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Samsung Electronics union in South Korea declares general strike
SEOUL (Reuters) -A workers' union at Samsung Electronics in South Korea said on Monday it would launch a general strike until its demands for better pay and time off were met, warning of more damaging action against the country's most powerful conglomerate than its one-day walkout last month. The National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), whose roughly 28,000 members make up over a fifth of the firm's workforce, is asking the company for commitments such as improvements to its performance-base
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France detains two filmmakers over sexual abuse allegations
French authorities Monday detained leading arthouse film directors Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon for questioning over accusations of sexual abuse, as a renewed #MeToo reckoning rocks France's film industry. Since breaking her silence, Godreche has become a leading voice in France's #MeToo movement.
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Boeing To Buy Troubled Supplier Spirit Amid Plane Safety Pressure
The $4.7 billion purchase would reverse Boeing's longtime strategy of outsourcing key work on its passenger planes.
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France's Macron bids to prevent far-right takeover
French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies were on Monday battling to prevent the far right from taking an absolute majority and control of government in a historic first after his gamble on early elections backfired. If the RN takes an absolute majority and Bardella becomes prime minister this would create a tense period of "cohabitation" with Macron, who has vowed to serve out his term until 2027.
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My 95-Year-Old Grandma Saved My Life When No One Else Could. Then She Did It Again — Months After Her Death.
"My parents never understood my motives for admitting myself inpatient. However, from hundreds of miles away, Grandma Bevy repeated over the phone, 'I’m proud of you.'"
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India replaces colonial-era criminal laws to provide 'justice'
India replaced colonial-era criminal laws with new legislation on Monday, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government said would make the country more just, but the opposition said risked throwing the criminal justice system into disarray. The new laws were approved by parliament in December in Modi's previous term with the government saying they aim to "give justice, not punishment". It says they were needed as colonial laws had been at the core of the criminal justice system for more tha
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Hope for Mekong dolphins as Cambodia numbers increase: minister
The number of Mekong dolphins has risen to more than 100 in Cambodia, the agriculture minister said Monday, raising a glimmer of hope for the endangered mammals."Currently, we have some 105 dolphins," Agriculture Minister Dith Tina said during a ceremony to mark National Fisheries Day.
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