French opposition MPs fail to pass pension repeal bill
Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform failed on Thursday to pass a repeal bill, in their latest effort to maintain the retirement age at 62.…
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French parliament speaker to block attempt to repeal pension reform law
The speaker of France's parliament said Wednesday she would block an attempt to repeal a recent law raising the retirement age which was enacted after months of protests.…
???? Live: France faces 14th day of nationwide protests against pension reform
French unions are seeking to reignite resistance to President Emmanuel Macron’s raising of the retirement age with what may be a final surge of nationwide protests and scattered…
‘Protests over pension reforms in France repressed in shocking way’:…
The French director's debut "Age of Panic" was set around the presidential elections in France in 2012 and caused a sensation when it premiered at Cannes the following year. CANNES:…
‘Protests over pension reforms repressed in shocking way’, says…
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CANNES: French director Justine Triet became the third woman to win the top prize Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday with her gripping and icy…
Cannes’s ‘essential workers’ stage Carlton protest as French pension battle hits…
From our special correspondent in Cannes – A relentless downpour threw a wet blanket on the world’s premier film festival on Friday, but it did not stop Cannes’s…
California created the nation’s only pension for aging boxers. But it’s…
SACRAMENTO — There are days when Milford Kemp’s mind can’t leave the boxing ring. At 69 years old, he relives fights in an endless loop, replaying each blow from memory as his large fists…
Could you have a California boxers’ pension? Here is what you need to know
California created a unique plan to help struggling boxers in their retirement. But for decades the state has stumbled in getting the word out, resulting in few claiming their benefits.…
Independent report slams indiscriminate arrests at French pension protests
Issued on: 03/05/2023 - 21:43
French police have made widespread use of “preventive” arrests to quell protests against…
France’s Constitutional Court to rule on last-ditch pension referendum call
Issued on: 03/05/2023 - 10:15
France’s top constitutional body is to rule Wednesday on a last-ditch effort by opposition…