(3L-R) French High Commissioner for Pension Reform Laurent Pietraszewski, French Health and Solidarity Minister Agnes Buzyn, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (C), French prime minister's Deputy Chief of Staff Thomas Fatome and French Junior Minister for Public Administration Olivier Dussopt attend a conference between representatives of the French state and social partners focused on bringing the country's pensions system at a financial balance by 2027, in Paris, France, 30 January 2020, amid a contested pension overhaul. The French government's pension reform plan has since December 2019 caused protests and strikes by unions warning that millions of people will have to work longer. Representatives of the French state and social partners started meeting on January 30 to work on finding an agreement by the end of April aimed at filling a deficit estimated in the long term at 12 billion euros per year. EPA/ALAIN JOCARD / POOL MAXPPP OUT
Nadezhda Sergeeva of Russia in action during a training run of the Two-woman competition at the Bobsleigh World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland, 30 January 2020. EPA/URS FLUEELER