Europe's biggest economy has seen some of the most disruptive strikes in decades this year as unions press for higher wages to offset the surging cost of living.
The strike is likely to add to problems in a sector that regularly faces jet fuel shortages, which often ground local flights and where international carriers struggle to repatriate revenue from ticket sales due to a shortage of foreign currency.
The Israeli and US leaders have known each other for decades and often disagreed on key issues.
Human rights groups and critics say the move will create "a private, armed militia" that would be directly under the "control" of the ultra-nationalist leader.
Nearly two weeks after Macron rammed the new law through parliament using a special provision sidestepping any vote, unions vow no let-up in mass protests to get the government to back down.
Defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga has called for people to take to the streets on Monday and Thursday against President William Ruto over the high cost of living.
First authorised protest since the lifting of Covid restrictions went ahead in China's self-governing territory under watch by police, who required organisers to cap the number of participants at 100.
Thousands protest construction of giant water "basins" in southwest Sainte-Soline area to irrigate crops, which they say will distort access to water amid drought conditions.
Protesters took to the streets in the British capital to denounce Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing policies, his government's plans to overhaul the country’s judiciary and Israel's treatment of Palestinians.
Violence has intensified in recent days at scattered protests against the pension reform and Macron’s leadership.
Lebanese security forces fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating in Beirut against deteriorating living conditions, as the currency plummeted to new lows against the dollar.
Protesters gathered in Paris and many other cities, where some set fire to dumpsters and trash, and targeted various buildings to express their anger over a divisive pension plan.
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