strikes
22 Feb
Strikes are common around the world. They are trade unions’ last resort in fighting for higher wages and better working conditions for employees.
20 Feb
US forces said they "conducted five self-defense strikes" to foil attacks from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. The rebels have staged multiple assaults on merchant shipping since Israel's war with Hamas unfolded.
11 Feb
As the country experiences more strikes, Germany's trade unions are reporting increasing membership numbers and engagement after years of decline.
19 Jan
From Lebanon to Iraq and Syria, the ripple effects of the war between Israel and Hamas are being felt, but nowhere more so than Yemen. For months now, Houthi rebels there have been firing missiles at cargo ships in the Red Sea, prompting the US and UK to bomb targets inside Yemen this past weekend. FRANCE 24 spoke to Dr Elisabeth Kendall, a Yemen specialist at the University of Cambridge.
13 Jan
US crude climbed 4.2% to $75 a barrel in recent trading. Brent crude, the world benchmark, jumped 4% and crossed over the $80-a-barrel level. This comes after US-led strikes on multiple Houthi targets in Yemen in response to repeated attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
13 Sep 2023
Search and rescue operations are underway after a deadly earthquake tore through western Morocco killing more than 1000 people. It was the strongest to hit the region in more than a century.
8 Sep 2023
FRANCE 24's Genie Godula, who's also the mistress of ceremonies, speaks to Eve Jackson about why the Deauville American Film Festival still rocks despite the absence of big stars like Jude Law and Natalie Portman because of the strikes in Hollywood.
22 Apr 2023
A strike by train, bus and air travel employees brought Germany to a standstill Monday as workers demanded higher pay, rejecting employers' recent attempts at compromise. Millions of passengers and thousands of businesses were affected.
4 Apr 2023
Departing flights from Israel's main international airport were canceled as protests against the government's proposed judicial overhaul intensified.