Clément Vérité
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Business
Argentina removes aid for electricity and gas bills for 10% of households
Argentina announced measures to tackle energy price increases. The 10% households considered to have enough purchasing power will not receive protection from the market fluctuations, but savings on public spending will remain small.
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Business
Ryanair furious against a tax in Hungary. The CEO calls the minister of economy an "idiot"
Hungary will apply an 'excess profit' tax on airline companies while Ryanair and others are losing money.
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Politics
Norway MPs had an remuneration freeze in 2021. This year's increase will most likely offset it
Members of parliament of Norway were supposed to freeze their remuneration. But they will eventually have a raise, not only for 2022 but for 2021 also.
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Society
Online insults in Japan can lead to one year in prison
Japan passed a bill that makes online insults punishable to jail. The law will be revised in three years if it turns out to restrict freedom of speech.
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Politics
A Russian politician submitted a bill to revoke the recognition of Lithuania's independence
A Russian politician proposed a draft bill to repeal Russia's recognition of the independence of Lithuania.
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Society
More than 15% of people suffer from hunger in Brazil in 2022
More than 33 million people in Brazil suffer from hunger in 2022, a figure that almost doubled in two years.
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Society
Hong Kong launches a "counter-terrorism hotline"
Hong Kong authorities launch a counter-terrorism hotline and consider offering financial rewards to citizens who provide useful information to the police.
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Society
Hungary condemned by the European Court of Human Rights for its treatment of an Iraqi asylum seeker attached to a leash
Hungary has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights because the use of handcuffs and leash to an asylum seeker "amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment".
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Politics
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov unable to fly to Serbia
The foreign minister of Russia Sergei Lavrov cancelled his visit to Serbia because Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro closed their airspace to the Russian official. The visit was unlikely since the beginning.
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Health & Science
Authorities of Malaysia say there is no overall shortage of medicines as some doctors worry and ask people not to panic buy
The minister of Health of Malaysia gathered pharmaceutical industry players to evaluate the reports of a shortage of common medicines as some doctors are worried and asked people not to panic buy or hoard medication.
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Business
Croatia ready to adopt the euro, Romania doesn't meet any criteria of the European commission
Croatia managed to fulfill all requirements of the European Commission for the adoption on the euro on January 2023, ten years after its adhesion to the European Union.
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Health & Science
In Canada, British Columbia will temporarily decriminalize possession of small quantities of some illicit drugs
The province of British Columbia in Canada was granted an exemption so that adults with less than 2.5 grams of heroine, cocaine, meth or MDMA are not charged and don't see their drugs seized.
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Politics
Hungary excludes cars registered abroad from state-controlled fuel prices
Hungary has decided that its state-controlled fuel prices will only be available to Hungarians. Cars registered abroad will pay the full price.
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Society
More reports against discrimination in the Netherlands for the 3rd consecutive year
The Netherlands recorded more reports of discrimination in 2021, a third consecutive year of increase, mainly due to people who felt discriminated because of health restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Business
CEO of Securitas Sweden 'deeply saddened' by the behavior of employees going to brothels and suspected of paying bribes
A documentary reveals that some employees of Securitas Sweden regularly buy sex and are suspected of having bribed for a contract with the city of Malmö
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Society
The largest increase of minimum wage in 29 years in Chile enacted by the president
The minimum wage in Chile will have its largest increase in 29 years. The law also includes subsidies for small companies and allowances to the most vulnerable households
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Politics
British ambassador summoned by Indonesia because of an LGBT+ flag
Indonesia expressed its disappointment to the U.K. ambassador in Jakarta after the embassy raised the rainbow flag to support LGBT+ rights.
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Politics
Germany with a ticket at 9 euros per month for all local public transport during summer
On June, July and August, local public transport in Germany will only cost nine euros per month.
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Society
More than 100 million people displaced in the world, the highest ever recorded by UNHCR
More than 100 million people in the world are forcibly displaced, the highest record the United Nations Refugee Agency ever recorded.
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Uncategorized
Greenpeace Italy denounces the 'scam of compostable plastics'
Greenpeace Italy says compostable bioplastics actually end up in inadequate waste recycling plants, incinerators or landfills
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Society
Mexico Supreme Court considers random immigration controls unconstitutional
The Supreme Court of Mexico ruled that random immigration controls carried out in the territory were discriminatory and against the rights to free movement.
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Business
Potential gains and losses of remote working in Ireland evaluated by the government
Remote working in Ireland after the pandemic may save an equivalent of 1,400 euros and almost 4 days of commute each year
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Society
Romania Education Minister wants to ban teachers from tutoring pupils they have in class
Teachers in Romania shouldn't get paid to be tutor of the pupils they have in class but the rule is not respected.
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Business
Record-high labor shortage in the Netherlands: more vacancies than people looking for a job
With a 3.5% unemployment rate, the Netherlands experience a record-high labor shortage with more open positions than people without a job.
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Business
Tomatoes, onions, lettuce...to support its farmers, Botswana plans to keep banning imports of vegetables
Botswana implemented a long-term ban on import of 16 vegetable commodities and doesn't plan to stop it.
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Society
Data explained: E.U. economy greenhouse gas emissions for 2021 are below pre-pandemic levels, but not Q4
Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union for 2021 are below pre-pandemic levels but the last quarter actually saw an increase in emissions to 2019.
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Business
Switzerland approves the Lex Netflix, imposing streaming platforms a product catalogue with at least 30% of European production
Switzerland voted in favor of a law that now imposes streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney+ minimum investment in Swiss cinema productions and a catalogue with European content.
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Business
Assets of French carmaker Renault in Russia become the property of Moscow
French carmaker Renault sold its assets in Russia to the government of Moscow city. It can buy back its shares of AvtoVAZ within the next six years.
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Society
Good grades usually pay more than the university reputation in the U.K.
Good grades for most students graduating in the U.K. are usually more important than the reputation of the university for higher revenue in the following years
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Business
Greece files a lawsuit against Novartis to seek financial compensation for a corruption scheme
Greece will seek financial compensation for the Novartis corruption scandal that involved two former prime ministers.
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Politics
Indonesia plans a Work From Anywhere framework for government employees
As Work From Home arrangements have been widely adopted with the COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia may go further with a Work From Anywhere policy for its government employees.
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Business
Between Milan and Amsterdam, laundering drug money with art trade
An operation across Italy, Spain and the Netherlands resulted in arrests for alleged use of art trade to launder profits from drug trafficking
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Politics
Vinted fined $1.2 million in Poland for a lack of transparency on its platform
Vinted was fined 1.2 million dollars in Poland for a lack of information on their website for the users. Vinted plans to appeal the decision.
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Politics
A woman at fault in a divorce in Turkey because she refuses to have sex with her husband
A court in Turkey considered the wife was at fault in a divorce case filled by her husband because she didn't want to have sexual intercourse with him. Yet, the Supreme Court had a different opinion for a man last year.
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Politics
Most criminal investigations since 2008 may infringe privacy in Portugal; Att. Gen. wants the nullity of the decision
A Constitutional Court decision in Portugal may cancel most of criminal investigations of the last 14 years because storage of personal communications data was unconstitutional.
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Politics
Belgium considers a ban on advertisement of gambling to tackle addictions
Belgium proposes to ban advertisement of gambling and games of chance as "profits of the industry are made on the back of people suffering from an addiction".
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Politics
Why noise is banned in Accra for a month every year
Accra, the capital city of Ghana, has implemented a ban on drumming and noise making for a month to respect traditions of the Ga people and the seed planting period.
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Politics
A prosecutor will investigate whether the president of Peru plagiarized his master's thesis
The president of Peru Pedro Castillo is accused of plagiarism for the thesis is wrote to get his master's degree. He rejects any irregular act.
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Politics
Donald Trump suggested to launch missiles on Mexican drug laboratories, according to the former secretary of defense
The former defense secretary of the U.S. writes in a book that Donal Trump suggested to launch missiles on drug laboratories in Mexico
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Politics
Bank accounts of Bucharest Municipality frozen by a businessman
The bank accounts of the Bucharest Municipality are frozen because of a debt the city fails to pay financial compensations of lawsuits it lost against a businessman. It's not the first time accounts are frozen for this dispute that started twenty years ago.
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