Watch Joe Biden’s full speech to Congress
posted in: News, United States
Boris Johnson consumed by infighting as Brexit job losses worsen
posted in: News, United Kingdom of Great Britain
The scandals surrounding Boris Johnson hide the disaster that Brexit has created It has been a gloomy week on the sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain as companies continue to pay dearly for two basic yet common business mistakes – not … Read More
Vaccine Mandates Aren’t the Only – or Easiest – Way for Employers to Compel Workers to Get Their Shots
posted in: Breaking News, News
Can companies legally require workers to get vaccinated? Employers have gotten so good at finding ways to get employees to comply with their policies that it may not matter. A workplace showdown may be brewing over mandating vaccinations. Employers would … Read More
As COVID-19 reaches rural India, “people are dropping dead like flies”
posted in: Earthquakes, Famines, Pestilence, Disasters, News
Gasping for breath Reuters/Adnan ABIDI On the evening of April 23, Dhanraj Singh, a 40-year blind man, arrived at the Sikanderpur community health centre in eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district, complaining of breathlessness. Singh, a resident of the nearby Bansi … Read More
Mapping the migrant camps in Europe
posted in: News, Refugee Crisis Europe
Successful integration of refugees and migrants into their host society is at the core of the European migration strategy – at least, on paper. In reality their current living conditions show that they are far from meeting this objective. MIIR’s analysis … Read More
The race to succeed Germany’s Angela Merkel just got more exciting
KEY POINTS The race has just become even more complicated, with two rivals contesting the conservative ticket. CDU lawmakers will discuss who that should be on Tuesday and hope to come to a decision this week. But it will be … Read More
Biden keeps U.S. refugee cap at Trump-era 15,000 – for now
posted in: News, Refugee Crisis America
President Joe Biden signed an order on Friday limiting U.S. refugee admissions this year to the historically low 15,000 cap set under his predecessor Donald Trump, shelving a plan to raise it to 62,500 and drawing the ire of refugee … Read More
US eyes major rollback in Iran sanctions to revive nuke deal
posted in: Middle East, News
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 9, 2020. The Biden administration is weighing a near wholesale rollback of some … Read More