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Pay strike set to paralyse Paris metro
Pay strike set to paralyse Paris metro
by  AFP

Paris commuters were bracing for bedlam Thursday as metro workers called a major one-day pay strike, the latest industrial action across France seeking relief from inflation. Unions have staged strikes across several sectors in recent weeks seeking pay hikes or increased hiring as spiralling energy costs feed into widespread inflation.

Putin will not go to G20 summit in Bali
Putin will not go to G20 summit in Bali
by  AFP

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 leaders' summit on the Indonesian resort island of Bali next week, Moscow's embassy in Indonesia told AFP on Thursday. The person said it was unclear if the Russian leader would attend virtually.

Bao Tong, Chinese ex-official turned dissident, dead at 90
Bao Tong, Chinese ex-official turned dissident, dead at 90
by  AFP

Chinese dissident Bao Tong, a top Communist Party official imprisoned in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests who became a vocal critic of Beijing, has died at 90 years old, his son said on Twitter. "My late father... died peacefully at 07:08 on the 9th of November 2022," his son Bao Pu wrote Wednesday night on Twitter.

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