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Five years on, how #MeToo shook the world
Five years on, how #MeToo shook the world
by  AFP

By forcing the world to wake up to the daily sexual abuse suffered by women, the #MeToo movement became a social revolution of historic importance. "#MeToo showed that sexual and sexist violence was a daily reality, that it was banal," said Sandrine Ricci, a sociologist at the University of Quebec in Montreal.

Macron faces strike as French unions flex muscles
Macron faces strike as French unions flex muscles
by  AFP

French schools, trains and businesses are set to be affected Thursday by the first major strike called since the re-election of President Emmanuel Macron in April, as unions push for wage hikes and the end of planned pension reform.

Fleeing Russians worry border will 'close forever'
Fleeing Russians worry border will 'close forever'
by  AFP

Fearing the border may close "forever" after President Vladimir Putin's mobilisation order for the war in Ukraine, Russians are rushing to flee across Finland's Vaalimaa crossing. He fears the border might "close forever" and Russians "will live in a totalitarian state where they can't do anything at all".

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