Category: Economics
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The Week In Stories Around the Globe
“Designed as Death Traps”: Fmr. Green Beret Who Worked at Gaza Food Sites Reveals Rampant War Crimes As more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed seeking aid at militarized aid distribution sites run by the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a former GHF security contractor tells Democracy Now! he saw U.S. mercenaries and Israeli forces commit war crimes…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Iceland approved the 4-day workweek in 2019, nearly 6 years later, all the predictions made by Generation Z have come true The Icelandic experience demonstrates that rethinking traditional work structures can create more sustainable and humane models that benefit both individuals and society. As more nations consider similar reforms, Iceland’s pioneering approach offers valuable lessons about balancing…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Critics slam Mexico’s gentrification protests as xenophobic. Activists say they’re fighting for their human rights “Not all foreigners gentrify, nor are only those who gentrify foreigners, nor is a significant migration process necessary for gentrification to occur. Gentrification is based on inequalities in such a way that it’s not the same thing,” she added. #MexicoCity…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Words won’t save Gaza – The West must stop enabling Israel’s war Firstly, the UK and its allies must immediately suspend all arms exports and related components to Israel. Current UK measures – suspending just 10 percent of arms licences – are grotesquely inadequate. If the foreign secretary can describe the atrocities being committed by…
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The Rent’s Too Damn High
As a child, I would sit and imagine what life would be like as an adult. For example, things my imagined older self would buy and faraway places I’d travel when I had the funds. All the places I saw on the Discovery Channel and PBS as a kid I wanted to go as an…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
What did India and Pakistan gain – and lose – in their military standoff? The conflict erupted after gunmen killed 26 civilians in Pahalgam, in Indian-administered Kashmir, on April 22. A little-known armed group, The Resistance Front (TRF), initially claimed responsibility, with India accusing Pakistan of backing it. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised retaliation,…
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Embracing Being Unk
In 2023, I turned 40 years old. There was an age and time in my life when I was in my early 20s. I gave little thought to being middle age, but now, as a full-fledged elder millennial, it’s my reality. I’ve discussed my mental health struggles in previous posts. As a young man, I…
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The Evolved “Young” Men of the Week: Dhruv Chaudhary, Mithran Ladhania, and Mridul Jain
Welcome to the Evolving Folks Project’s Evolved “Young” Men of the Week profile. Today, we will highlight historical and contemporary figures who embodied what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to teens from India, Dhruv Chaudhary, Mithran Ladhania,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
First U.N. aid reaches central Khartoum since Sudan war began, U.N. says The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) manages the Sudan Humanitarian Fund, which has disbursed over $14 million this year for aid partners in North Darfur, Haq said. This includes a $2.5 million emergency allocation released last week for health,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Al-Shabab battles Somalia’s army for strategic military base Al-Shabab has been fighting the Somali government for more than 16 years and frequently targets government officials and military personnel. It said in a statement that its fighters had captured the base and Wargaadhi town – a claim the government denied. #Ethiopia #Africa #War #Conflict NATO Was…
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