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We Work In Hotels. Here's What You Should Know About The Bathtubs.

Klaus Vedfelt via Getty Images Is your hotel bathtub gross? “Guests expect the space to be sanitized and free of germs, and hotels made strategic efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic to expressly communicate their cleaning practices.” She added that hotels implemented protocols for indicating to guests which areas of the bathroom had been specifically sanitized — like bathtubs, toilet seats …

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1 year, 2 months ago

France: Woman threatens to blow herself up and makes death threats in Paris, police open fire

India TV News

French police in Paris opened fire on a woman threatening to blow herself up after allegedly making death threats and pro-terrorism statements on a train heading towards the capital on Tuesday, in the latest security incident in France since a fatal school stabbing. Officers responded after the train passengers reported that a woman was making "remarks of a rather Islamist …

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1 year, 2 months ago

3 French airports, Palace of Versailles evacuated in latest security alerts

Associated Press

PARIS — The Palace of Versailles and three airports in cities across France were evacuated for security reasons and temporarily closed Wednesday, the latest in a spate of evacuations in the past five days around France. The former royal chateau of Versailles apologized to visitors for forcing them to evacuate from the sumptuous 17th-century palace “for security reasons.” The tourist …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Soldiers in Gabon say they’ve seized power and appointed the republican guard chief as head of state

The Hindu

Mutinous soldiers in Gabon announced late Wednesday that the head of the country’s elite republican guard would lead the Central African country, hours after saying they had placed the country’s newly re-elected president under house arrest. The coup leaders said in an announcement on Gabon’s state TV that Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema had been “unanimously” designated president of a …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Mutineers in Gabon appoint a military leader after detaining the president, alleging corruption

Associated Press

LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader Wednesday after placing the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, alleging betrayal and massive embezzlement during his long-time rule over the oil-rich Central African nation. The coup leaders said in an announcement on Gabon’s state TV that Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema …

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1 year, 4 months ago

France abaya ban: ‘How far will clothes police go?’

Al Jazeera

To enforce the ban on the robes in classrooms, 14,000 educational personnel will be trained by the end of the year and 300,000 by 2025. Many on the left also denounced the move announced on Sunday, including Clementine Autain, a lawmaker for the France Insoumise party, who criticised what she called the “clothes police” and a move “characteristic of an …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Macron’s unpopular pension plan enacted into French law

Associated Press

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular plan to raise France’s retirement age from 62 to 64 was enacted into law Saturday, the day after the country’s constitutional body approved the change. On Friday, the Constitutional Council rejected some parts of the government’s pension legislation but approved the higher minimum retirement age, which was central to Macron’s plan and the …

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1 year, 9 months ago

France stages eighth day of protests against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the retirement age

ABC

Garbage crowds the streets of Paris, liquefied natural gas operations have been suspended and rail services were cancelled on Wednesday as unions push back against French President Emmanuel Macron's pension overhaul. Key points: More than 6,000 tonnes of rubbish has built up in Paris as rubbish collectors walk out for second week The Senate and National Assembly will vote on …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Emmanuel Macron seeks French pension reform support as strikes run on

India Today

Strikes blocking fuel deliveries from French refineries ran into a sixth day on Monday, piling further pressure on President Emmanuel Macron as he races to shore up support for unpopular pension reforms in a final parliamentary vote. To avoid further fuelling anger among the French population, who are overwhelmingly opposed to the pension reform, Macron's government hopes to avoid resorting …

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1 year, 11 months ago

IOC responds to Paris mayor on Olympic plan for Russians

Associated Press

GENEVA — The International Olympic Committee pushed back against the mayor of Paris on Wednesday, insisting there were no plans for “a Russian or Belarusian delegation” at the 2024 Games while also acknowledging some athletes from those countries could be welcomed. The IOC statement came a day after Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said no Russians or Belarusians should be allowed …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Nationwide strike in France against Macron's pension reform

The Hindu

Trains will grind to a halt in France on Thursday, classrooms will be shut and businesses disrupted as workers walk off their jobs in an attempt to derail a planned pension reform that would see the retirement age pushed up by two years to 64. The challenge for unions, which are far less powerful in France than they used to …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Cut Your Wifi to Save Power, France Urges Holidaymakers

News 18

The French government urged citizens on Wednesday to make the effort to save energy in the face of record high oil and gas prices, including by cutting wifi routers when heading off on holiday. “Every bit of energy that we are able to collectively save now is energy that we will be sure of being able to use in autumn …

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2 years, 5 months ago

‘Those people': French minister’s LGBTQ remarks spark anger

Associated Press

PARIS — Pressure is mounting on a French government minister to quit over comments stigmatizing homosexuality and LGBTQ people, in the latest challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership. “How can we believe that the government will respect equality among everyone, will commit to fighting discrimination and guarantee gender freedom?” asks an online petition by LGBTQ groups calling for the resignation …

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2 years, 8 months ago

France's Macron beats Le Pen to win second term

Hindustan Times

French President Emmanuel Macron defeated his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Sunday by a comfortable margin, securing a second term and heading off what would have been a political earthquake. Le Pen said she aimed for a strong contingent in the assembly while hard-left Jean-Luc Melenchon said he wants to be Prime Minister, something that would force Macron into …

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3 years ago

A crappy choice of words? Macron under fire for his warning to France’s unvaccinated

LA Times

French President Emmanuel Macron has provoked outcries in Parliament and from election rivals by using a vulgarity to describe his strategy for pressuring holdouts to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. Macron used the French word “emmerder,” rooted in the French word for “crap” and meaning “to rile” or “to bug,” in an interview published by French newspaper Le Parisien on Tuesday …

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3 years ago

France to cut COVID isolation time for fully vaccinated people

Al Jazeera

Beginning on Monday, fully vaccinated people who test positive for COVID-19 will isolate for seven days instead of 10. France says it will reduce the isolation period for fully vaccinated people who test positive for COVID-19. Health Minister Olivier Veran told the newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche on Sunday that fully vaccinated people will only have to isolate for seven …

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3 years ago

'Not a wave, but a tidal wave': COVID-19 daily infections hit record high in France and US as Omicron drives surge

Firstpost

While France reported a new national and European record with 208,000 new coronavirus cases, America soared to their highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average The World Health Organization has warned that a ’tsunami’ of Omicron and Delta COVID-19 cases will pile pressure on health systems is coming true as France and the United States reported …

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3 years ago

France ups pressure on unvaccinated amid record infections

Associated Press

PARIS — France’s government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus shots, as the country reported 208,000 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday — a record fueled by the omicron variant. Speaking to those not vaccinated, he said: “There is really little chance that this time you can escape : The virus is spreading too …

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3 years ago

France reports ‘dizzying’ daily record of 208,000 COVID cases

Al Jazeera

France breaks another national and European record of daily COVID infections, as Omicron and Delta variants spread. France is seeing a “tsunami” of COVID-19 infections, with 208,000 cases reported during the past 24 hours on Wednesday, a new national and European record, Health Minister Olivier Veran has told lawmakers. “This means that 24 hours a day, day and night, every …

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3 years ago

France scraps order for Merck's Covid antiviral drug after disappointing trial results

India Today

France has cancelled its order for Merck & Co's Covid-19 antiviral drug following disappointing trial data and hopes instead to receive Pfizer's competing drug before the end of January, the health minister said on Wednesday. France is the first country to publicly say it has cancelled an order for the Merck treatment after the company released data in late November …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Birth Control Will Soon Be Free For Many People In France Until They're 25

NPR

Birth Control Will Soon Be Free For Many People In France Until They're 25 Enlarge this image toggle caption Lewis Joly/AP Lewis Joly/AP PARIS — France will offer free birth control to all women up to age 25 starting next year, the health minister announced Thursday. The measure will also include free medical visits about contraception, and will start Jan. …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Covid Delta variant could ruin summer, French government warns

India Today

The highly contagious Delta variant now represents around 40% of new Covid-19 infections in France and could ruin the summer if a fourth wave of infections is allowed to build, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday. Attal said infection rates were surging higher in 11 metropolitan regions, and the situation was deteriorating rapidly in the Ile-de-France region around Paris, …

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3 years, 7 months ago

France hit by mystery campaign to discredit Pfizer

India Today

French media and social networks were abuzz Tuesday with speculation about a mysterious offer to influencers and YouTube personalities asking them to publicly denigrate the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in return for money. Those targeted by the campaign, who are active in the health and science fields, said they had received an email from an apparently UK-based communications agency offering them …

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3 years, 7 months ago

As cafes and museums reopen in France, citizens long to experience 'ultimate freedom' to live mask-free

Firstpost

Museums, cinemas and theatres are also reopening after being closed for more than six months, during which they relied chiefly on state aid to remain afloat. But with the weather service forecasting showers across much of the country — possibly even snow in the Alps — and most venues allowed to use only half of their outdoor seating, some of …

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We Work In Hotels. Here's What You Should Know About The Bathtubs.

France: Woman threatens to blow herself up and makes death threats in Paris, police open fire

3 French airports, Palace of Versailles evacuated in latest security alerts

Soldiers in Gabon say they’ve seized power and appointed the republican guard chief as head of state

Mutineers in Gabon appoint a military leader after detaining the president, alleging corruption

France abaya ban: ‘How far will clothes police go?’

Macron’s unpopular pension plan enacted into French law

France stages eighth day of protests against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the retirement age

Emmanuel Macron seeks French pension reform support as strikes run on

IOC responds to Paris mayor on Olympic plan for Russians

Nationwide strike in France against Macron's pension reform

Cut Your Wifi to Save Power, France Urges Holidaymakers

‘Those people': French minister’s LGBTQ remarks spark anger

France's Macron beats Le Pen to win second term

A crappy choice of words? Macron under fire for his warning to France’s unvaccinated

France to cut COVID isolation time for fully vaccinated people

'Not a wave, but a tidal wave': COVID-19 daily infections hit record high in France and US as Omicron drives surge

France ups pressure on unvaccinated amid record infections

France reports ‘dizzying’ daily record of 208,000 COVID cases

France scraps order for Merck's Covid antiviral drug after disappointing trial results

Birth Control Will Soon Be Free For Many People In France Until They're 25

Covid Delta variant could ruin summer, French government warns

France hit by mystery campaign to discredit Pfizer

As cafes and museums reopen in France, citizens long to experience 'ultimate freedom' to live mask-free