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France: Macron reshuffles cabinet amid criticism after riots
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The reshuffle came in the second term of President Emmanuel Macron which has been facing internal crises including months of demonstrations over pension reforms and five days of rioting after the police shot of an Algerian and Moroccan teenager during a traffic check.
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Despite heavy protests, French President Macron signs pension reform into
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
French President Emmanuel Macron, despite severe protests across the country, has signed a pension bill into law o raise the country's retirement age by two years, Al Jazeera reported on Saturday.
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Thousands of protesters flood streets in France before Friday's pension re
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Angry protesters took to the streets in France on Thursday before Friday's ruling about whether President Emmanuel Macron's measures to raise the retirement age meet constitutional standards or not, Al Jazeera reported.
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Govt employees in Pakistan protest against pension reforms
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
They said that the government had recently introduced pension reforms that were not acceptable to them. They said the 35 per cent deduction in pension of government employees was an injustice. They added that the decision was not acceptable to government employees.
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French woman put on trial on charges of insulting President Emmanuel Macro
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The complaint focused on a post on her Facebook page made on March 21, the day before Macron gave a lunchtime interview to TF1 television to defend his controversial pension reforms that have sparked nationwide protests.
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Britain's King Charles III's visit to France postponed amid protest over p
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"Given yesterday's announcement of a new national day of action against pension reform on Tuesday, March 28 in France, the visit of King Charles III, initially scheduled for March 26 to 29 in our country, will be postponed," the statement read.
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Two no-confidence votes against French President Emmanuel Macron's govt fa
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The French President on Thursday pushed the unpopular pension reform scheme which proposed to raise the retirement age for most workers to 64 from 62 without a vote of lawmakers in the National Assembly, defying mass protests throughout the country, The New York Times reported.
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Protests intensify across France over Macron's decision on pension reform
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The ongoing protests in France have grown tense amid widespread anger among the protestors who have been opposing President Emmanuel Macron's decision on pension reform.
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Protests in France over plans to raise the retirement age
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
More than one million people protested against the government's plans to raise the retirement age for most workers.
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Biggest tax scam surfaces in Pakistan's revenue board
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 6 (ANI): Biggest tax scam has surfaced in Pakistan's Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) under the Imran Khan government where tax authorities have illegally paid over Pakistani Rs16 billion in sales tax refunds to hundreds of big retailers in the past five months.
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Tear gas, flares cover skies as yellow vests, pension reform protestors ge
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan 4 (ANI): Thousands of anti-government and yellow-vests protestors took to streets of the French capital on Saturday as the city headed for a chaotic weekend over President Emmanuel Macron's proposed pension reforms.
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Macron vows to see through controversial pension reform despite pushback
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan 1 (Sputnik/ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to see through controversial pension reform in his New Year address to the countrymen on Wednesday.
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