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Big restaurant chains are telling investors that raising the national minimum wage wouldn’t be a big deal, even as their corporate lobbyists in Washington fight the $ 15 minimum wage plans. “We …

French President Emmanuel Macron often appeared to be channeling Charles de Gaulle’s tenor and tropes in a nationally televised address on Wednesday. “It has been a year of anguish and sacrifices, but …

Dr. Anthony Fauci said in an interview published Monday that the federal government will not require vaccine passports for travel and business. The White House has indicated that any potential passports would …

A healthcare worker waits for visitors at a Covid-19 vaccination center in Gelnhausen, Germany, on March 31. Photographer: Alex Kraus / Bloomberg Photographer: Alex Kraus / Bloomberg The European Commission has told …

Two weeks after Israel’s fourth consecutive election, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the mandate to form a new government. Why does it matter: Netanyahu’s path to …

Mediation between Jordan’s King Abdullah II and his half-brother, Prince Hamzah, successfully reduced one of the most serious political crises in the kingdom in decades, the palace and a confidante of the …

Youth sports are helping fuel the worrying rise in COVID-19 cases among young people, the CDC chief said Monday. “We are learning that many outbreaks in youth are related to youth sports …

One man’s family says he died after he was forced to squat as punishment for violating curfew. Local authorities in the Philippines reportedly detained the 28-year-old while he was buying water. Human …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Ten officials have been indicted in Iran for the 2020 military shoot down of a Ukrainian airliner that killed 176 people, a prosecutor said Tuesday, an …

Navalny went on a hunger strike last week to protest the prison officials’ refusal to give him access to proper medical care. He had been suffering from severe back pain that had …