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Paris hotels angry over tourist tax hike ahead of Olympics
Paris hotels angry over tourist tax hike ahead of Olympics
by  AFP

Paris hoteliers were up in arms on Tuesday over a government plan to triple the tax paid by visitors on nights at hotels next year when the capital hosts the Olympics. The government is to triple that fee as part of its 2024 budget, which it plans to ram through parliament without a vote before Christmas.

Pfizer sues Poland and Hungary over Covid debts
Pfizer sues Poland and Hungary over Covid debts
by  AFP

Pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and BioNTech are suing the governments of Poland and Hungary alleging they failed to pay for vaccines ordered during the Covid pandemic, lawyers said Tuesday.

Fears for miners on second day of S.Africa underground protest
Fears for miners on second day of S.Africa underground protest
by  AFP

Frantic families waited at the surface Tuesday for news of more than 2,000 platinum miners who have taken over two shafts in one of South Africa's biggest mine protests in years. Dozens of miners and families waited at the entrance to the Bafokeng mine, which employs 10,000 people.

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