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Soaring Death Toll Gives Grim Insight Into Russian Tactics

  
NYTimes.com - 02.03.2023 Original article ›
Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbons Neff
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The toll in deaths and casualties on the Russian side has already reached 200,000 says this report in the NYT. The fighting in the eastern Donbas around Bakhmut is intense with hundreds of deaths and casualties a day says this report.

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‘No More Antakya’: Turks Say Quake Wiped Out a City, and a Civilization

  
NYTimes.com - 02.10.2023 Original article ›
Vivian Yee, Nimet Kirac
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The ancient city of Antakya in Hatay province in Turkey is wiped out, says this report in The New York Times. People are sleeping outside in a city in rubble, in the freezing cold. NYT gives pictures of the devastating earthquake.

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SEC Proposes Rule That Could Squeeze Crypto Platforms

  
WSJ - 02.15.2023 Original article ›
Paul Kiernan, Justin Baer
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Fragmented and slow regulation by the SEC of financial activity that clearly needed regulation from the beginning. Charlie Munger Of Berkshire says in the WSJ that "wretched excess" has gone on in the cryptocurrency because of a gap in regulation.

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Bruised but unbowed – Manchester City pass ultimate test of steel against Atletico Madrid

  
The Times - 04.14.2022 Original article ›
Henry Winter
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Tackling with resilience and patience the stormy display by Atletico Madrid, Pep Guardiola's team prevails in Madrid. A bandaged Phil Foden after some rough play continued to support Kevin de Bruyne in the field. Manchester City wins on aggregate.

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Supply Chains Upended by Covid Are Back to Normal 

  
WSJ - 12.23.2022 Original article ›
Esther Fung, Costas Paris, Sharon Terlep
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Supply chains are back to normal with better shipping rates, delivery capacity and retailer inventory. This should have a restraining effect on surging inflation and is a good sign for the US Fed's Jay Powell in his fight against inflation.

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Swelling ranks of stay-at-home dads could be pandemic’s silver lining

  
The Guardian - 12.25.2022 Original article ›
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The lockdowns and remote work have led to men spending more time taking care of children at home. The stereotype of the hapless dad as a second grade caregiver is now out of date. Dads have learned a lot during the pandemic.

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WSJ News Exclusive | Google Critic Is Cleared to Work on U.S. Antitrust Matters Involving Search Giant

  
WSJ - 01.13.2023 Original article ›
Miles Kruppa, Sam Schechner
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Joanathan Kanter is the Assistant Attorney General of the US. He was cleared to work on the Justice Department lawsuit against Google and antitrust matters. Kanter is critical of the way Google operates to act as a monopoly in its ad business.

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Why wheat flour became so expensive in Pakistan

  
The Indian Express - 01.21.2023 Original article ›
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The increasing price of wheat and the failure to modernize Pakistan's agriculture is the subject of this report in The Indian Express. The floods and the Ukraine war, lack of development in agriculture, have created a food crisis in Pakistan.

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Bosses Want Hard Workers—So They’re Hiring Older People

  
WSJ - 04.06.2023 Original article ›
Callum Borchers
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Companies in the US hiring older workers in the belief that older workers have a strong work ethic. WIth the Great Resignation and younger workers quick to quit jobs many companies are relying on older workers who are seen as more reliable.

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Germany braces for ‘nightmare’ of Russia turning off gas for good

  
The Guardian - 07.10.2022 Original article ›
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After it is turned off for maintenance will the Nordstream pipeline that takes Russian gas under the Baltic Sea to Germany come back on? Germany is not sure and preparing for a cutoff of gas supplies from Russia as the Ukraine war escalates.

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A massive US-Mexican effort to welcome Ukrainian refugees

  
France 24 - 04.11.2022 Original article ›
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The US and Mexico launch a massive effort to welcome 100,000 refugees from Ukraine. FR24 gives this story on how Ukrainians already in Mexico and the US, who migrated many years earlier, are volunteering to help new refugees feel welcome.

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Congress Reaches Final Agreement on Pandemic Relief

  
WSJ - 12.21.2020 Original article ›
Andrew Duehren, Kristina Peterson
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The stimulus agreement in the u.S. Congress will provide direct checks of $600 to many Americans and $300 a week in enhanced federal unemployment benefits, aid for schools, vaccine distribution, and small businesses. The package is for about $900 billion in aid.

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What’s in the Third Covid-19 Stimulus Package?

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WSJ - 03.09.2021 Original article ›
Stephanie Stamm, Maureen Linke
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A look at graphs showing how much and where the $1.9 trillion aid for the pandemic is going for households, businesses, local governments and programs. This package of aid is ready to pass the US Congress in March 2021.

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Mortgage Refinancings Boom, Even as Coronavirus Hits Economy

  
WSJ - 09.08.2020 Original article ›
Orla Mc Caffrey
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Low interest rates are boosting the U.S. housing market. Lenders made $1.1 trillion in home loans in the second quarter 2020. Mortgage rates fell below 3% in July. About $2.5 trillion in home loans were made in 2019. Refinancings are up 200%.

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Contact Tracing, Key to Reining in the Virus, Falls Flat in the West

  
NYTimes.com - 10.03.2020 Original article ›
Benjamin Mueller
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The failure to respond quickly with testing and contact tracing has been a major weakness of the response to the coronavirus in Europe and the U.S. Repeated fumbling in contact tracing has been common throughout Europe and in states in the U.S.

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New York Needs to Raise Taxes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo Says

  
WSJ - 12.09.2020 Original article ›
Jimmy Vielkind
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The coronavirus pandemic has pushed New York into a $8.7 billion deficit for the fiscal year that began April 1, 2020. A bipartisan bill in Congress would have given $160 billion to state and local governments in the $908 billion bill. 

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Almost one in three globally go hungry during pandemic – UN

  
The Guardian - 07.12.2021 Original article ›
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The pandemic's effects on children with one in three going hungry and one in five growing up stunted, according to a report by UN agencies- UNICEF, FAO and the World Food Programme, is shown in this report in The Guardian.

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Mandatory vaccination, Covid-19 pass and access to PCR tests: the main points from Macron's address

  
France 24 - 07.14.2021 Original article ›
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France's Health minister announces that health care workers will not be allowed to work after September 15, 2021 or receive a salary if they are not vaccinated. Health pass will be required to access bars, restaurants, trains and flights in France.

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Bloated Bundestag: Trouble for German democracy? | DW | 15.09.2021

  
DW.COM - 09.17.2021 Original article ›
Elizabeth Schumacher
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No country has an elected parliament this big. Germany's Bundestag has 709 members of parliament. And this could swell to 900 says DW.com after September 26 elections. A look at the German parliament that reflects Germany's recent history.

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China’s Economy Has a New Problem: Its Job Market

  
WSJ - 03.18.2024 Original article ›
Jason Douglas
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Even as China is investing more in the economy and workers are working fewer hours, the unemployment rate is increasing to 5.3% in Feb 2024, youth unemployment at 15% previously estimated at 22% in June 2023 before a new methodology was adopted.

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Danielle Collins holds firm against Elena Rybakina to win Miami Open

  
The Guardian - 03.30.2024 Original article ›
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In a special and graceful  way American Danielle Collins wins the Miami Open women's tennis tournament coming from No. 52 ranking to beat top seeded Kazakhstan's Ryabkina 7-5, 6-3, looking unstoppable all the way. 

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Is workplace stigma around mental health struggles changing?

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BBC News - 08.24.2022 Original article ›
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The BBC looks at the mental health challenges in the workplace and the stigma around it. The pandemic has created its own set of new challenges. Getting more people to talk about wellness struggles is  a critical part of these challenges. 

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How a Quebec Lithium Mine May Help Make Electric Cars Affordable

  
NYTimes.com - 09.21.2022 Original article ›
Jack Ewing, Brendan George Ko For The New York Times
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Lithium supplies in North America are critical for electric car makers. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2020 requires automakers to use lithium from North America. The NYT looks at one lithium mine in Quebec 350 miles north of Montreal in a pine forest.

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Opinion | Putin’s Desperate Ukraine Escalation

  
WSJ - 09.21.2022 Original article ›
The Editorial Board
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This WSJ editorial describes the partial mobilization announced by Mr. Putin as coming at a time when world opinion is turning against the war, with world leaders opposing the continuation of the war, including China, India, Turkey and most of the world.

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WSJ News Exclusive | When Covid Hit, They Were in Diapers. So Why Are Kindergarteners Struggling?

  
WSJ - 01.12.2024 Original article ›
Matt Barnum
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Children's scores remain below pre-pandemic levels for kindergarden, and for 1st and 2nd grades for students tested in 2023. Test scores of over a million students in the US show this sizable gap in school readiness for these younger children.

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