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Protesters march in France as unions make last-ditch bid to resist higher retirement age
Protesters march during a rally in Bayonne, southwestern France, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. French unions are seeking to reignite resistance to President Emmanuel Macron's higher retirement age with what may be a final surge of nationwide protests and scattered strikes Tuesday. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)
world
High prices hit the appetite of food-loving French
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world
Drought fuels water conflict in France, Spain as farmers face fury
This photograph taken on March 29, 2023 shows burned trees and vegetation in front of the Pyla sand dune close to the "Les Flots Bleus" campsite ahead of its re-opening after it was ravaged by a wildfire during the summer of 2022, in Pyla-sur-Mer in Gironde, southwestern France. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Climate protesters and police clash at TotalEnergies shareholder meeting in France
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olympics
Head of France’s Olympic Committee unexpectedly resigns amid run-up to Paris Games
President of the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) Brigitte Henriques speaks during the General Assembly of the organisation in Paris on May 25, 2023. She resigned from her post, a blow in the middle of a general assembly fourteen months before the Olympics 2024 in Paris, in order to end an internal crisis that has lasted for more than a year and a half. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)
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France pension protest held on outskirts of Cannes Film Festival
The 76th Cannes Film Festival - Cannes, France, May 19, 2023. French CGT labour union members protest against the pension reform law in front of the Carlton Cannes Hotel. The banner reads "No to the pension reform". REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
newsletter
Rosé wines keep getting better. Here are this summer’s must-trys
rose wine glasses on a wooden table at garden in summer
international business
Macron courts Tesla’s Musk and other investors to ‘Choose France’
SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 15, 2023. (Photo by Michel Euler / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MICHEL EULER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
sports
Canadian rugby men finish season-best fourth at HSBC France Sevens
Alex Russell and Kalin Sager celebrate Canada’s cup quarter-final win over Australia on Day 2 of the HSBC France Sevens on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at Stade Toulousa in Toulouse, France. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-World Rugby-Mike Lee **MANDATORY CREDIT**
sports
Canadian men, women each go 1-1 on first day of HSBC France Sevens
New Zealand's Regan Ware charges through the Canada defence on Day 1 of the HSBC France Sevens at Stade Toulousain on Friday, May 12, 2023, in Toulouse, France. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-World Rugby-Mike Lee **MANDATORY CREDIT**
sports
Canadian women’s team looks to end HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series season on high note in France
Canada's Bianca Farella looks to tackle Mexico's Daniela Alvarado during the first half of rugby action at the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series at Starlight Stadium in Langford, B.C., on Saturday, April 30, 2022. Canada will have home-field advantage for this summer's Rugby Americas North Sevens, which serves as the regional qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
music
Canada’s La Zarra looks to end France’s 46-year Eurovision drought
La Zarra of France performs during a dress rehearsal for the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, England, Monday, May 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
opinion
Found guilty of the French synagogue attack, Hassan Diab must be extradited
Yonathan Arfi and Richard Marceau
european business
Prosecutor appeals verdict which cleared Air France, Airbus of charges over 2009 crash
FILE PHOTO: The tailfin from the wreckage of Air France Airbus flight AF447, which crashed in mid-Atlantic after leaving Rio de Janeiro, is unloaded from a boat on arrival in the port of Pauillac in southwestern France, late July 14, 2009. REUTERS/Olivier Pon/File Photo
arts
How Montreal singer La Zarra came to represent France in Eurovision with ‘Évidemment’
Just a few years ago, Fatima Zahra Hafdi, shown in a handout photo, was working in a series of hair salons in Montreal. Next month, she steps onto the stage as La Zarra in perhaps the world’s most famous music competition, the Eurovision Song Contest, where she will represent France with her song "Évidemment" (“Obviously”), co-written and produced by Montreal's Banx & Ranx and Benny Adam. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Slam/Slamphotography **MANDATORY CREDIT**
opinion
Canada must put a stop to injustice in the Hassan Diab case, once and for all
Alex Neve and Robert J. Currie
canada
Hassan Diab’s supporters urge Canada to rebuff extradition after guilty verdict
Hassan Diab leaves a vigil with supporters, Friday, April 21, 2023 in Ottawa. Supporters of Diab are calling on Canada to refuse any new extradition request from France after a court found the Ottawa sociology professor guilty of a 1980 bombing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
opinion
French paradox: The land of luxury loathes its rich
Konrad Yakabuski
world
Anger at new retirement age fuels further protests in France
People demonstrate before French President Emmanuel Macron's visit, Thursday, April 20, 2023 in Ganges, southern France. The French leader tries to repair damage done to his presidency by forcing through unpopular pension reforms. Raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 has ignited a months-long firestorm of protest in France. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
opinion
Macron’s pension reform won’t save an indebted France from financial reckoning
Konrad Yakabuski
european business
Protesters take to streets again in France ahead of ruling on legality of controversial pension bill
French SNCF workers, members of French CGT and Sud Rail labour unions gather at Gare de Lyon train station as part of the 12th day of nationwide strikes and protests against French government's pension reform, in Paris, France, April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Bart Biesemans
sports
Canada comeback falls short in 2-1 loss to France in Women’s World Cup tune-up
Canada forward Christine Sinclair (12) and Japan forward Mana Iwabuchi (10) vie for control of the ball during the first half in a SheBelieves Cup soccer match Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
report on business
TotalEnergies says refineries resuming operations as strike wanes
FILE PHOTO: A view of the TotalEnergies logo as the sun rises, on the day French riot police pushed back energy workers on strike as they gathered in front of the refinery to protest against the French government's pensions reform, in Gonfreville-L’Orcher near Le Havre, France, March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
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Brookfield agrees to acquire France’s data centre firm Data4
Miniatures of windmill, solar panel and electric pole are seen in front of Brookfield Renewable logo in this illustration taken January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
sports
New Zealand qualifies for Olympics while Canada’s men face rugby sevens relegation
world
More protests hit France over pension reform
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soccer
Women’s soccer teams to follow Canada’s example and wear purple wristbands during April international window
Canada players wear purple shirts with "Enough is Enough" written on them during the Canadian national anthem before the team's SheBelieves Cup women's soccer match against the United States, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. Members of the Canadian women's soccer team take their fight for pay equity to Parliament today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Phelan M. Ebenhack
politics
Canada should link with Europe, surpass ‘weak’ military engagement, French envoy says
Preparations are made for Bastille Day at the embassy of France in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. France's ambassador to Canada, Michel Miraillet, says Canada must make a strategic choice between tying itself entirely to the U.S. or to "move towards a more multipolar logic" which involves more partnering with Europe.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Canadian academic Hassan Diab faces trial in Paris synagogue bombing case
The House of Commons justice committee is getting set to review Canada's extradition system — a move welcomed by critics who have long called for reform. Hassan Diab holds a news conference on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa on February 7 , 2020. Diab is a Canadian citizen who was extradited to France and imprisoned for over three years, only to be released without even being committed to trial. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
sports
Tadej Pogacar secures third Monument title with Flanders win
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates rides during the men's Tour of Flanders one day cycling event, 273,4km from Bruges to Oudenaarde, on April 2, 2023. (Photo by DIRK WAEM / Belga / AFP) / Belgium OUT (Photo by DIRK WAEM/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Burkina Faso expels two French journalists
An aerial view shows the facade of the French daily evening newspaper Le Monde offices in Paris July 14, 2013. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
sports
Canada coach Bev Priestman anxiously awaits injury updates as World Cup looms
u.s. business
U.S. judge dismisses proposed class action against L’Oreal over ‘Paris’ product labels
FILE PHOTO: Staff members work at a counter of cosmetics brand L’Oreal at a shopping mall in Beijing, China November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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French police counter protest violence; trash strike ends
CFDT unionists take part in a demonstration after the government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution, in Nice, southern France, on March 28, 2023. - France faces another day of strikes and protests nearly two weeks after the president bypassed parliament to pass a pensions overhaul that is sparking turmoil in the country, with unions vowing no let-up in mass protests to get the government to back down. The day of action is the tenth such mobilisation since protests started in mid-January against the law, which includes raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP) (Photo by VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)