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Around 700 firefighters with aircraft battle blaze in southern France
Jul 08, 2022 07:19About 700 firefighters backed by aircraft have been pressed into service in France's southern Gard region to battle a blaze that has so far burnt more than 600 hectares (1,500 acres) of forest area.
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French train staff strike, demand better wages in face of inflation
Jul 06, 2022 04:07These are images from Saint-Lazare Station in Paris as traffic on the region's L and J lines is "severely disrupted" by the strike of SNCF staff who demand wage increases to counter soaring inflation.
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Paris airport workers keep demand for pay raise alive
Jul 02, 2022 12:13Paris airport workers have planned another two-day strike for the weekend as the protest action has already disrupted early summer travels at the French capital’s international airport.
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Flights canceled in France as airport workers strike for higher pay amid high inflation
Jul 01, 2022 09:53As France’s summer travel season begins, flights from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and other French airports have been canceled after the employers went on strikes to protest low salaries and high inflation.
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Western energy crisis: Saudi Arabia, UAE unable to increase oil production, says Macron
Jun 29, 2022 03:36Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as the leading Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil producers can barely increase their oil production capacity, French President Emmanuel Macron cited the Emirati president as saying on Tuesday.
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Tehran rejects G7’s anti-Iranian statement as baseless, one-sided, unfair
Jun 29, 2022 01:18Tehran has vehemently denounced as “baseless, one-sided, and unjust” an anti-Iranian statement by the Group of Seven industrialized states.
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France pushes for return of Iranian oil to markets
Jun 28, 2022 01:20French authorities are advocating a return of Iranian oil to the international markets amid a squeeze on Russian supplies that has been caused by the war in Ukraine.
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Labor unrest spreads across Europe amid cost of living crisis
Jun 26, 2022 03:38Strikes in Europe's transport sector have disrupted air flights and train schedules as transportation companies struggle to cope with rising demand at the start of the peak summer travel season after the COVID restrictions were lifted.
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France: Macron’s alliance loses parliamentary majority in stunning setback
Jun 20, 2022 02:52No single party has managed to gain an absolute majority in the French parliamentary vote, leading to an unprecedented political situation in the country and dealing a severe blow to French President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling centrist alliance.
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France votes in election in test for Macron amid rampant inflation
Jun 19, 2022 08:11French voters are casting their ballots in a parliamentary election that could deprive centrist President Emmanuel Macron of the absolute majority he needs to govern with a free hand.