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French pensions strikes slow before March showdown

Turnout was sharply down on Thursday for new strikes in France against a bitterly opposed pension reform being debated in parliament, with union heads...

AFPFebruary 16, 2023

'Target full employment,' the president wrote on Twitter

Business

Boost for Macron as French unemployment drops to 15-year low

French President Emmanuel Macron received a boost Tuesday with official figures showing unemployment fell to a 15-year low, as he seeks to push through...

AFPFebruary 14, 2023

US President Joe Biden (pictured August 30, 2022) will deliver a speech near the building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were adopted two centuries ago

World

As US midterms loom, Biden heads to Philadelphia to condemn Trump supporters

The symbolism is not lost on the White House: US President Joe Biden heads Thursday to Philadelphia, the cradle of American statehood, to deliver...

AFPSeptember 1, 2022

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met with Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi, and discussed an international agreement to set a price cap on Russian oil sales

Business

Yellen ‘optimistic’ on deal to set price cap on Russian oil

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday she was “optimistic” about the possibility of an international agreement to set a price limit on Russia’s...

AFPAugust 31, 2022

Argentine Vice-President Cristina Kirchner waves to supporters from the senate balcony a day after prosecutors recommend she be jailed for 12 years for graft

World

Argentina’s Kirchner goes on offensive over graft trial

Argentina Vice-President Cristina Kirchner on Tuesday launched a long and politically charged defense against corruption charges, for which prosecutors have asked that she face...

AFPAugust 23, 2022

The ambassador will 'campaign for the decriminalisation everywhere of homosexuality and trans-identity'

World

France will appoint LGBTQ ambassador to defend rights abroad

The French government will create an ambassador’s post to promote LGBTQ rights across the world, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Thursday. The new envoy...

AFPAugust 4, 2022

The government had said terms including sausage, lardon, dumpling and carpaccio should be reserved for meat products

Business

Veggie ‘steak’ spared the knife in France

The government said terms including sausage, lardon, dumpling and carpaccio should be reserved for meat products.

AFPJuly 27, 2022

During the summer, Spain normally sees a surge in temporary contracts in tourism and agriculture

Business

Spain’s labour market buoyed by key reform

Six months after Spain pushed through a key reform aimed at reducing labour market insecurity, the number of temporary contracts has fallen sharply, giving...

AFPJuly 6, 2022