PARIS (AP) – Roads blocked, oil refineries disrupted, planes grounded and trains halted – unions are threatening to shut down France’s economy this week in what they hope is their toughest riposte yet to President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age.
Macron has vowed to go ahead with the bill, which aims to raise the country’s minimum retirement age, despite nationwide demonstrations and strikes and opinion polls consistently showing a majority of French people oppose the change.
Despite the conventional wisdom that immigration can support an ageing population, the British government – which has been importing migrants on a massive scale – appears poised to increase the state pension age earlier than expected.
Italian retirees could be forced to present their coronavirus health pass in order to access their pensions in person.
Britain has announced that the nation’s BBC Licence will be abolished by 2028, raising doubts over what the future of the state broadcaster will look like.
The BBC is facing a “crisis” as one million households in the UK have stopped paying the television tax over the past two years.
A 94-year-old woman who lived through World War Two was denied a loaf of bread because she could only pay in cash.
The Chinese coronavirus lockdown measures should be lifted for those over the age of 70 who are considered to be in good health, as the mental health implications are starting to outweigh the dangers of the virus, a group of medical professionals have informed Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The federal government is directing nursing homes to shut down visitors amid the coronavirus epidemic, President Trump said March 13.
