Hospitals in France are on the brink of chaos amid the ongoing strike by doctors, now extended for another week, as emergency units struggle to keep up with soaring demand.

“We’re looking at the military, we’re looking at a specialist response force... a surge capacity,” said the chairman of the Conservative Party.

UK teachers, university staff, postal workers take part in “biggest strike in history of higher education”.

Canada’s education workers in Ontario province go on strike over pay, risking huge fines for defying a strike ban.

Strike action in France over wage demands spreads to at least five of nuclear plants, further delaying maintenance.

The French government has threatened to intervene to break blockades of refineries and oil depots as workers demanding higher wages and better working conditions plan to extend their strike action.

Nearly 10 percent of petrol stations in Paris are having trouble getting enough fuel supplies amid persisting strikes in four refineries, the government declares.