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The prime minister was ousted by the lawmakers in just 91 days
French National Rally (R) leader Marine Le Pen said that her party’s demands for more purchasing power for French consumers, who have suffered significant rises in their cost of living, were “just given us crumbs” by Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Le Pen’s party won the most votes during the summer. She further called Barnier a…
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Ford and the UAW reached a tentative agreement to end the strike
Ford and United Auto Workers (UAW) have reached a “tentative” agreement on a new labour contract, UAW Vice President Chuck Browning said. “Between wage Increases, COLA [cost of living adjustments], annual bonuses to retirees, and other economic gains, there is more value for our members in each individual year of this agreement than the entirety…
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The election turnout in Tunisia was less than 9%, causing pressure on the president.
Tunisia’s citizens on Saturday cast their votes in a general election to elect a new parliament to deal with the country’s escalating cost of living. The election comes on the 12th anniversary of the event that sparked the Arab Spring protests, when Tunisian fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire to protest economic conditions…
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The congressman-elect says he was denied a DC apartment because of his bad credit.
Congressman-elect Maxwell Frost, who will become the first Generation Z member of Congress, said his rental application was denied because of his bad credit. Frost said that he “ran up a lot of debt running for Congress for a year and a half” and didn’t make enough money working for Uber to pay for the…