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Iran steps further away from JCPOA unnerving remaining signatories
Nov 07, 2019 03:23After the US removed itself from the historic nuclear deal in 2018 and imposed old and new sanctions on Iran, the remaining signatories have failed to keep the deal alive. Iran has given them time to do so reducing its commitments to the deal in stages.
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France’s New Caledonia to hold independence vote in 2020
Nov 05, 2019 10:03People in France’s Pacific island territory of New Caledonia will go to the polls for yet another vote of independence from the European country on September 6 next year.
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French jobless squeezed as Macron cuts benefits
Nov 01, 2019 10:24Hundreds of thousands of jobless French people stand to lose some of their benefits under reforms introduced by President Emmanuel Macron’s government that took effect Friday.
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France, Germany step up efforts to build 'sovereign' EU cloud computing
Oct 30, 2019 09:59Europe’s two largest economies, France and Germany, are putting together plans to build up their own "safe and sovereign" cloud computing sector, amid growing distrust between the United States and the European Union.
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Macron pledges to push pension reforms despite protests
Oct 28, 2019 09:25French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to press ahead with his planned pension reforms despite warnings by unions of a fresh wave of protests and strikes against such a move in winter.
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Yellow Vests protest for 50th straight week, as unpopular Macron reaches 2.5 years
Oct 26, 2019 18:12The anti-government Yellow Vest movement marched across France for the 50th consecutive weekend.
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Spy agencies astounded by arrest of anti-Iran propaganda figure: IRGC commander
Oct 21, 2019 05:46Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Hossein Salami said the recent arrest of Ruhollah Zam, the head of an anti-Iranian website and Telegram channel, has taken foreign intelligence services by surprise.
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Iranian president’s chief of staff lauds IRGC move to arrest Zam
Oct 21, 2019 03:48Iranian President’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi praised the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ (IRGC) recent success in arresting Ruhollah Zam, the head of an anti-Iranian website and Telegram channel, saying the IRGC forces have acted wisely.
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France claims to have foiled a September 11-inspired attack
Oct 18, 2019 09:15France’s Interior Minister said on Thursday that intelligence services had arrested a man for planning an attack inspired by plane attacks on the World Trade Center in New York in September 2001.
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France, Germany suspend selling arms to Turkey over Syria operation
Oct 13, 2019 10:22France and Germany have announced that they are imposing an immediate halt to arms exports to Turkey over Ankara’s continued war on Kurds in northern Syria.