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France pays homage to slain teacher Samuel Paty at Sorbonne ceremony

  
France 24 - 10.22.2020 Original article ›
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France pays homage to a slain teacher with a ceremony at one of France's oldest universities going back to 1257, the Sorbonne. The event brings together the French from all parts of society as they tackle the second wave of the coronavirus. Centuries of tradition and search for knowledge and the role of one school teacher in a Paris suburb bring together the French nation as it mobilizes to create a society post virus and post terrorism of all kinds, with a new set of priorities around public services. 

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Photos: Scenes from an upcoming 1,000-bed Covid-19 hospital in Mumbai

  
Hindustan Times - 05.11.2020 Original article ›
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The Hindustan Times provides this look at the construction of a new 1000 bed hospital in Bandra Kurla complex exhibition area of Mumbai  that will be used for isolation of coronavirus cases. The hospital will be ready in time to tackle an expected further surge in cases in Mumbai by the end of May. The hospital will be equipped to handle another 5000 beds says the Mumbai municipal authority, MMRDA. Several hospitals are being built such as this one to tackle the surge in cases as Mumbai has about 25% of cases in India of coronavirus.

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Children as likely as adults to catch coronavirus, says ONS

  
The Times - 05.14.2020 Original article ›
Kat Lay, Health Correspondent
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The most accurate study so far of what age groups get affected by coronavirus comes from the Office of National Statistics in Britain, showing that children are as likely to get infected as adults. Estimates in modeling created jointly by Public Health England and the Cambridge University show 18% of children in the data from 5  to 14 years age are infected by the virus in England, compared to 18% in the adults over 45 years age.  Across all age groups the modeling data found that there is no difference between age categories for infection by the coronavirus.

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Coronavirus Employment Shock Hits Women Harder Than Men

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WSJ - 05.15.2020 Original article ›
Sarah Chaney, Lauren Weber
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More women tend to work in sectors such as retailing and personal care, and with the hardest hit sectors including fields in which we find more women such as education, leisure, hospitality, a lot more women will be affected. The unemployment rate for women and men started at 3.5% in February before the pandemic. In April the unemployment rate went up to 14.4%. Of this women unemployment was at 16.2% and men was at 13.5%. The women were adversely affected where their presence is highest - in food preparation, health care support and personal service.

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Laws to curb Chinese takeovers

  
The Times - 06.08.2020 Original article ›
Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor
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Mr. Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the select committee on foreign affairs, a Tory MP, says UK companies are vulnerable to takeover by foreign state backed entities and calls for new laws to protect British companies. Prime minister Boris Johnson is preparing to announce new laws that will make it mandatory for British companies to report to the government when any foreign company attempts to take over 25% of the shares in a British company, or which could pose a security threat, with strong sanctions. Failing to do so would have directors jailed, disqualified, or face large fines.

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Europe’s Biggest Utility Company to Ramp Up Spending on Wind, Solar Power

  
WSJ - 11.24.2020 Original article ›
Sarah Mc Farlane
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Enel, Italy's energy company, plans to invest $83 billion over the next decade to 2030 to increase renewable energy capacity from 45 gigawatts to 120 gigawatts. Renewable energy's share is expected to increase from 27% to 33% by 2025, according to IEA. Europe has committed to spend a third of its $750 billion recovery fund on addressing climate issues. ENel market share would increase from 2.8% to 5% by the end of this decade. With Iberdrola of Spain Enel was early in making investments and is the largest company in renewable energy in Europe.

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‘It was ghostly – seeing players in the flesh gave me goosebumps’

  
The Times - 12.07.2020 Original article ›
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A carefully managed event for the return of 2000 fans to London's newest and largest soccer stadium of Tottenham Hotspur. A Tottenham fan describes the crowds and enthusiasm for new coach Jose Mourinho of Portugal as Tottenham moves to the top of the English League. The soccer stadiums played arole in the outbreak of the pandemic in Italy in March, just as the Austrian ski resorts have led to a surge in central Europe. This event is a test of whether it is safe to have fans in stadiums with the necessary precautions and strict procedures.

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Coronavirus: Germany is no longer a role model | DW | 07.12.2020

  
DW.COM - 12.07.2020 Original article ›
Sabine Kinkartz
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Germany is now in the same situation as France, Spain and Britain during the second wave with over 500 deaths daily in the first week of December. The partial lockdown with closing of the leisure sector and keeping work open, and retail shops open has not helped keep the virus in check as hoped. Christmas is an important holiday period in Germany and crowds continue to form in many shopping areas spreading the virus. Chancellor Merkel lacks authority in a pandemic as the law says states have to decide how best to tackle a pandemic.

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‘He embodies the new India’: Greg Chappell names most important player ‘in the context of world cricket’

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Hindustan Times - 12.11.2020 Original article ›
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Chappell cites Virat Kohli's passion for test cricket as the reason he means so much for the game. Test cricket is under severe pressure from the one day and other formats. Yet it has some dimensions that the one day format lacks such as the excitement that goes into the Ashes contest between Australia and India. Kohli is also seen as handling the pressure from having a lot of the excitement of the hundreds of millions of fans in India  watching him and behind him without getting in any way ruffled.

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Four navy ships to help protect fishing waters in case of no-deal Brexit

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The Guardian - 12.11.2020 Original article ›
Dan Sabbagh
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France and Britain are at loggerheads over fishing rights in UK waters. UK will now have 4 Navy patrol ships protect its fishing waters in the event of a no deal Brexit. French and other EU fishermen get 60% of the fish taken from UK waters. UK exclusive economic zone extends 200 miles from the shore. Conservative ministers have doubled the total fleet of patrol ships from four to eight. During patrol in extreme cases a EU boat can be impounded and taken to the nearest EU port, otherwise it could be boarded and inspected.

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Two Friends, Two Continents, Very Different Pandemics

  
NYTimes.com - 01.17.2021 Original article ›
Zachary Woolfe
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How artists, musicians are doing in Germany vs. the USA is shown here. In Germany funding for arts continues and a musician shown here continues as before with the same income and benefits. In the U.S. a musician with the same background has no work and has no health insurance for years. The contrast between two societies and cultures, between European concern for social cohesion and sense of sharing vs. a culture in America that helps some in society, and leaves out others. Where government of the people, by the people misses something called for all the people.

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Italy, and Europe, Look to Mario Draghi to Solve Another Crisis

  
WSJ - 02.03.2021 Original article ›
Marcus Walker, Giovanni Legorano
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Italy and the European Union turn to former ECB president Mario Draghi for leadership of the new government in Italy. He is seen as the best choice for Italy's recovery with financial help from EU funds. Mr. Draghi has his personal reputation as ECB president for recovery of the euro currency in the face of austerity policies pushed by the German finance ministry, and the 200 billion euro funds going to Italy, to ensure a recovery. "Consciousness of the emergency entails answers that are up to the challenge," says Draghi.

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Analysis | America is about to be passed in vaccinations by France, to our eternal shame

  
Washington Post - 07.16.2021 Original article ›
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Graphs in this Washington Post report show the success or failure of vaccination drives around the world from the US and Canada to Europe, Brazil, Japan and Africa as of the first week of July 2021. Japan and Africa are far behind Europe and America. By July 4, 59% of Americans were fully vaccinated short of Biden's goal of 70%, according to CDC. Canada, Italy, Germany have passed the US. By making vaccinations mandatory France is working to catchup with Germany and Italy. Canada and UK lead in vaccination drives. 

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Census Figures Show Americans’ Incomes Fell in 2020

  
WSJ - 09.14.2021 Original article ›
John Mc Cormick, Paul Overberg
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American median household income declined by 2.9% to $67,500 in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Poverty rate was 11.4% increasing by 1% from 2019. This translates into 37.2 million people living in poverty, increase of 3.3 million from 2019. Adding in government help in subsidies and free food a different poverty measure shows a decline in poverty by 3% as a result of government action. Subsidies took th form of stimulus checks to 12 million people at the poverty threshold of households earning about $26,000. Expanded unemployment program reached 5.5 million more people,

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China to invest $280 billion in Iranian oil

  
The Times - 09.05.2019 Original article ›
Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent
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China has emerged as the largest buyer of Iranian oil, in the face of sanctions by the Trump administration to cut Iranian oil exports. China has replaced French company Total for the Pars oil field. It is investing heavily in Iranian oil industry. Iran has offered a 12% discount for China's oil supply needs. China has promised to invest $280 billion in the Iranian oil industry and is seeking to pull Iran into its Belt and Road Initiative. India also seeks to continue its oil trading relationship with Iran, in the face of U.S. sanctions.

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Prime minister’s potential escape routes from Brexit crisis

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The Times - 09.07.2019 Original article ›
Henry Zeffman
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Potential escape routes for Boris Johnson who as British prime minister said he would never ask for an extension of the Brexit deadline of October 31, 2019, rather die or be in a ditch. One escape route is for him to resign and for the Queen to appoint Mr. Jeremy Corbyn as prime minister of Britain. But even this is not certain, someone else could be chosen. It is now in parliament's hands what deadline to set for Brexit, likely one for January 2019, and one that Boris Johnson would then have to take to Brussels.

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China Reins In Its Belt and Road Program, $1 Trillion Later

  
WSJ - 09.26.2022 Original article ›
Lingling Wei
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The WSJ cites economic studies that show 60% of China's overseas loans are troubled in 2022 compared to 10% in 2010. China has scaled down the Belt and Road Initiative and is reorganizing the effort to introduce risk controls and reduce lending. China's preferred approach in an increasing interest rate environment is to extend the maturity of loans. Yet the climate change disasters and rising rates have put many countries into a highly indebted position. China no longer touts the Belt and Road as a way for developing countries to advance their economies and infrastructure development.

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Jeremy Corbyn hits out at 'farcical' Queen's speech

  
The Guardian - 10.14.2019 Original article ›
Peter Walker, Rowena Mason
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Jeremy Corbyn of the Labour Party says he would support a general election within weeks after the no-deal deadline has passed, and calls the Boris Johnson programs outlined in 26 bills in the Queen's speech a "farce." These bills were on National Health Service, Brexit, and crime. These bills have no chance of being carried out as Boris Johnson heads a minority government which has called for new elections. Corbyn said the bills barely dent the devastating cuts in public services of the past decade under the austerity policies.

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Brexit: EU prepares to grant UK three-month extension

  
The Guardian - 10.27.2019 Original article ›
Daniel Boffey
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The EU has agreed to allow a new Brexit extension, this time till January 31, 2020. According to the paper agreed on by member states the UK can leave on the first day of the month that a deal is ratified if a deal is ratified in parliament before the new extension date. The EU has also put in a declaration attached to the agreement that it will not renegotiate the withdrawal agreement. EU leaders did not have to meet to do this as it was done by a written procedure used by EU council president Donald Tusk.

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Americans’ Pandemic-Era ‘Excess Savings’ Are Dwindling for Many

  
NYTimes.com - 12.07.2021 Original article ›
Talmon Joseph Smith
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This report in the NYT looks at median household checking account balances of households in the lower classes, middle classes and upper income groups as they changed during the pandemic. The deep plunges are seen in the graph for the lower classes making below $30,000 and a jump of as much as 100% after every effort by the government to send in pandemic aid money. The income groups making over $70,000 also benefited from the government aid money by as much as 40%. Six months after the aid the household checking balances show sharp declines.

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Opinion | China’s Economic Downturn Gives Rise to a Winter of Discontent

  
WSJ - 01.21.2022 Original article ›
Kevin Rudd
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Kevin Rudd maintained a strong relationship with China when he was prime minister of Australia, He writes this piece in WSJ on the internal debate on policy taking place inside China at the China Central Economic Work Conference. Discussions are carried out in a vaguely referenced manner leaning to one side or the other in these dialogues inside Communist party circles since the 1930's. Here the discussion is on how quickly the idea of reducing social and economic inequality, or Xi Jinping's idea of a common prosperity should be implemented.

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Mike Flynn Offers to Testify in Exchange for Immunity

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WSJ - 03.31.2017 Original article ›
Shane Harris, Carol E. Lee, Julian E. Barnes
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Mike Flynn, who briefly held the position of National Security Adviser before resigning, tells the FBI and Congressional officials that he is willing to be interviewed if he is given immunity for prosecution. Flynn, a former general, resigned after accepting that he misled White House officials about the phone conversations with the Russian ambassador. Also an issue and seen as improper is that Flynn was paid for speeches by Russia's state sponsored network RT just before becoming an adviser to the Trump campaign, according to documents given to a congressional oversight committee.

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How Child Care Enriches Mothers, and Especially the Sons They Raise

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The New York Times - 04.20.2017 Original article ›
Claire Cain Miller
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Claire Cain Miller points to the high cost of child care in the U.S. and the benefits to society from providing affordable child care. It has a high impact on women's employment and incomes, and ability to pursue opportunities in education and career. The effect on children especially for low income families is enormous. Average cost for child care in the U.S. is by one estimate $16,514. The higher the quality of care in early years the better the outcomes are for children in education, careers, income, and later in life.

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My Strange Trip Through Iran’s Heartland

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- 05.19.2017 Original article ›
Thomas Erdbrink
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The NYT's Thomas Erdbrink makes a road trip from Mashad in the west to Tehran, just before elections in 2017. He sees abandoned factories and other signs of the impact of sanctions particularly on small businesses. Iran's economy has not rebounded from the sanctions period in the way it was expected. Lower oil prices have had an impact. Signs of decay and the effect of sanctions on people's lives can be seen, including the isolation from the outside world. It reminds one of a road trip across Cuba following the lifting of sanctions recently.

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Opinion poll shows UK Conservatives could fall short of overall majority | News | DW | 30.05.2017

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DW.COM - 05.30.2017 Original article ›
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A new poll from YouGov shows the Conservative Party getting 310 seats and Labor Party at 257 seats. Labor would gain 30 seats and Conservatives lose 20 seats under this prediction. Conservatives would fall short of the majority of 326 seats needed. Support for Theresa May is slipping especially after announcing older people would have to take on more burden for care, dubbed the dementia tax by media. A coalition of Labor party with the Scottish National party (SNP) with 50 seats and the Liberal Democrats with 10 seats is now a possibility.

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