France to ban TikTok on work phones of civil servants -minister

* Macron says won't budge on pension law * Angers unions, protesters * Ninth nationwide day of strikes (Adds clashes in Paris, turnout, petrol shortages, fresh quote) By Lucien Libert and Ingrid

* Macron says won't budge on pension law * Angers unions, protesters * Ninth nationwide day of strikes (Adds union leaders, scuffles) By Lucien Libert and Stephane Mahe PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) -

* Drug meets primary and all secondary goals in COPD trial * Previous peak sales estimate of 13 bln euros was without COPD * Drug could be first new COPD treatment in over a decade (Adds Regeneron

* Macron says won't budge on pension law * Angers unions, protesters * Ninth nationwide day of strikes (Adds comments from protesters) By Lucien Libert and Stephane Mahe PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) -

PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris court is expected to rule on May 2 on an appeal filed by a group of minority shareholders against the French state's full nationalisation of the utility EDF, said the head of

* Macron says won't budge on pension law * Angers unions, protesters * Ninth nationwide day of strikes (Recasts with protests, strikes) By Lucien Libert and Dominique Vidalon PARIS, March 23 (Reuters)

PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) - France's DGAC civil aviation authority on Thursday said it had asked airlines to reduce their flight schedule at Paris-Orly airport by 30% for March 24 and by 15% for March

(Adds wildcat strike actions, reactions) By Lucien Libert and Dominique Vidalon PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) - French workers angry with a rise in the pension age blocked access to a terminal at Paris'

* Drug meets primary and all secondary goals in COPD trial * Previous peak sales estimate of 13 bln euros was without COPD * Drug could be first new COPD treatment in over a decade (Adds share price

(Adds details on strikes, union leader, minister) By John Irish and Ingrid Melander PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) - Train services were disrupted and some schools shut while garbage piled up on the