MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a 10% raise to the minimum wage rate and pensions in the coming weeks, a move that comes as the Russian economy faces an unprecedented wave of international sanctions. Putin said in a government meeting that the minimum cost of living...
photo: AP / Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo
Gambia's truth commission has recommended prosecuting a list of officials responsible for human rights violations and abuses committed during Yahya Jammeh's 22-year reign. Victims also want the ex-leader to face justice. Gambian authorities on Wednesday released the long-awaited white...
photo: AP / Jerome Delay, File
London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson presided over a culture of lockdown-breaking parties that featured drunken fighting among staff, according to a long-awaited inquiry Wednesday that prompted renewed calls for his resignation. “Many of these events should not have been allowed to happen,” the...
photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth
Two years on from his death, it’s worth considering the wealth and success he might have had in a different world The murder of George Floyd two years ago prompted a global awakening about the pervasiveness of racism, as millions of people, from Toronto to Tokyo to Tottenham, joined together to take...
photo: AP / Damian Dovarganes
photo: AP / Frank Augstein
photo: Creative Commons / publika.md
photo: White House / Tia Dufour
