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Trump threatens trade action to spur NATO contributions
Dec 06, 2019 04:11US President Donald Trump has threatened to take action on trade with countries that he says are not contributing enough to NATO.
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Nationwide strike to paralyze France in Macron showdown with unions
Dec 05, 2019 05:57France is set to be paralyzed on Thursday by a nationwide strike by transport workers, teachers, and other professionals in a showdown between unions and President Emmanuel Macron over his planned pension reforms.
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French MPs pass pro-Zionism resolution, defy warnings by advocates of Palestine rights
Dec 04, 2019 07:29The lower house of France’s Parliament has passed a nonbinding resolution equating criticism of the Zionists occupying Palestinian territories with anti-Semitism, defying warnings that such a move could serve to stifle the advocates of Palestinian rights.
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France, EU to retaliate possible US tariffs
Dec 03, 2019 10:10France and the European Union (EU) would retaliate if the United States went ahead with the tariffs on French products that Washington has threatened to impose, French government ministers say.
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France slams US for forcing own weapons on NATO allies
Dec 02, 2019 10:27France’s defense chief has blasted the US for trying to force its NATO allies into purchasing American arms and equipment above anything else, days after President Emmanuel Macron held Washington to blame for the Western military bloc’s “brain death.”
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Three French flood rescuers killed in helicopter crash
Dec 02, 2019 10:23Three emergency workers were killed in a helicopter crash near Marseille while on a rescue mission in southern France where floods have left two dead, officials said Monday.
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Yellow Vests march as nation preps for huge general strike
Dec 01, 2019 09:54As France begins its Christmas season, it is also steeling itself for what may be the most important general strike since 1995.
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Erdogan, Macron trade barbs in 'brain death' dispute
Nov 30, 2019 07:35Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has engaged in a war of words with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron after the latter said NATO was dying owing to a lack of coordination between member states to respond to Ankara’s Syria offensive.
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Foreign Ministry slams France's 'unconstructive' JCPOA claims
Nov 28, 2019 14:04Foreign Ministry has raised serious objection to the French foreign minister’s comments pointing to Paris’s inclination to bring Iran back under the United Nations sanctions.
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Black boxes from France’s ill-fated helicopters found in Mali
Nov 28, 2019 09:34The black boxes from two French military helicopters that collided and killed 13 soldiers during an operation against alleged militants in Mali have been recovered, France has announced.