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[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Chinese leader Xi Jinping had one overriding message for his visiting French counterpart Emmanuel Macron this week: Don’t let Europe get sucked into playing America’s game. Beijing is eager to avoid the EU falling further under U.S. influence, at a time when the…
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is jetting off on an ambitious diplomatic mission to woo Beijing away from Moscow. Officials in Washington wish him luck with that. France hopes to dissuade China’s leader Xi Jinping from getting any cozier with Russian President…
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin taking on the rotating monthly presidency of the 15-member United Nations Security Council came just after a young boy was killed by artillery launched by Moscow’s invading forces, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Saturday. “Unfortunately, we … have news that is obviously absurd and destructive,” Zelenskyy said in his…
[ad_1] PARIS — French unions vowed to continue demonstrations next week amid another day of protests Tuesday against French President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms — the 10th general strike this year. Clashes broke out between small groups of protesters and police, especially in Paris, where some people also ransacked a supermarket. But the number…
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — France is bracing for fresh chaos Tuesday with a day of protests planned against Emmanuel Macron’s detested pensions reform, and trade unions calling for a general strike. Protests last Thursday descended into turmoil with clashes between police and protesters, and scenes…
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron will face a moment of reckoning Thursday as lawmakers gear up for a final vote on the government’s deeply unpopular pension reform. The controversial bill, a centerpiece of Macron’s second term, has sparked weeks of nationwide protests…
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to bypass parliament and impose his deeply unpopular pensions reform has revealed an uncompromising and weakened leader who now faces severe backlash from emboldened opposition lawmakers and protesters. Macron had vowed to abandon his top-down approach to politics…
[ad_1] Emmanuel Macron is paying a high price for his push on pension reform as a survey on Sunday showed the French president is facing a new low in popularity — as low as during the protests of the so-called Yellow Jackets. As the French take to the streets to protest against Macron’s pension reform,…
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — Emmanuel Macron’s government faces several motions of no confidence in the National Assembly Monday after his government forced through a deeply unpopular pensions reform bill last week. Protesters took to the streets in major cities over the weekend, after the government…
[ad_1] The French Senate voted in favor of the controversial pension reform overnight, paving the way for a potential final adoption of the law on Thursday, as thousands of people continue to demonstrate across the country. The widespread opposition to the retirement overhaul is a political test to French President Emmanuel Macron, whose liberal party…