Sanitation workers in Paris started a strike in the French capital on Tuesday, setting trash alight while protesting against worsening working conditions and the planned reform of their sector.
Greek police fire tear gas at protesters on anniversary of 1973 student revolt
Footage on social media showed Greek protesters fleeing police as authorities fired tear gas into the crowd, after they gathered to mark the anniversary of the 1973 student revolt in defiance of a Covid-linked ban on...
800-million shekels budgeted for students in need – Jonathan Davis
800-million shekels budgeted for students in need
Coronavirus pandemic: France aims to start vaccine distribution in January
#France said Tuesday it was preparing to kick off a nationwide #Covid#vaccination campaign in January when it hopes virus shots will be approved and available. The government is worried that millions of French people...
‘Full-scale’ humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ethiopia
A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in #Ethiopia, the United Nations #refugee agency said on Tuesday, with more than 27,000 people now having fled heavy fighting to Sudan. FRANCE 24’s Bastien Renouil tells us...
‘We must be careful’: French govt under pressure to loosen restrictions in time for Christmas
#French govt has set a Dec. 1 deadline for this lockdown, although the govt has said it could extend it beyond that if it feels the numbers are not falling fast enough. The #government is coming under pressure to loosen...
Coronavirus pandemic: Where are we in the Covid-19 vaccine race?
Drugmakers and #research centers around the world are working on #Covid-19 #vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway.