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PARIS — Demonstrators forced their way into the building that houses BlackRock’s office in Paris Thursday, taking their protest against the government’s pension reforms to the world’s biggest money manager.Videos shared on social media showed protesters entering the Centorial office block, located near the Opéra Garnier opera house, holding red flares and firing smoke bombs.About 100 people, including representatives of several labor unions, were on the ground floor of the building for about 10 minutes, chanting anti-reform slogans. BlackRock’s office is located on the third floor.“The meaning of this action is quite simple. We went to the headquarters of BlackRock to tell them: the money of workers, for our pensions, they are taking it,” Jerome Schmitt, spokesman for French...
April 06, 2023
Protesters storm BlackRock’s Paris office holding red flares and firing smoke bombs
April 06, 2023
Macron counting on Xi to 'bring Russia to senses'
April 06, 2023
Poland pledges more MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine
April 05, 2023
Macron vies to stop China switching to ‘war camp’ on Ukraine
April 05, 2023
Stoltenberg lashes out at China for echoing Russia’s propaganda
EDINBURGH — The husband of Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, has been arrested as part of an ongoing police investigation into allegations of missing money.Peter Murrell, 58, served as the CEO of the Scottish National Party for more than two decades, but announced his resignation a few days amid a scandal, ahead of his wife’s last day in office in March.The home the couple share in Glasgow has now been sealed off by police, with an evidence tent erected in the front garden.Police Scotland are now questioning Murrell, as they continue investigating allegations that £600,000 (€680,000) of party money was misused during his time as chief executive of the party.Officers are also searching other addresses, including it is understood the SNP’s Edinburgh...
April 05, 2023
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband arrested in police investigation
April 05, 2023
Finland’s Sanna Marin to quit as party leader following election defeat
LONDON — Rescuers from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), saved hundreds of migrants in distress on a skiff in international waters off Malta on Tuesday.“After more than 11 hours of operation, the rescue is now complete and a total of 440 people, including 8 women and 30 children, are now safely on board the Geo Barents and are being cared for by the team,” MSF Sea said on Twitter on Wednesday, posting photos of the rescue.The rescue ship received a distress alert and changed course to assist, the NGO said.“Unfortunately, the weather conditions did not allow our team to proceed directly with the rescue, which could have put the lives of the people and the MSF team at risk,” a spokesperson said.“This morning, at 4 a.m., after more than 10 hours of sailing in rough seas, our team...
April 05, 2023
Rescue ship Geo Barents saves 440 migrants in the Mediterranean
April 05, 2023
Kremlin likely to ‘coerce Belarus into further union’, claims analyst
April 05, 2023
France to invest in drone tech and space, as new €413 billion military budget unveiled
