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Four kids, including baby, found alive in Amazon after plane crash
AFP, Published on 18/05/2023
» BOGOTá - Four Indigenous children, including an 11-month-old baby, have been found alive in the dense Colombian Amazon after a plane crash more than two weeks ago, President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday, declaring "joy for the country."
Macron warns about Le Pen and regrets pensions campaign
AFP, Published on 24/04/2023
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron warned Sunday about far-right leader Marine Le Pen coming to power as he suggested that he should have got more involved in selling his unpopular pension reform to the country.
Teargas fired as Macron faces hostile crowd
AFP, Published on 20/04/2023
» GANGES, France: French police fired teargas Thursday in a village in southern France where President Emmanuel Macron visited a school, a day after he was booed and heckled over his unpopular pension reform.
Macron to address France after 'Pyrrhic' pensions victory
AFP, Published on 17/04/2023
» PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron is on Monday to address France for the first time since signing into law his controversial pension reform, facing warnings the political and social crisis sparked by the changes is not over.
Macron signs French pension reforms into law
AFP, Published on 15/04/2023
» PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron signed his controversial pension reform into law Saturday, defying three months of protests and pleas from unions not to implement the legislation.
French court to have final say on pensions reform
AFP, Published on 14/04/2023
» PARIS: France's top constitutional court is to rule Friday on whether to approve President Emmanuel Macron's deeply unpopular pensions overhaul after months of protests.
Swedish retirees demand fairer pensions for women
AFP, Published on 13/04/2023
» STOCKHOLM - "Old ladies need more money!" a group of grey-haired women chants in front of Sweden's parliament, as their recurring protest against the country's pension system enters its 10th year.
Last-ditch protests in France over Macron's pension reform
AFP, Published on 13/04/2023
» PARIS - Hundreds of thousands of people are set to take to the streets across France again on Thursday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform in a final day of demonstrations before a crucial court decision on the legislation.
France braces for new protests after pensions deadlock
AFP, Published on 06/04/2023
» PARIS - France on Thursday braced for another day of protests and strikes to denounce President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform after talks between the government and unions ended in deadlock.
Macron dismisses unrest, vows drought action
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» SAVINES-LE-LAC, France: President Emmanuel Macron announced new water-saving measures for France on Thursday as he sought to brush aside weeks of political turmoil after he imposed a deeply unpopular pensions reform.