Month: August 2020

A second day of mass protests is underway in France with unions hoping to pressure President Emmanuel Macron into scrapping a “universal” pension reform that he insists is “indispensable” to preserve the Gallic social model.  Travel chaos continued for the sixth straight day with the vast majority of national rail links axed and the Paris […]

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Trafficking investigations into hundreds of Pakistani women and girls being sold as brides to Chinese men have reportedly ground to a halt because of government reluctance to harm ties with Beijing. Pakistan’s government has pressured investigators and witnesses to halt cases which could have damaged relations with China, as its ally pours huge amounts of […]

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