The report, which the World Economic Forum is issuing a week ahead of its virtual Davos Agenda gathering, notes that environmental issues, such as extreme weather and natural resources crises, will continue to pose significant challenges to business and society in the short and long term. … [Read more...] about Climate change, the digital divide, infectious disease, and unemployment are the top global risks
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N.J. Nursing School Mandates Students Get COVID Vaccine Or They’ll Be Forced To Withdraw From Program
A week after the school asked students if they would be willing to take the vaccine, Trinitas School of Nursing sent out a memo Friday that said its affiliated hospital, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, requires all students and faculty “… have received the complete COVID-19 vaccine series before the start of clinical.” … [Read more...] about N.J. Nursing School Mandates Students Get COVID Vaccine Or They’ll Be Forced To Withdraw From Program
‘I Have To Live’: Victims Of EDD Fraud Say They Are Going Broke While Waiting For Bank Of America To Respond
“How am I going to handle it, what’s gonna get paid and what’s gonna have to be delayed, and that’s how I’ve been able to manage as well as absorbing some of my 401k money, because I have no choice,” she said. “I have to live.” … [Read more...] about ‘I Have To Live’: Victims Of EDD Fraud Say They Are Going Broke While Waiting For Bank Of America To Respond
Hong Kong’s jobless rate hits 16-year high
Law Chi-kwong, secretary for labor and welfare of the HKSAR government, said the unemployment rate in the consumption- and tourism-related sectors, including retail, accommodation and food services, rebounded by 0.5 percentage point to 10.6 percent in the October-December period, and that the situation in the sector of food and beverage services was the most severe, with the jobless rate being up to 13.8 percent. … [Read more...] about Hong Kong’s jobless rate hits 16-year high
Greater mission
In taking the lead to build a community with a shared future, the SCO members must work together and embrace the Shanghai Spirit, which features mutual trust, mutual respect, equality, respect for diverse civilizations and pursuit of shared development. To this end, the SCO will serve as an important platform for strategic cooperation between the SCO members and other countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative. Russia has proposed a Greater Eurasian Partnership within the SCO framework, based on synergies between the Eurasian Economic Union and the Belt and Road Initiative, with the aim of strengthening open, mutually beneficial cooperation on an equal footing and realizing a Eurasian community with a shared future. Such a community will translate into reality the Eurasian Economic Partnership and even the Eurasian Comprehensive Partnership advocated in the China-Russian Joint Statement. … [Read more...] about Greater mission