Emmanuel Macron survives first confidence vote amid protests
Trade unions have led strikes against proposed rise in pension age, which is now likely to become law The French government survived a vote of...
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France faces another day of strikes ahead of key vote on pension reforms
Rubbish piles up and record number of people take to streets in protest against raising retirement age to 64 French unions have called for a...
Third day of strikes and protests in France over Macron pension plans
Hundreds of thousands expected to take part in more than 200 street demonstrations across country France is facing a third day of strikes and mass...
Macron’s credibility on the line amid protests over pension changes
President’s centrist group is without a majority as parliament begins debating proposal to raise retirement age to 64 As hundreds of thousands of people prepare...
Police fire teargas at Paris pensions reform protesters – video
More than 1.27 million people have taken part in street demonstrations across France in a second round of coordinated strike action against Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular...
Turkey condemns burning of Qur’an during far-right protest in Sweden
Event in front of Turkish embassy will further inflame tensions between two countries Turkey has condemned a demonstration involving the burning of Qur’ans in Sweden...
France hit by strikes over plan to raise retirement age to 64
Nationwide stoppages and protests are first big test for Emmanuel Macron since his re-election Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in street demonstrations...
Climate activists vow to take to streets to stop fossil fuel extraction
‘Cease and desist’ letter signed by over 650,000 people sent to oil and gas CEOs follows removal of Greta Thunberg from coal protest Hundreds of...
Iranian chess player ‘moving to Spain’ after competing without headscarf
Sara Khadem and family plan to set up residence in an unnamed Spanish city, according to reports One of Iran’s top-ranked female chess players is...
French open suicide investigation after Iranian found dead in river
Mohammad Moradi posted video online saying he would kill himself to highlight Iran’s crackdown on protests French authorities are investigating as suicide the drowning of...
