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October 24, 2023
Two detained in France over possible link to Brussels gunman
REYKJAVÍK — Tens of thousands of women in Iceland, including Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, will refuse to work on Tuesday.The “kvennafri”, or women’s day off, has been called in protest at the gender pay gap and gender-based violence.Fields in which women are the majority of workers, such as healthcare and education, will be especially affected.The planned walkout will mark the first full-day women’s strike since 1975.Women and non-binary people have been urged to refuse paid and unpaid work on Tuesday, including household chores.“I will not work this day, as I expect all the women [in Cabinet] will do as well,” Iceland’s PM Jakobsdóttir told the mbl.is website.Jakobsdóttir said her government is looking into how female-dominated professions are valued, in...
October 23, 2023
Iceland’s PM to strike over gender pay gap
October 23, 2023
Billionaires pay almost no tax, says report
October 22, 2023
Ukraine fears drone shortages due to China restrictions
October 21, 2023
Why Kyiv's Dnipro east bank gain could be significant
October 21, 2023
Women and youth force PiS from power in Poland
October 20, 2023
Ukraine troop build-up reported across Dnipro river
October 20, 2023
EU bids to tighten migration rules after attacks in Arras and Brussels
October 20, 2023
Mass arrests following pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin
October 18, 2023
Thunberg charged following Fossil Free London protest
