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Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged industrial workers to further contribute wisdom and strength to building a country that is strong in manufacturing and promoting the full revitalization of northeast China. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the Federal Government will find ways to assist states and private sector organizations to pay the newly approved N70,000 national minimum wage. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. MEZIESBLOG reports that Tinubu announced a N70,000 minimum…
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The next guest on tonight’s edition of Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge is Christine Jardine, the Lib Dem Cabinet Office spokesperson. Asked who she thinks is going to win tonight’s debate, she replies that “the biggest danger tonight is that the public doesn’t really like anything that they see”. She says people want something “different” from what…
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Jon Craig: Sunak has really got to take the gloves off and come out fighting First on tonight’s edition of Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge, we are hearing from our chief political correspondent Jon Craig, who is in the “spin room” at the location of tonight’s TV debate. He tells reporters that the room is “filling up…
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Germany is becoming less attractive to top foreign talents, according to a new Bertelsmann/OECD study that will worry Olaf Scholz’s government, which is trying to get more foreign skilled workers to fill labor market gaps. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) “Indicators of Talent Attractiveness,” released on Thursday, shows Germany slipped from 12th place in 2019 to…
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Shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon has confirmed he is stepping down from his role in Sir Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet, as a Labour Party reshuffle begins. In a lengthy letter to Sir Keir, Mr McMahon said he has faced “a number of personal challenges in the last year coming back from a serious illness”. He…
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Away from school building closures for a moment – it would appear to be reshuffle season because rumours are flying around Westminster that Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to make changes to his top team. Reports are circulating that there could be a shadow cabinet reshuffle next week, with multiple sources telling Sky News that…
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Representatives of the Federal Government and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, will on Monday, today, resume talks on petrol subsidy removal palliatives. Recall that following the removal of the fuel subsidy on May 29, the NLC had threatened to shut down the country’s economy by embarking on industrial action. However, on June…
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The German government said Wednesday that it plans to ease entry rules for immigrants from outside the European Union to help meet Germany’s demand for skilled workers. Experts say Europe’s biggest economy needs about 400,000 skilled immigrants each year as the country’s ageing workforce shrinks, particularly to fill vacancies in the health care, IT and…
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Stating that Britain has too many low-skilled migrant workers, the country’s new interior minister, Suella Braverman, said new Prime Minister Liz Truss’ government aimed to carry out a 2019 election pledge to lower net migration. “What we’ve got is too many low skilled workers coming into this country,” she said in an interview with The…
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On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom voted 52 to 48 percent to leave the European Union. The vote for “Brexit” sent shockwaves around the world, rocking financial markets and rekindling global debates about the power of populism and nationalism, as well as the long-term viability of the EU. Aside from calling attention to challenges to mainstream liberal democracy and international…
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