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Garbage bags that have been piling up on the pavement as waste collectors are on strike since March 6 to protest against the French government's proposed pensions reform, in Paris on March 27, 2023.
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Hard Numbers: Eiffel Tower of trash, ELN attack, Saudi-China lovefest, drill baby drill is back, dream on Lesotho

Saudi Arabia will become the ninth dialogue partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the first step toward full membership in the China-led security bloc.

French protests strengthen the far right & far left
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French protests strengthen the far right & far left

What's really happening in France? Have we now seen the end of the political career of Boris Johnson in the UK?

Demonstration against pension reform took place in Bordeaux.
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Rage and violence paralyze France

Days after the French government passed much-despised pension reforms, chaos reigns throughout the country.

Car drivers queue to fill their fuel tank at a TotalEnergies gas station in Nice as petrol supplies are disrupted by a strike of French refineries and depots, France, March 20, 2023.
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Hard Numbers: French oil refinery blockades, China’s mRNA milestone, Moscow comes to Bali, IMF tweaks rules for Ukraine, TikTok hearing

As French protesters continue to strike and block oil refineries in response to the government’s recently passed pension reform, 13% of petrol stations around the country are running short on gas.

Members of parliament hold placards after the result of the vote on the first motion of no-confidence against the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, March 20, 2023.
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What We’re Watching: Slim win for Macron, protests in South Africa, Trump’s legal woes, Colombia peace collapsing?

Macron’s narrow escape; South Africa’s day of demonstrations; Trump vs. prosecutors; Colombia: Is Petro’s “total peace” going to pieces?

Israeli constitutional crisis despite compromise attempts
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Israeli constitutional crisis despite compromise attempts

What is really happening in Israel? What is happening in France with the pension reform? Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden, shares his perspective from Jerusalem on the protests in Israel and France.

Thousands gathered at the Place de la Concorde to denounce the government’s use of a constitutional loophole to pass the pension reform, raising the retirement age without a vote in the National Assembly.
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What We’re Watching: France’s fiery response, Poland’s first big step, Israeli president’s “civil war” warning

Macron bypasses the legislature on pension reform; Bibi rejects judicial compromise. What now?; Polish fighter jets for Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron.
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What We’re Watching: A big day for Macron, Taiwan’s friend list, Russia droning on

Honduras unfriends Taiwan; Where’s the drone?

Protesters attend a demonstration against the French government's pension reform plan in Paris.
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What We’re Watching: French pension strikes, Nord Stream saboteurs, a centrist battle in the US, Canadian elections vs. China

French workers protest pension reform plan; reports point to possible pipeline perpetrators; a fight over the US political center; Trudeau to probe election meddling by China.

French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Macron’s big gamble

President Emmanuel Macron is taking a political gambit on trying to reform the French pension system, a move very unpopular with the French electorate.