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A contentious bill that would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 got a push forward with the Senate's adoption of the measure amid strikes, protests and uncollected garbage piling higher by the day. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne tweeted late Saturday after the 195-112 vote that she looks forward to the bill's definitive passage, hailing a decisive step toward a reform that will assure the future of our retirement system. But the legislation must now move through tricky political territory with multiple potential outcomes. It heads first to a committee of seven senators and seven lower-house lawmakers to find a compromise between the two houses' versions of the text on Wednesday when unions planned an eighth round of nationwide protest marches. President Emmanuel Macron is undaunted by the uncollected trash piling up in Paris and other cities from a strike by garbage workers opposed to the bill and reduced services and supplies in other sectors like transport
At least 2 people were killed, and 168 others were injured in traffic accidents in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan, during the Eid days, Khaama Press reported.The Khaama Press News Agency is an online news service for Afghanistan.The incidents involved reckless driving and occurred in various parts of the province; two people were killed on the spot, and 168 were wounded; some of the injured are in critical condition, according to the local media outlets.The injured people were taken to the hospital for medical treatment.As per unconfirmed data, more than a dozen had been killed and over 300 others injured in traffic accidents nationwide.Earlier, two people were killed in a traffic accident in the Surkhrod areas of the eastern province of Nangarhar, as per Khaama Press.According to local officials, the incident occurred after a freight truck and motorcycle collided.Three people were killed in a Badakhshan province, Kofaab district road accident.Meanwhile, at least 33 ...