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Employers Are Starting to Adopt ‘Menstrual Leave’ Policies. Could It Backfire?

As a municipal employee of five years in the Catalan city of Girona, Spain Miriam Requena has an array of benefits: sick leave, personal days and paid vacation time. When menstrual leave was added to the list, she was initially

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Biden declines Trump request to withhold White House records from Jan. 6 committee – NBC News

Biden declines Trump request to withhold White House records from Jan. 6 committee  NBC News Biden White House waives executive privilege for initial set of Trump-era documents sought by Jan. 6 panel  POLITICO White House blocks Trump attempt to withhold documents related

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Nordic countries are restricting the use of Moderna’s Covid vaccine. Here’s why

 Finland, Denmark and Sweden are limiting the use of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in young people over concerns around rare cardiovascular side effects. Finland’s national health authority, THL, announced Thursday that it would pause the use of Moderna’s Covid vaccine in

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Biden declines Trump request to withhold White House records from Jan. 6 committee – NBC News

Biden declines Trump request to withhold White House records from Jan. 6 committee  NBC News QAnon circles are spreading a conspiracy theory about photos of Biden’s White House staging area, claiming it’s proof that he’s a fake president  Yahoo! Voices Biden turns

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Iraqi protesters helped spur new elections. But many doubt their votes will matter

The current parties in power — many backed by militias involved in deadly attacks on protesters — are poised to dominate parliamentary elections scheduled to take place Sunday. Here’s what to know. (Image credit: Hadi Mizban/AP)

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Mexico returns 129 Haitian migrants to their homeland

Mexico has sent another plane load of Haitian migrants back to their homeland on a flight carrying 129 people to Port au Prince.

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A U.S. Navy submarine collides with an underwater object in the South China Sea

A Defense Department official says nearly a dozen sailors were injured in the incident aboard the USS Connecticut. The U.S. 7th Fleet says the sub’s nuclear power plant was not affected. (Image credit: Thiep Van Nguyen II/AP)

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Trump granted hip-hop manager clemency but left him in prison, lawyers claim

  The waning days of Donald Trump’s presidency saw a carnival of celebrities and those with personal connections to him jostling for clemency. Trump obliged many of them, granting pardons to rappers Kodak Black and Lil Wayne and longtime allies

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Trump hotel lost $70M during presidency, got help from bank

Former President Donald Trump’s company lost more than $70 million operating his Washington D.C. hotel while in office.

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Global Supply-Chain Problems Escalate, Threatening Economic Recovery

Shortages of components, surging prices of raw materials, transportation backups and pandemic lockdowns are squeezing manufacturers around the world—and the bottlenecks keep compounding.

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