Новости за 27.04.2021

Biden administration officials said that the higher wages would lead to greater worker productivity, offsetting any additional costs to taxpayers.

Johnson’s key adviser on the Brexit campaign said Johnson wanted donors to secretly pay for the renovation and he told the prime minister such plans were “unethical, foolish, possibly illegal”.

Moscow alarmed Kiev and Western capitals in recent weeks by building up forces along the border with Ukraine, though last week it ordered a withdrawal of some troops.

Jarome Luai is considering whether to get police involved after being racially abused in a comment under a post on the NRL’s Instagram account last Friday.

Stock indexes closed out a wobbly day of trading on Wall Street with a mixed finish on Tuesday (US time), leaving the S&P 500 index just below its all-time high.

Tepid results from Tesla and 3M weighed on Wall Street as investors focused on an approaching wave of earnings reports from Microsoft, Alphabet and other corporate heavyweights.

The space race between the world’s two richest men went into hyperdrive after Tesla chief Elon Musk took a swipe at Jeff Bezos’ attempt to challenge a major NASA contract.

The space race between the world’s two richest men went into hyperdrive after Tesla chief Elon Musk took a swipe at Jeff Bezos’ attempt to challenge a major NASA contract.

Melbourne’s shopping strips testify to the wreckage of last year’s protracted lockdown, the end of relief schemes and long-term trends that have been squeezing profit margins.

The goal of eliminating this virus is incompatible with reconnecting with the world.

Digital behemoths such as Facebook and Google could be forced to pay more tax under a proposal from a Labor backbencher who wants an immediate crackdown on multinational corporations to help repair the federal budget.

New European research suggests the incidence of a rare blood clotting condition in AstraZeneca vaccine recipients is twice as prevalent as previously reported, but also forecasts the vaccine will still prevent many more deaths than it causes.

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has revealed he feels a sense of “schadenfreude” about the federal government’s failure to legislate its national wage theft laws.

Leading with influence takes practice, but three skills in particular set you up for success.

Sexual assault reporting in NSW is up 54 per cent since Detective Superintendent Maloney took up the top job in February, buoyed by national conversations about sexual assault and a petition started by consent activist Chanel Contos.

Some transport modes are surging back faster than others post-COVID-19 lockdown, with the city’s much-maligned CBD light rail outpacing trains and buses.

The risks of dealing with a banned agent won’t be worth the reward for club officials as the NRL takes steps to clean up the player-manager industry.

The new guidance represents another carefully calibrated step on the road back to normal from the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 570,000 people in US.

The graves, some of which have human remains inside, were found at the Koum el-Khulgan archaeological site north-east of Cairo.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will appear at Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, joining world leaders, actors and musicians, including Jennifer Lopez and the Foo Fighters.

Wimbledon organisers are optimistic that 25 per cent spectator capacity for this year’s event will be the bare minimum, while prizemoney may yet be reduced for the famous grass-court major.

Australia’s Olympians will get access to a vaccine ahead of Tokyo as the AOC prepares for as many as 100 athletes to be COVID-positive in the Village.

I can’t imagine many Australians are comfortable with the Prime Minister laying hands on them in evacuation centres, nor seeing their social media lives as controlled by the “evil one”.

High numbers of caesarean births are being scheduled for a week or two before a baby’s due date, worrying gynaecologists and obstetricians.

Bill Shorten will say if Labor wins the next election it will return people with “lived disability experience” to the board and senior levels of the agency that runs the scheme and introduce greater accountability of how money is spent.