This Thursday, much of France is grinding to a halt due to a nationwide general strike over pension reform. It begs the question: is striking typically French?… Read More »Born to revolt? Why the French go on strike
Senegal hope to follow up their Nations Cup success with victory at the CHAN – but can their coach Pape Thiaw emulate his 2002 World… Read More »CHAN: Can Senegal coach Pape Thiaw match the country’s Afcon triumph?
A stampede outside a stadium in southern Iraq killed one person and injured dozens Thursday, the state news agency reported.
France is seeing a wave of strikes against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms on Thursday, as trains, flights, schools and even hospitals will be disrupted. Polls show… Read More »Will strikes force Macron to back down over France pension reforms?
A day of strikes and protests has kicked off in France, with transport, schools and refinery shipments disrupted as workers walk off their jobs in an… Read More »Live: France hit by strikes, protests as unions fight Macron’s pension overhaul
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says investigators are examining several possible causes for Wednesday’s helicopter crash near Kyiv in which the country’s interior minister and 13 others were killed. The… Read More »Live: Ukraine investigating ‘several theories’ after deadly helicopter crash
Iran warned the European Union on Thursday against listing the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, a day after EU lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to blacklist the powerful force over… Read More »EU lawmakers push to blacklist Iran’s Guards as bloc mulls new sanctions
Protesters set fire to the police station and judicial office in the Peruvian town of Macusani Wednesday after two people were killed and another seriously… Read More »More deaths during anti-government protests in southern Peru
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg returns to Davos on Thursday to press her battle against fossil fuels at the annual confab of the global business… Read More »Activist Greta Thunberg returns to Davos to speak out against fossil fuels
France’s government was facing a day of strikes and protests Thursday set to disrupt transport and schooling across the country as workers oppose a deeply… Read More »France prepares for ‘hellish’ day of strikes over pension reform
