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Nationwide strikes bring France to standstill
Airport authorities say 30 percent of flights to and from Paris were canceled. Outside Paris , just one in three SNCF trains serving the outlying suburbs is expected to run as unions protest an overhaul that would strip new hires of a special status that guarantees early retirement and other benefits.
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Trump releases order banning most transgender people from serving in military
Transgender troops who are in the USA military may remain in the ranks, the White House said late Friday, but the Pentagon could require them to serve according to their gender at birth. Under the Obama policy, transgender individuals were to be allowed to openly enlist in the military for the first time by January 1, 2018. The number of transgender troops among America's approximately 1.3 million active duty service members is fairly small, with estimates topping out at 15,000.
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North, South Korea send delegations to discuss meeting for leaders
A team of three officials will be led by Ri Son Gwon, the chairman of North Korea's committee for the peaceful reunification of the country , the South's Unification Ministry said. Choe Kang-il, North Korea's foreign ministry official in charge of North American affairs, is surrounded by reporters after arriving in Beijing on March 22, 2018, on his way back to Pyongyang.
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Egypt court orders suspension of Uber, Careem services
The lawsuits also claimed that Uber was registered as a call center, whereas Careem was reportedly registered as an internet company. The lawyer representing taxi drivers, Khaled al-Gamal, told a French wire service that the ruling would have to be implemented by the government even if Careem and Uber appeal.
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Zeenat Aman files rape case, Mumbai businessman held
DCP (Detection-I) Nisar Tamboli said, "The accused was remanded in police custody till March 29 after he was produced in court on Friday". According to sources, the police has also arrested the accused man. The name of the businessman wasn't revealed and even the veteran actress' name was deleted from the official tweets, after some time. Sarfaraz has been booked under the Sections 376, 420, 406, 465, 467, 468, 469, 471, 506 of the Indian Penal Code, as per a report in Mirror Now .
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Kupwara encounter: 'Four terrorists killed are of foreign origin', says J&K police
The exchange of firing between the forces and militants began in the morning after the operation was suspended on Tuesday evening due to darkness. A police official said that two cops and a soldier were killed while two more policemen were injured in the Kupwara encounter.