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Macron starts pension rollback despite protests
Sep 06, 2019 04:30After being forced to delay because of the Yellow Vest anti-austerity movement, French President Emmanuel Macron has begun his right-wing pension reform which is already certain to provoke major protests this month.
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UN investigators: US, Western allies may be complicit in Yemen war crimes
Sep 04, 2019 02:15The United Nations’ investigators say they suspect the US and its chief Western allies, the UK and France, of complicity in “war crimes” in Yemen, citing their provision of arms, logistics, and intelligence to a Saudi-led coalition invading the country.
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Finnish top diplomat confirms talks on credit facility for Iran in exchange for oil sale
Sep 04, 2019 01:37Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto has confirmed reports that Iran would be able to resume its oil sale under a new initiative by France, which seeks to provide Tehran with a crucial credit facility to help save a nuclear deal that has suffered as a result of US sanctions.
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France: Saving Iran’s nuclear deal hinges on ‘US waivers’ from bans
Sep 04, 2019 01:15France says efforts aimed at saving a 2015 multilateral nuclear deal on the Iranian nuclear program hinges on the United States’ provision of waivers from the sanctions it has unilaterally and illegally re-imposed on Tehran.
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Iran, France hold intensive expert-level talks on ways to save nuclear deal
Sep 03, 2019 02:12Iranian and French experts have held intensive talks aimed at salvaging an international nuclear deal, which has been at risk of unraveling since the US withdrew last year.
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Iranian delegation due in Paris to discuss French offer: Official
Sep 01, 2019 07:19President’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi gave an account of a French proposal for saving the 2015 nuclear deal and how France has been liaising with the Group of Seven (G7) about it, saying an Iranian economic delegation will go to Paris to discuss the details.
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'Yellow Vests' protesters return to streets for movement's 42nd week
Sep 01, 2019 00:50Around 200 "Yellow Vest" protesters have gathered in Paris for the 42nd week of the often-violent anti-government movement.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro fuels spat with Macron over Amazon fires
Aug 29, 2019 02:47Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday repeated a demand for French leader Emmanuel Macron to withdraw recent remarks, accusing France and Germany of "buying" the Latin American country's sovereignty with Amazon fire aid.
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Putin backs Macron's initiative to save Iran nuclear deal: Lavrov
Aug 28, 2019 23:53Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow is aware of French President Emmanuel Macron's initiative to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, noting that his boss, President Vladimir Putin, has already met the French head of state and given him his full support.
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G7 disagrees Russia's return, Trump pushes for invitation
Aug 26, 2019 09:03US President Donald Trump has sparked yet another row with his fellow leaders of the Group of Seven nations, known as G7, when he aired his demand to invite Russia back to the International leaders gathering.