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SNCF controllers on strike all weekend, 60% of TGVs canceled
We will have to show patience in French stations from this Friday. The weekend promises to be complicated due to a strike launched by a collective of controllers. The SNCF was forced to cancel 60% of its TGV and Intercités from this Friday to Sunday, and raises fears of new disruptions during the end of year celebrations. The controllers – also called train managers at the SNCF – decided to stop work for the whole weekend to demand better recognition of their status. “In total, more than 80% of us are on strike and more than 90% on the TGV, it’s unheard of,” assured AFP Nicolas Limon, member of the National Collective ASCT (CNA), launched in September on Facebook outside of any trade union framework and which today has nearly 3,000 members.
Between diplomatic marathon and gala dinner, Emmanuel Macron’s last day in Washington
Great days often start with the early morning hours. The most important and densest day of Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the United States started at dawn for the followers, to pass the security checks of the White House. Story and anecdotes over a cold day “but warm in our hearts” to use Joe Biden’s formula. From the welcoming ceremony at 8 a.m. at the White House to the state dinner in honor of the French presidential couple, the French head of state lived a final marathon day in Washington DC
Kanye West suspended from Twitter for ‘inciting violence’ after posting anti-Semitic image
After Godwin point, Ye point. Increasingly isolated after his recent anti-Semitic remarks, Kanye West went a little deeper on Thursday by confessing his admiration for Hitler and the Nazis during a “what the fuck” interview with American conspiratorial presenter Alex Jones. And if that weren’t enough, the rapper got suspended from Twitter in the evening after posting an image of a swastika inside a Star of David. Elon Musk clarified that it was for “incitement to violence”.