I am a bit burned out and I need time to recuperate. Also, I have some other things I need to work on, including developing some other revenue…
"A bunch of scrolls written by sheepherders 2000 years ago to reassure themselves that they were important people, does not give you the right to go out and demand the rest of the world live like 2000-year old sheepherders!" -- Michael Rivero
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Final Stand? Half A Million French Protesters Take To Streets Against Pension Reform
MikeRivero
Wed, 06/07/2023 - 09:01
Over half a million people are expected to protest across France on Tuesday against President Emmanuel Macron's widely unpopular pension overhaul, according to Euronews. This will be the 14th day of nationwide demonstrations since January.
When Spain Sounds Like France (and France Sounds Like China)
MikeRivero
Fri, 06/02/2023 - 08:53
In April, French President Emmanuel Macron emerged from three days of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing sounding as comfortable talking to Beijing as he does talking to Washington.
Macron Will Push NATO to Pledge Concrete Guarantees for Ukraine
MikeRivero
Thu, 06/01/2023 - 09:57
French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that NATO should offer “concrete and tangible security guarantees” to Ukraine as the alliance is debating what to offer Kyiv at a NATO summit that will be held in Vilnius this July.
Macron acknowledged it’s unlikely that Ukraine can obtain full NATO membership, as all 31 members would need to agree, but called for an upgrade to the alliance’s relationship with Kyiv.
France detains Channel migrants after clashes with police: prosecutors
MikeRivero
Mon, 05/29/2023 - 07:40
French security forces have detained 38 migrants seeking to cross the Channel on a small boat to Britain after they clashed with police, prosecutors said.
Three members of the gendarmerie were injured in Oye-Plage outside Calais on France's northern coast, prosecutors in the town of Saint Omer said late on Thursday.
They were patrolling the beach in all-terrain vehicles on Thursday morning when the migrants threw stones at them.
The windshield of one of the buggies shattered and then and swerved into soft sands "causing it to roll over", prosecutors told AFP.