Eritrean refugees in Ethiopian capital protest insecurity at Tigray camps
Hundreds of Eritrean refugees protested in the Ethiopian capital on Thursday, calling on the United Nations refugee agency to relocate friends and family who they say are trapped in two refugee camps by fighting in the Tigray region.
Bolivia’s indigenous raise concern over ‘missing’ vaccines
On Bolivia’s high desert plains of Uru Chipaya, Fausto Lopez donned his best clothes, excited to finally receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Big Tech starts requiring vaccines; Twitter closes re-opened U.S. offices
July 28 (Reuters) – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is shutting its reopened offices in United States, while other big tech companies are making vaccination mandatory for on-campus employees, as the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant drives a resurgence in cases.
Canada looks to women to bolster trades amid post-pandemic labor shortage
OTTAWA, July 29 (Reuters) – A shortage of skilled workers is intensifying in Canada, potentially threatening the pace of the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and that has policymakers looking at a largely untapped market for new construction workers: Women.
Economists say inflation won’t last; CEOs beg to differ
July 28 (Reuters) – Executives who run companies making everything from airplane parts to cars and steak burritos are at odds with economic policy makers on how durable the recent surge in U.S. inflation will be and see higher prices hitting margins and profits through the remainder of this year, if not longer.
