France Recommends No Further Minimum Wage Increase in 2025 Amidst Job Market Slowdown
France's job market slowed in late 2024, prompting experts to recommend against a further minimum wage (SMIC) increase in 2025 beyond the 2% rise on November 1st, 2024, despite the SMIC rising 17% since late 2020, exceeding inflation and impacting wage distribution.
France Recommends No Further Minimum Wage Increase in 2025 Amidst Job Market Slowdown
France's job market slowed in late 2024, prompting experts to recommend against a further minimum wage (SMIC) increase in 2025 beyond the 2% rise on November 1st, 2024, despite the SMIC rising 17% since late 2020, exceeding inflation and impacting wage distribution.
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36% Bias Score
La Poste Mobilizes for Record Christmas Parcel Deliveries
La Poste anticipates processing 169 million parcels before Christmas, mobilizing 103,000 employees including 3,000 reinforcements across its network, especially at its high-capacity Thillay platform near Roissy airport which processes up to 650,000 parcels daily during peak periods, highlighting the...
La Poste Mobilizes for Record Christmas Parcel Deliveries
La Poste anticipates processing 169 million parcels before Christmas, mobilizing 103,000 employees including 3,000 reinforcements across its network, especially at its high-capacity Thillay platform near Roissy airport which processes up to 650,000 parcels daily during peak periods, highlighting the...
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24% Bias Score
Unprecedented Cyclone Pummels Mayotte
An unprecedentedly severe cyclone is impacting Mayotte, prompting a red alert, island-wide shutdown, and the opening of 71 emergency shelters for approximately 100,000 residents in vulnerable housing as winds are expected to exceed 180 km/h.
Unprecedented Cyclone Pummels Mayotte
An unprecedentedly severe cyclone is impacting Mayotte, prompting a red alert, island-wide shutdown, and the opening of 71 emergency shelters for approximately 100,000 residents in vulnerable housing as winds are expected to exceed 180 km/h.
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32% Bias Score
OpenAI CEO Donates to Trump's Investment Fund
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pledged \$1 million to Donald Trump's investment fund, following similar contributions from Meta and Amazon, highlighting a shift in tech-political alliances ahead of the 2024 election.
OpenAI CEO Donates to Trump's Investment Fund
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pledged \$1 million to Donald Trump's investment fund, following similar contributions from Meta and Amazon, highlighting a shift in tech-political alliances ahead of the 2024 election.
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52% Bias Score
French Nuclear Expertise Fuels Japanese Fast Reactor Project
Framatome partnered with Japanese entities to develop a sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor, similar to France's abandoned Superphénix, highlighting France's past inconsistencies and reliance on foreign collaborations in nuclear technology.
French Nuclear Expertise Fuels Japanese Fast Reactor Project
Framatome partnered with Japanese entities to develop a sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor, similar to France's abandoned Superphénix, highlighting France's past inconsistencies and reliance on foreign collaborations in nuclear technology.
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40% Bias Score
Leaked French Gender Transition Guidelines Spark Controversy
The French High Authority of Health (HAS) is creating recommendations for gender transition medical care, prompted by a 2021 request from the Ministry of Health. A leak of preliminary recommendations sparked controversy and a complaint.
Leaked French Gender Transition Guidelines Spark Controversy
The French High Authority of Health (HAS) is creating recommendations for gender transition medical care, prompted by a 2021 request from the Ministry of Health. A leak of preliminary recommendations sparked controversy and a complaint.
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44% Bias Score
De Gaulle Auction Offers Rare Historical Insights
A Paris auction on December 16th will sell Charles de Gaulle's personal items, including manuscripts and letters spanning his life from childhood to wartime experiences, with proceeds benefiting a disability foundation.
De Gaulle Auction Offers Rare Historical Insights
A Paris auction on December 16th will sell Charles de Gaulle's personal items, including manuscripts and letters spanning his life from childhood to wartime experiences, with proceeds benefiting a disability foundation.
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48% Bias Score
Netherlands' New Train Schedule, Belgian Cyclo-cross, and Pope's Corsica Visit
A new NS train schedule starts in the Netherlands, the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup takes place in Namur, Belgium, Pope Francis visits Corsica, and the final day of the short course swimming World Championships is in Budapest.
Netherlands' New Train Schedule, Belgian Cyclo-cross, and Pope's Corsica Visit
A new NS train schedule starts in the Netherlands, the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup takes place in Namur, Belgium, Pope Francis visits Corsica, and the final day of the short course swimming World Championships is in Budapest.
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8% Bias Score
Moody's Downgrades France's Credit Rating Amid Fiscal Concerns
Moody's downgraded France's credit rating to Aa3 from Aa2 due to concerns about the country's public finances and political instability, placing pressure on the newly appointed Prime Minister François Bayrou to address spiraling fiscal deficits.
Moody's Downgrades France's Credit Rating Amid Fiscal Concerns
Moody's downgraded France's credit rating to Aa3 from Aa2 due to concerns about the country's public finances and political instability, placing pressure on the newly appointed Prime Minister François Bayrou to address spiraling fiscal deficits.
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44% Bias Score
Moody's Downgrades France's Credit Rating, Posing Challenge to Bayrou Government
Moody's downgraded France's credit rating, posing a challenge to Prime Minister François Bayrou's efforts to consolidate public finances amid potential market instability, following a similar downgrade by Standard & Poor's six months prior.
Moody's Downgrades France's Credit Rating, Posing Challenge to Bayrou Government
Moody's downgraded France's credit rating, posing a challenge to Prime Minister François Bayrou's efforts to consolidate public finances amid potential market instability, following a similar downgrade by Standard & Poor's six months prior.
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52% Bias Score
France Urges EU Industrial Emergency Plans to Counter US, China Competition
French Minister Marc Ferracci urges immediate EU-wide "emergency plans" for the automobile, steel, and chemical sectors due to US and Chinese competition, proposing solutions such as pilot markets for decarbonized products, commercial coherence, and a carbon border adjustment mechanism.
France Urges EU Industrial Emergency Plans to Counter US, China Competition
French Minister Marc Ferracci urges immediate EU-wide "emergency plans" for the automobile, steel, and chemical sectors due to US and Chinese competition, proposing solutions such as pilot markets for decarbonized products, commercial coherence, and a carbon border adjustment mechanism.
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40% Bias Score
French Assembly to Vote Against EU-Mercosur Agreement
The French National Assembly will vote on November 26th on the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, with near-unanimous opposition across the political spectrum, despite the vote's largely symbolic nature due to the European Commission's sole negotiating power.
French Assembly to Vote Against EU-Mercosur Agreement
The French National Assembly will vote on November 26th on the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, with near-unanimous opposition across the political spectrum, despite the vote's largely symbolic nature due to the European Commission's sole negotiating power.
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36% Bias Score