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Impact on workers of COVID-19 is ‘catastrophic’: ILO
The bleak news from ILO Director-General Guy Ryder coincided with an updated mid-year forecast from the UN body. Lower and middle-income countries have suffered most, with an estimated 23.3 per cent drop in working hours – equivalent to 240 million jobs – in the second quarter. Previously, the ILO had suggested a 14 per cent average drop in global working time, equivalent to the loss of 400 million jobs, relative to the fourth quarter of…
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EU summit postponed after president quarantined – as it happened
… the ministry said. Umrah, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that can … the coronavirus could spread to Islam’s holiest cities. The … thinktank UK in a Changing Europe said the political and … to the British government, the European Commission has reserved 300m, and …
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Europe and the New Middle East
… East are changing but the EU has been little engaged … the banner of Sunni political Islam in its Muslim Brotherhood … picture. As a result, European countries are increasingly irrelevant or … a major European role. But it is dependent on Europe acquainting …
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Frankfurt Book Fair: Going Virtual
American agents prep for a Frankfurt like no other—from their homes.
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“Unusually early demand in Europe for overseas organic blueberries”
… overseas blueberries.” Carsol Europe get their organic berries from Argentina. … grown according to American organic standards, not European ones.” “The … . “The total demand for organic fruit and vegetable is climbing. But, this …
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Fair Weather, a Prosperous Wind, But it Didn’t Stay That Way for America’s Pilgrim Fathers
… trade off the coasts of western Europe. Only one passenger, Stephen Hopkins … . Motivated by religion Around half of the passengers were English Protestant Separatists … sympathetic to the Saints’ religious goals, but most were not …
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Spies, Paranoia, Revolution, and the Rise of American Empire
… s betrayal of revolutionaries in eastern Europe; Ed Lansdale, a CIA … the upheaval on the European continent after World War … overthrown, you have a Islamic fundamentalist regime come in, … swing back to this Islamic fundamentalism everywhere. Even in …
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Mayflower400: why the Puritans had to leave England
… believed. Mary rounded up Protestants and had them killed just … wear the priestly robes of Catholic tradition and they thought … of God. It was for Christians, true believers, people who … smuggler’ smuggling Bibles into Eastern Europe in his VW Beetle. For …
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It’s time for a Jackson-Vanik Amendment for China
… Kong and Soviet domination of Eastern Europe are clear. Decades ago, … against the Uyghurs, Tibetans, religious minorities and now all of … executive director of the US-Europe Alliance. Richard Kraemer is … US-Europe Alliance and a fellow at the European Values …
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Fitbit’s ECG app gets regulatory clearance in U.S. and European Union
… in the U.S. and European Union for its latest smartwatch, the …