France on strike: Workers protest higher pension age
Protesters gather at a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, March 7, 2023.
The French president is determined to raise the pension age to 64. But plenty of French workers are pushing back. For the sixth time this year, people across the country are walking off their jobs. And, the US and European police shut down a notorious cybercrime gang linked to Russia. After breaking into computer networks, the so-called DopplePaymer group demanded payment to unscramble sensitive material and to not release it online. Also, a Cuban filmmaker returns to see his family during the island’s worst economic crisis in decades. Hundreds of thousands of mostly young Cubans have left the country in recent months, and those who stay behind are growing more desperate. Plus, the documentary film “Navalny” is up for an Academy Award.
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