Medical professionals in France say chronic staff shortages ... Mayor Provenchère decided to solve the problem by offering GPs a local government contract, with set working hours, a regular ...

China is set to raise its retirement age for the first time since the 1950s, a move driven by its rapidly ageing population ...

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The Telegraph revealed on Thursday that experts are urging for the NHS to be scrapped in order to save lives. This comes ...

stating his belief that it is up to the judicial system with "complete independence, to ensure that the law is respected." France is "more than anything," the two-term president said, "attached to ...

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For decades, Chinese workers have wrapped up their working lives at relatively young ages: 60 for men and as early as 50 for ...

This is contrary to a fixed exchange rate, in which the government entirely ... banks may buy or sell local currencies to adjust the exchange rate in a floating rate system to stabilize a volatile ...

Learning French is pretty crucial if you live in France, and French classes can be expensive – but you could get the government to pay via the Mon Compte Formation (CPF) scheme. Here’s how.

Education in France is based on a national ... The public education system in the country is funded largely through state and local taxes, with students required to begin compulsory education ...

The Shinkansen is part of a well-integrated train system that includes local trains that run on frequent schedules covering ...

A Lebanese official said pagers belonging to Hezbollah militants had exploded, causing a large number of injuries. The ...