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Employees at meatpacking plants are considered essential workers in the United States, so when others stayed home early in the pandemic, they kept working, often standing elbow to elbow in processing lines with little room for social distancing. And meatpacking workers are known to have been among the hardest hit …

Opinion by Meena Raman (penang, malaysia) Thursday, October 28, 2021 Inter Press Service PENANG, Malaysia, Oct 28 (IPS) – It is well-known that all the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) added together, even those that have been updated, will not help to place the world on a 1.5 degree C pathway. The …

The ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Esther Didi Walson-Jack, told the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt that the loan would cover launching of the project and capacity building. She noted, during a budget defence on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, that SURWASH would last for five years. Members of the committee …

Recent spike in infections after relaxation of some restrictions has prompted the city-state to pause further reopening. Singapore’s health ministry has said that it is looking into an “unusual surge” in infections after the city-state reported 5,324 new cases of COVID-19 — the most since the beginning of the pandemic. …

Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, is up for reelection and just got an endorsement from former President Donald Trump amid controversy. CNN’s Isa Soares reports.

The health minister of Australia announced on Wednesday that fully vaccinated residents would finally be allowed to travel abroad starting on Nov. 1, a year and a half after borders were closed to most ingoing and outgoing travel. “Fully vaccinated Australians will not require an exemption to depart Australia,” Greg …

The business community’s fears that Johnson was more interested in delivering a hard version of Brexit that Euroskeptics could celebrate than mitigating pain for firms were not alleviated when he entered Downing Street in 2019. “This government does not seem to have shown much interest in what business thinks but …

Governments, regional organizations and international agencies have failed to come up with sensible answers or effective policies to address the increasing waves of illegal migrants. Credit: Javier García/IPS by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Oct 27 (IPS) – Illegal immigration is a 21st …

The proposal is captured in the ministry’s Malaria Programme, according to its Permanent Secretary, Mahmuda Mamman, who defended it before the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Loans on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. The official said the fund would be used to medically fight malaria in 13 states. The coverage …

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is nearing an agreement to plead guilty to criminal conduct to resolve a multiyear emissions fraud probe surrounding Ram pick-up trucks and Jeep sport utility vehicles with diesel engines, people familiar with the matter have said. FCA lawyers and US Justice Department officials are brokering a …