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French soldiers warn of 'brewing civil war'; accuse Macron of silencing their voice
May 12, 2021 00:10A group of serving French soldiers has published an open letter warning that France has been brought to the brink of “civil war,” accusing their President Emmanuel Macron for silencing their voice.
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Jersey standoff over post-Brexit fishing feud escalates between UK, France
May 07, 2021 00:35Tensions between London and Paris over post-Brexit fishing rights have escalated off the island of Jersey, with the two sides sending navy and coastal patrol ships to the area as a “precaution” in ratcheting up of the row.
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Iranian investor to sign airport plan abandoned by French
May 05, 2021 06:42Iran will soon sign the contract to build a new terminal at the Imam Khomeini Airport (IKA) in Tehran to handle 25 million passengers a year, an official says.
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France summons Russian ambassador over sanctions against EU officials
May 05, 2021 04:43Russian Ambassador to France Alexei Meshkov has been summoned to the country’s Foreign Ministry over Moscow’s decision to impose retaliatory sanctions on a number of European officials.
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Workers mark May Day with protest rallies in France, Spain, Germany
May 02, 2021 03:10Protests erupted in a number of European countries on May Day as demonstrators called for better working protections in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the attributed economic crisis.
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Zarif slams France’s double standards on Iran defense program after ballistic missile test
Apr 29, 2021 01:32Following France’s test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized Paris for pursuing double-standard policies and its discriminatory attempts to limit Iran’s missile defense program.
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The West practicing vaccine apartheid at a global level (1)
Apr 28, 2021 09:46A comparison of the number of doses of vaccines manufactured by the rich countries with the number of doses used by them in their own countries provides a clear picture of the extent of vaccine apartheid practiced by these countries. An article in The New York Times in late March reveals, “Residents of wealthy and middle-income countries have received about 90% of the nearly 400 million vaccines delivered so far.”
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OPCW ignores critics of its cover-up, imposes sanctions on Syria
Apr 26, 2021 15:57Syria has condemned a Western-backed resolution passed by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) over the country’s alleged use of toxic arms, saying the illegitimate move encourages foreign-sponsored terrorists to go ahead with their crimes in the Arab country.
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Macron links knife attack to Muslims, says France keeps fighting terrorism
Apr 24, 2021 12:13In yet another verbal onslaught on the Muslim world, French President Emmanuel Macron has labeled a recent deadly knife attack in the country as an indication of what he claimed “Islamist terrorism” and said France would “never give in” to such radical moves.
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Female police officer dies in stabbing attack in France
Apr 24, 2021 00:32A female police officer has been killed by a knife-wielding assailant at a police station outside the French capital, Paris.