The French are up in arms over retiring at 64. How do other countries compare? | CNN Business
London CNN — A nationwide strike in France to protest a rise in the retirement age drew more than a
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EU was set to ban internal combustion engine cars. Then Germany suddenly changed its mind | CNN Business
CNN — When EU lawmakers voted to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars in the bloc by 2035,
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King Charles state visit to France postponed amid violent pension protests | CNN
CNN — King Charles’s state visit to France has been postponed in light of protests planned next week over the
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Huge French pension reform protests give way to fiery overnight clashes | CNN Business
Paris CNN — More than a million people took to the streets across France on Thursday with protests turning violent
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Torture, forced abortions and insects for food: Life inside North Korean jails, says this NGO | CNN
Seoul, South Korea CNN — Extrajudicial executions, rape, forced abortions, jail without trial, torture, starvation rations that leave prisoners so
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Israel passes law shielding Netanyahu from being removed amid protests over judicial changes | CNN
CNN — Israeli opposition politicians on Thursday condemned a new law that would limit the ways a sitting prime minister
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Swiss central bank says crisis halted as it hikes interest rates | CNN Business
London CNN — Switzerland’s banking crisis has been halted, the country’s central bank said Thursday as it hiked interest rates
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French unions hold first national strike since government rammed through pension reform | CNN Business
Paris CNN — France’s powerful unions are coming out in force for a nationwide strike Thursday in a rejection of
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Taiwan recalls ambassador from Honduras, prepares to lose another diplomatic ally to China | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Taiwan announced Thursday it will recall its ambassador to Honduras as ties between the two worsen,
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Beijing’s population has declined for the first time in 19 years | CNN
CNN — Beijing, the sprawling Chinese capital and one of the world’s biggest cities, saw its population drop last year
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