrest assailant
Jan 11, 2023 08:32French authorities say several people have been wounded by a man wielding a knife at a busy train station in the capital, Paris.
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Iran blasts Charlie Hebdo for incitement to violence through defamatory cartoons
Jan 09, 2023 09:15Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has censured the French magazine Charlie Hebdo’s incendiary cartoons targeting the Islamic Republic’s top religious and political authority, saying the move was a clear example of hate-mongering, an insult to the sacred values and sanctities of other nations, and incitement to violence.
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Iranians protest Charlie Hebdo's defamatory cartoons
Jan 09, 2023 02:57Dozens of Iranian protesters have gathered outside France’s embassy in Tehran to express their anger at a French publication after it called for cartoons attacking the Islamic Republic’s top religious and political authority.