An employee of a bakery holds a loaf of bread on March 23, 2020 in Rome. (TIZIANA FABI / AFP) The European Parliament has voted in favor of legislation that aims to guarantee adequate minimum wages for workers across the 27-nation bloc and strengthen their collective bargaining powers. Lawmakers in Strasbourg on Wednesday debated a […]
A man wears a face mask as he walks in Piccadilly Circus, in London on Oct 19, 2021. (ALBERTO PEZZALI / AP) LONDON / WASHINGTON / PRAGUE – Britain, the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine in late 2020, has now also given the first green light to a variant-adapted shot that targets both […]
Homeless people receive food at Sao Martinho de Lima Community Center, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 30, 2022. (FILIPE ARAUJO / AFP) LONDON – The global cost-of-living crisis is pushing an additional 71 million people in the world's poorest countries into extreme poverty, a new report published by the UN Development Programme on Thursday […]