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Credit Suisse was once a Swiss national treasure. Now it's a cautionary tale

4:37pm March 24, 2023

by Rob Schmitz

The history of Credit Suisse was enmeshed with Swiss history, and the bank long considered a national treasure with a great reputation. Last week, it was bought by rival UBS.

A protester holds a placard that reads, "destitution of the cursed poet " during a rally in Paris on Thursday. French unions held their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote.

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King Charles III postpones a trip to France as strikes and protest hobble the country

8:58am March 24, 2023

by The Associated Press

Workers already refused to roll out the red carpet for the British monarch's arrival, originally scheduled for Sunday. The French are protesting a decision to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62.

Protests against pension reforms intensify across France

5:12am March 24, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to reporter Lisa Bryant about millions of people participating in strikes disrupting air, train and road travel over the president's efforts to reform the pension system.

Protesters run amid the tear gas during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Thursday, March 23, 2023. French unions are holding their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote.

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More than 1 million demonstrate across France against pension reforms

1:36am March 24, 2023

by The Associated Press

Building on Thursday's strong turnout, unions swiftly called for new protests and strikes next week when the British king is scheduled to visit Bordeaux on the second day of his trip to France.

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Strikes continue in France as the public protests higher retirement age

4:51pm March 23, 2023

Three days after France's president Emmanuel Macron enacted reforms to the country's pension system without the approval of parliament, nation-wide protests resumed.

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Exiled opposition leader doesn't want the world to forget about oppression in Belarus

6:22pm March 22, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. After being tried in absentia, she was recently convicted to 15 years in prison on charges of treason.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands after speaking to the media during a signing ceremony following their talks in Moscow on Tuesday.

The leaders of China and Russia have finished talks. Here are some takeaways

2:25pm March 22, 2023

China's Xi Jinping says he has a peace plan for Ukraine and wants to mediate an end to the war. Ukraine and its neighbors are skeptical.

Ukrainian servicemen fire with a D-30 howitzer at Russian positions near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on Tuesday.

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Russian drone strikes in Ukraine kill at least 4, wound another 20

8:26am March 22, 2023

Drones hit two dormitories and an educational facility in the city of Rzhyshchiv, south of the capital Kyiv, partially destroying them.

Aquatic plants and debris are exposed by the falling water levels at the Kakhovka Reservoir. Researchers say that the draining of the reservoir by Russian forces are but one example of the war's effect on Ukraine's water supply.

A shrinking reservoir signals Ukraine and Russia are waging a dangerous water war

7:30am March 22, 2023

Russia is using a dam it controls to release water from Ukraine's massive Kakhovka Reservoir. It's one of dozens of cases where the war is limiting access to safe water.

High school classmates march in Athens, Greece, during a general strike in March, following a train collision that left 57 people dead, many of them young people. The students chanted, "The young generation will not forgive you."

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After Greece's worst train crash, young Greeks rally for change ahead of elections

6:52am March 22, 2023

by Lydia Emmanouilidou

Young people throughout Greece have staged large protests following last month's collision near the city of Larissa, which killed 57 people, many of them students.

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