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No let-up in French strikes with fresh turmoil awaited

2:22 pm December 7, 2019

Paris: France was on Saturday expecting its most serious nationwide strike in years to paralyse the country over the weekend, with unions warning the turmoil would last well into next week. The challenge thrown to President Emmanuel Macron over his plans for radical pension reform has seen hundreds of thousands take to the streets and […]

Atletico title hopes suffer another blow after Villarreal draw

11:04 am December 7, 2019

Madrid: Atletico Madrid’s title hopes look to be all-but over after a goalless draw away at Villarreal raised further doubts about their progress under coach Diego Simeone. After losing at home to Barcelona last weekend, another slip means Atletico are now five points behind Barca and Real Madrid in La Liga, despite having played two […]

Swedish royal couple arrive in Uttarakhand

2:25 pm December 5, 2019

Dehradun: Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia arrived on a visit to Uttarakhand on Thursday and went straight to Rishikesh, where they visited the banks of the Ganga and Ram Jhula suspension bridge. They were received at the Jollygrant airport by state higher education minister Dhan Singh Rawat and a host of senior […]

Macron says Turkey ‘sometimes works with ISIS proxies’

10:16 pm December 3, 2019

London: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday accused Turkish forces of sometimes working with fighters linked to the Islamic State group in its operation in northern Syria. “When I look at Turkey, they now are fighting against those who fought with us. And sometimes they work with ISIS proxies,” Macron said at a London news conference with […]

Carnage? Anger in France after 158 boar killed in single hunt

11:46 pm December 2, 2019

Charleville-Mezieres (France): The killing of 158 wild boar in a single day’s hunting in eastern France has sparked anger in the region and accusations of “carnage”, even if the hunters were within their allowed quotas. The boar were killed in a “battue” in which beaters drove the game towards the 82 hunters last Wednesday in […]