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French unions call for mass protests and strike after French retail group Casino announced to be in financial difficulty, saying it is ready to sell stores to competitors. At the group's headquarters in Saint-Etienne, in east-central France, employees are demonstrating the potential dismantling of their store. IMAGES
Employees at French retailer Casino are demonstrating outside the group's headquarters in Vitry-sur-Seine, south of Paris. Unions called for the protest as thefood retail group has declared itself to be in financial difficulty, saying it is ready to sell stores to competitors. The group owns several supermarket chains such as Monoprix, Franprix, Exito, Pao de Acucar... 200,000 employees work for the Casino group worldwide including 50,000 in France. IMAGES
Crosses on the gates of Nestle's Buitoni factory in Caudry, northeastern France, pallets of wood on fire: employees of the site, threatened with closure, gather outside their factory at the time of a union-management meeting. Nestle announced on Thursday the definitive closure of the factory which has been implicated in a contaminated pizza health scandal, citing a drop in sales. IMAGES
Fresh damage is seen at grain silos in Beirut's port, hit by a deadly explosion in August 2022, following a massive overnight fire and a partial collapse -- the third such incident this month. IMAGES
Searches are carried out at the Buitoni factory in Caudry in the North of France, where 'Fraich'Up' frozen pizzas are produced. Some children who later ate the pizzas were seriously contaminated with the E.coli bacteria. IMAGES
Searches are being carried out at the Buitoni factory in Caudry in the North of France, where Fraich'Up frozen pizzas are produced, suspected of having caused serious cases of E.coli contamination in children. An investigation into involuntary manslaughter and deceitful practices was opened on April 1 after authorities learned of more than 70 infections, which may have caused the deaths of a one-year-old and an 18-year-old. IMAGES