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UAE President orders $100m aid to Ukraine

The UAE President, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the provision of additional humanitarian relief aid worth $100 million to Ukrainian civilians affected by the Ukraine crisis.Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, underscored that the additional aid stems from the belief …

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Choque social en Francia

Pese a la potencia de la respuesta de Macron a la crisis derivada de la guerra en Ucrania, el país afronta una alta conflictividad laboral Francia es el miembro de la Unión Europea con una tasa de inflación más baja (6,2%), y es uno de los que más ha gastado …

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Réquisitions dans les raffineries : le gouvernement contre le droit de grève

En utilisant un dispositif prévu pour des situations de troubles particulièrement graves comme la guerre, l’exécutif érode des libertés acquises de haute lutte, estime un collectif de spécialistes du droit. La grève de grande ampleur initiée dans les raffineries françaises des sociétés TotalEnergies et Esso-ExxonMobil provoque une pénurie de carburant …

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Why China Aims Too High

The Return of Beijing’s Dubious Economic Growth Targets For most of the past four decades, economic development has been the Chinese government’s lodestar. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has implicitly justified its rule by pointing to expansive growth. Indeed, since the Chinese leadership first unveiled an annual growth target, in …

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The Beginning of the End of the Islamic Republic

Iranians Have Had Enough of Theocracy The current protests in Iran sound the death knell of the Islamic Republic. The killing in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was arrested for wearing the hijab incorrectly, has unleashed a wave of angry and bloody demonstrations, boycotts, work stoppages, …

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