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Japan mulls four-day working week amid COVID pandemic
January 31, 2021
Japan mulls four-day working week amid COVID pandemic
Japanese employees are famous for putting in agonizingly long hours at their desks and declining to take all their annual…
Navalny, WHO and Thunberg among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
January 31, 2021
Navalny, WHO and Thunberg among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO (Reuters) – Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg are among those nominated…
Fugitive Tigray leader reportedly speaks out after months
January 31, 2021
Fugitive Tigray leader reportedly speaks out after months
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The fugitive leader of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region has reportedly made his first public comments in…
Russians join protests against jailing of Kremlin critic Navalny despite crackdown
January 31, 2021
Russians join protests against jailing of Kremlin critic Navalny despite crackdown
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny took to the streets in Siberia and the Russian Far…
Trump parts ways with impeachment lawyers: sources
January 31, 2021
Trump parts ways with impeachment lawyers: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former US President Donald Trump abruptly parted ways on Saturday with the two lead lawyers working on…
Ethiopia says Tigray back to ‘normalcy;’ witnesses disagree.
January 30, 2021
Ethiopia says Tigray back to ‘normalcy;’ witnesses disagree.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government has privately told Biden administration staffers its embattled Tigray region has “returned to normalcy,”…
Biden warns of growing cost of delay on economic aid plan
January 30, 2021
Biden warns of growing cost of delay on economic aid plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is warning of a steep and growing “cost of inaction” on his $1.9 trillion…
Biden, Democrats hit gas on push for $15 minimum wage
January 30, 2021
Biden, Democrats hit gas on push for $15 minimum wage
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour has emerged as an…
No income, 2,000 mouths to feed: Lockdown squeezes Greek zoo
January 30, 2021
No income, 2,000 mouths to feed: Lockdown squeezes Greek zoo
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — It’s feeding time at Greece’s only zoo, and a capuchin monkey grabs as many mandarins as…
‘Simple is beautiful’: One-shot vaccine proves effective
January 30, 2021
‘Simple is beautiful’: One-shot vaccine proves effective
The first one-shot COVID-19 vaccine provides good protection against the illness, Johnson & Johnson reported in a key study released…