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 …
Read More »How Marine Le Pen could capitalize on Emmanuel Macron’s COVID stumbles.
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 …
Read More »Fauci Says Federal Government Will Not Require Passports For COVID Vaccine
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 …
Read More »EU sees close immunity to virus in late June despite Astra’s doubts
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 …
Read More »Netanyahu elected to form a new Israeli government, despite no majority
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 …
Read More »Jordanian royalty settles family dispute, says lawyer
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 …
Read More »Youth sports fuel rally in COVID-19 cases
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 …
Read More »A man is said to have died after being forced to do 300 squats for violating the COVID-19 curfew
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 …
Read More »Iran prosecutor says 10 indicted for plane shoot down in Ukraine
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 …
Read More »Navalny continues on hunger strike despite high fever and strong cough
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 …
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