French unions launched a day of strikes and protests Tuesday against Emmanuel Macron's flagship labor reforms Off White Nike UK , a key test as he stakes his presidency on overhauling the sluggish economy.


More than 180 street protests are planned nationwide against the reforms, which are intended to tackle stubbornly high unemployment by loosening the rules that govern how businesses hire and fire people.


Some 4,000 strikes have been called under the action led by France's biggest trade union, the CGT, with rail workers, students and civil servants urged to -protest in cities from Paris to Marseille and Toulouse.


But the turnout will serve as a yardstick for unions' ability to mobilize, as deep splits have emerged in the labor movement between those determined to fight the reforms and those prepared to compromise.


The business-friendly Macron sparked a backlash last week by describing opponents of the shake-up as "slackers" and cynics, in comments blasted as "scandalous" by CGT chief Philippe Martinez.


Bruno Cautres of the Cevipof -political research institute said Macron had "thrown oil on the fire" with his choice of words.


"With the 'slackers' comment, there are all the ingredients for this to heat up," he said.


In Paris, traffic was operating at between 50 and 80 percent of normal on suburban lines of the SNCF rail network, while two lines of the suburban RER metro system were hit.


Rail traffic is "in line with expectations" and the "majority of the lines are functioning normally," an SNCF spokesperson said.


Air traffic controllers have also been urged to strike, and Irish low-cost -carrier Ryanair said Monday that it had canceled 110 flights scheduled for T-uesday.


The airline called on Macron's government and the European Commission "to take immediate action to prevent the skies over Europe being closed yet again" during the stoppage.


Fairground operators - angry over pre-Macron reforms that open the industry to more competition - caused traffic jams Tuesday on a major motorway into Paris, and others used trucks to block roads in the capital itself, including on the Champs-Elysees Avenue.


YANGON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar government has formed an Implementation Committee of Rakhine Advisory Committee with 15 members representing related ministries, according to a statement from the President Office on Tuesday.


The committee is established to implement the recommendations of the final report of the Advisory Commission, led by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and the Maungtaw Investigation Commission.


The committee is responsible to take measures to avoid harming of innocent civilians during carrying out their legitimate duty to restore stability in Rakhine state.


The committee is also tasked to actively carry out certain security operations and address economic and social issues in the region.


Moreover, the committee will make efforts to maintain sustainability of ethnic villages and to remove IDP camps.


It will also offer accomodation and create job opportunities for local people for the development in the region.


Humanitarian assistance provided by the organizations from home and abroad will be handed over to all displaced inhabitants without discrimination by the committee, said the statement.


Terrorists launched fresh attacks on police outposts in Rakhine on Aug. 25, displacing residents from a number of areas in Maungtaw district to border areas for refuge and camping along the Myanmar side of the border with Bangladesh.


A total of 59 villages and 6,842 houses were burnt down by terrorists with eight bridges destroyed by planted mines, according to reports.


Meanwhile, 371 terrorists have so far been killed in clashes with the security forces.


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If Bernie Sanders can pull off an upset in California, it will be a story that got its start on Hollywood Boulevard.


In a building that saw the likes of film stars and movie moguls and later was damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Sanders' newly leased Los Angeles headquarters is where his campaign will ultimately go big or go home. Steering the effort is Michael Ceraso, a rangy, goateed 34-year-old who, seven months ago, was working as a deputy program director for Airbnb. He'd never run a statewide campaign.


Sanders is trailing in state polls but "what gives us an advantage is people power," said Ceraso, alluding to the fervent crowds of 20- and 30-somethings at the senator's full-house rallies.


With time growing short in the primary season, California's June 7 contest could be a decisive showdown. Sanders told cheering supporters in a Los Angeles theater in March that if he wins delegate-rich California by a significant margin "we are going together to the White House."


But to make that happen, Ceraso and his team will have to take on the Clinton political powerhouse.


After helping to guide Sanders to victory in New Hampshire, Ceraso says he's not intimidated by Hillary Clinton's team, which has won elections here before and has deep political ties that date back a generation to her husband Bill Clinton's administration.


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