Month: October 2021
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
Read MoreBiden 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
Read MoreNordic 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
Read MoreBiden 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
Read MoreIraqi 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)
Read MoreMexico 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.
Read MoreA 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)
Read MoreTrump 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
Read MoreTrump 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.
Read MoreGlobal 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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