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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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Macron loses absolute majority as opposition surges, a blow for new term
Jun 20, 2022 06:43With all votes counted, Mr. Macron’s centrist coalition won 245 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly, the lower and more powerful house of Parliament.
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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.
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Kremlin: Western arms in Ukraine ‘useless’ as leaders of Germany, France, Italy visit Kiev
Jun 16, 2022 10:15Russia says Western-provided weapons in Ukraine are “useless” in fending off its advances, as leaders of Germany, France, and Italy visit Kiev.
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Macron's majority in doubt after first-round of French parliament vote
Jun 13, 2022 09:35French President Emmanuel Macron was in danger of falling short of a parliamentary majority after a first round of voting on Sunday, with some polling firms seeing his centrist alliance scoring less than the 289 seats required.
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French vote in elections as left seeks to end Macron's authority
Jun 12, 2022 06:48French voters have headed to the polls in the first round of parliamentary elections with the newly-reorganized left seeking to win seats in a bid to thwart President Emmanuel Macron's plans for the country.
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President Raeisi: Iran ‘not to back down an inch from its positions’ after anti-Tehran IAEA resolution
Jun 09, 2022 13:15President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the Islamic Republic will not back down an iota from its positions following the recent Western-drafted resolution adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s Board of Governors against Tehran's nuclear program.
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Iran mulls ‘additional measures’ after turning off IAEA cameras, committed to safeguards
Jun 08, 2022 11:44The spokesperson for Iran’s nuclear agency says Tehran is mulling over “additional measures” after turning off the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) surveillance cameras that functioned beyond the safeguards agreement, amid rising tensions over IAEA’s political agendas.
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France deplores Israeli plans to expand illegal settlements in occupied West Bank
Jun 06, 2022 09:21French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned the Tel Aviv regime’s insistence on illegal settlement construction and land expropriation policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, asserting that Paris supports the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.