France pensions protests: Demonstrators storm luxury giant LVMH
Paris CNN — Hundreds of thousands of people took part in a fresh round of demonstrations across France on Thursday over government plans to raise the retirement age from 62…
Macron: France’s ‘tone deaf’ president faces backlash over Taiwan comments
CNN — French President Emmanuel Macron might have hoped to focus this week on what may prove the biggest domestic test of his leadership, as France’s Constitutional Council prepares to…
Europe drought: This once-thriving lake has all but dried up — a story repeated across Europe
CNN — Lake Montbel is a shimmering, turquoise lake, stretching across 1,400 acres of southwest France, in the foothills of the Pyrenees – a haven for wildlife, a vital source…
Hong Kong’s first protest in 3 years shows how the city has changed
Hong Kong CNN — Wearing numbered lanyards, a small group of 80 demonstrators took part in Hong Kong’s first authorized protest in three years on Sunday – a carefully choreographed…
Deutsche Bank, UBS stocks sink as fear of European banking crisis returns
London CNN — Europe’s banking stocks tumbled Friday as investors acted on their lingering worries that the recent crises at some banks could spill over into the wider sector. Europe’s…
What the banking crisis means for mortgage rates
Washington CNN — Mortgage rates have taken would-be buyers on a ride this year — and it’s only March. Generally, home buyers can anticipate mortgage rates to move down through…
King Charles state visit to France postponed amid violent pension protests
CNN — King Charles’s state visit to France has been postponed amid planned protests over the French government’s controversial pension reforms. Both France’s Élysée Palace and Buckingham Palace confirmed the…
France national strike planned by unions after pension reform passed without a vote
Paris CNN — France’s powerful unions are coming out in force for a nationwide strike Thursday in a rejection of a controversial retirement age reform that the government pushed through…
French workers may have to retire at 64. Many are in uproar
Paris CNN — Impromptu protests broke out in Paris and across several French cities Thursday evening following a move by the government to force through reforms of the pension system…
France pensions: Government forces through reforms, sparking parliamentary fury
Paris CNN — The French government has forced through controversial plans to raise the country’s retirement age from 62 to 64, a move likely to inflame the country’s weeks-long protest…