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France begins nationwide strike amid soaring inflation

19-10-2022 PARIS: French trade unions began a nationwide strike on Tuesday, asking for higher salaries amid decades-high inflation and posing President Emmanuel Macron one of his stiffest challenges since his reelection in May. The strike, which will primarily affect public sectors such as schools and transportation, is an extension of …

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Putin’s authority tested in Central Asia

19-10-2022 MOSCOW: Sensing that Russia has been weakened by its war in Ukraine, some of its closest allies in Central Asia are displaying a newly assertive streak. The region’s five former Soviet republics are increasingly standing up to Moscow, aware of their new-found leverage as Russia looks to their markets …

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Germany to take in 1,000 at-risk Afghans every month

18-10-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies BERLIN/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The German Foreign and Interior Ministries launched a new program on Monday to take in Afghan citizens who are most at risk of persecution under the Taliban. Following Germany’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in August last year, tens of thousands of Afghans who …

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