by admin | Sep 29, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] More than a year after Algeria launched a pilot program to teach English in elementary schools, the country is hailing it as a success and expanding it in a move that reflects a widening linguistic shift underway in former French colonies throughout...
by admin | Mar 10, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] About 190 victims of child sexual abuse by priests or other church representatives have been promised financial compensation so far from France’s Catholic Church under a sweeping reparations program, the independent body in charge of the process said Thursday.A...
by admin | Mar 9, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] By Associated Press PARIS: Young people in France — including some who haven’t even entered the job market yet — are protesting Thursday against the government’s push to raise the retirement age. Students plan to block access to some universities and high...
by admin | Mar 6, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] By Associated Press PARIS: Roads blocked, oil refineries disrupted, planes grounded and trains halted — unions are threatening to shut down France’s economy this week in what they hope is their toughest riposte yet to President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise...
by admin | Jan 30, 2022 | Worldnews
[ad_1] By Associated Press PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron called for the “immediate release” of a French-Iranian researcher imprisoned in Iran, officials said Sunday. Macron made the plea in a “long” phone call on Saturday with Iranian President Ebrahim...