Unemployment insurance in France: a new reform will soon be in place

This Tuesday, October 11, 2022, the Parisian National Assembly will vote in the afternoon on an emblematic bill initiating a new reform of unemployment insurance, thanks to the votes of LRs. Macronists do not expect to be in trouble for this election even if heated debates on the possibility of lowering unemployment benefits during a period of improvement in employment are fiercely contested by the left-wing alliance Nupes. Even if the pivotal LR group considers the bill insufficient, macronists count on the bill's support.

Russian strikes on Ukraine: G7 meets urgently today

For months, Russian bombing has been on an unprecedented scale on Kiev and other cities in Ukraine. To make arrangements, G7 members are calling for an emergency discussion this Tuesday, October 11, 2022. On the occasion, British Prime Minister Liz Truss must call for people not to “falter one iota.” According to the information, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to participate in this emergency virtual meeting scheduled from 12:00 GMT. According to London, Liz Truss should say that “no one wants peace more than Ukraine. And for our part, we must not weaken one iota in our determination to help him win.”

Protest in Iran: Iranian officials and the police of morality accused

In several regions of Iran, the protests continued on Monday, October 10, despite the deadly crackdown on protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini nearly four weeks ago. Yesterday, the United Kingdom announced sanctions against Iranian officials and against the customs police, accused of being responsible for the death of the 22-year-old Iranian Kurd. For example, sit-ins were organized by students from Gilan University, in the north of the country, and at the Mahabad girls' school, then in the north, where schoolgirls removed their veils in protest.

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In an effort to better deal with the coronavirus pandemic, Japan reopened its doors to foreign tourists on Tuesday, fully lifting the restrictions that have been in place at its borders for nearly two and a half years.

In their program to combat endemic insecurity, the humanitarian crisis and the emerging cholera epidemic, thousands of Haitians demonstrated Monday in Port-au-Prince to protest against the government and its appeal for foreign aid.

A mudslide has killed at least 36 people in Las Tejerias, a small town in north-central Venezuela. Rescue teams continued their search on Monday evening but were pessimistic about the chances of finding survivors among the 56 missing people.