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New pension protests in France ahead of crucial votes

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New pension protests in France ahead of crucial votes
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Spread the love France faced another day of protests Sunday against a bitterly contested pension reform rammed through by President Emmanuel Macron’s government, a day before crucial no-confidence votes in parliament. After weeks of peaceful strikes and marches against raising the official retirement age from 62 to 64, police on Saturday closed the Place de la Concorde opposite parliament for demonstrations following two successive nights of clashes. Some individual lawmakers were targeted, with Eric Ciotti — chief of the conservative Republicans party expected not to back the no-confidence motions —…

House votes unanimously to declassify intelligence on origins of Covid pandemic, sending bill to Biden

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House votes unanimously to declassify intelligence on origins of Covid pandemic, sending bill to Biden
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Spread the love Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021. Thomas Peter | Reuters The House of Representatives on Friday unanimously voted to declassify information on possible links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Covid-19 pandemic, sending the bill to President Joe Biden. The Senate also voted unanimously earlier this month to require Director of National Intelligence…

Georgia Parliament Votes Down Controversial Bill After Protests – The Moscow Times

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Georgia Parliament Votes Down Controversial Bill After Protests - The Moscow Times
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Spread the love Georgia’s parliament voted Friday to drop controversial new legislation, which it earlier approved in an initial reading, sparking an international outcry and mass protests in the Caucasus country. Tens of thousands took to the streets this week after lawmakers moved to introduce the “foreign agent” law. On Friday, the bill was voted down in its second reading after only one lawmaker — out of 36 who voted — backed the legislation that critics had compared to laws in Russia that authorities have leveraged to silence Kremlin opponents.…

Métis Nation of Ontario votes to boot members with incomplete files | CBC News

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Métis Nation of Ontario votes to boot members with incomplete files | CBC News
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Spread the love The Métis Nation of Ontario has voted to boot 5,400 members whose files lack hard evidence of a Métis connection. The MNO announced the results of a province-wide plebiscite in a news release on Wednesdaysaying a clear majority voted to remove members with incomplete files, meaning they lack a documented link to a Métis ancestor, from the registry. The vote saw 8,270 people out of an eligible electorate of 27,805 cast ballots. Of those, 71 per cent, or 5,898, voted in favour of removal, which the release called a significant turnout…

Mexican candidates flip to migrants in US for votes: report

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Mexican candidates flip to migrants in US for votes: report
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Spread the love Mexican presidential candidates have turned to the migrant inhabitants of the U.S. to court docket help within the upcoming 2024 elections. “[Mexican migrants] have voting energy and the flexibility to affect and advise their household who lives in Mexico,” Marko Cortés, nationwide president of Mexico’s center-right social gathering PAN, stated at an occasion close to Dallas, Texas. Remittances, the cash despatched from residents residing and dealing overseas to households from their homeland, play a big half as a vital supply of earnings for nations like Mexico, and…