Total pulls Le Monde ads over report on Myanmar military ties

Paris (AFP) May 7, 2021

French energy giant Total pulled adverts from Le Monde after it reported that the company was paying gas revenues to Myanmar's military through a tax haven, the newspaper said Thursday. Total has come under pressure from pro-democracy activists to "stop financing the junta" since a military coup in February which has been followed by a brutal crackdown on dissent. The company was due to