Strikes to shut Paris museums

Paris - Strikes will shut many popular museums and monuments in the French capital again today as workers stay away over a three…

Paris - Strikes will shut many popular museums and monuments in the French capital again today as workers stay away over a three-day Pentecost holiday weekend.

Officials said the Orsay Museum and the Arc de Triomphe, among others, would stay shut for the sixth day of a strike over staffing. The Louvre was expected to remain open today.

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