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Biden’s stimulus plan includes proposed hike in minimum wage to $15 an hour

Among the highlights of US President-elect Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal are another round…

Choosing Merkel’s successor: Vote to determine who takes over after 16 years in power

January 15, 2021

Choosing Merkel’s successor: Vote to determine who takes over after 16 years in power

#Germany’s conservative #CDU party will pick a new #leader on Saturday from three candidates: moderate…

How do we break free from gender stereotypes?

January 15, 2021

How do we break free from gender stereotypes?

Most of us call a man a man, and if he’s attracted to other men…

Brazil’s Amazonas state running out of oxygen as Covid-19 surges

January 15, 2021

Brazil’s Amazonas state running out of oxygen as Covid-19 surges

Scores of #Covid-19 patients in the #Amazon rainforest’s biggest city will be transferred out of…

France tightens coronavirus border controls, imposes earlier curfew

January 15, 2021

France tightens coronavirus border controls, imposes earlier curfew

#France will strengthen #border controls and bring forward its night #curfew by two hours to…

Ex-state governor charged in Flint water crisis

January 15, 2021

Ex-state governor charged in Flint water crisis

Ex-#Michigan governor Rick Snyder is among a number of former state officials charged over the…

Anxiety grows as pandemic takes toll on France’s ‘ghost students’

January 15, 2021

Anxiety grows as pandemic takes toll on France’s ‘ghost students’

With French #universities in limbo amid the latest resurgence in #Covid-19 infections, alarm bells are…

Tunisia, ten years on : After so much hope, the deception of women and LGBTQIs

January 15, 2021

Tunisia, ten years on : After so much hope, the deception of women and LGBTQIs

Rania Arfaoui, member of the steering committee at Mawjoudin, a tunisian queer and #feminist organization,…

Coronavirus in Germany: Calls for nationwide lockdown after record daily deaths

January 15, 2021

Coronavirus in Germany: Calls for nationwide lockdown after record daily deaths

#Germany’s total #coronavirus cases topped two million on Friday, as Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed for…

Erdogan gets jab as Turkey unrolls Chinese vaccine

January 15, 2021

Erdogan gets jab as Turkey unrolls Chinese vaccine

#Turkish President Recep Tayyip #Erdogan stripped down to a black t-shirt and got vaccinated on…