On July 1, pensions rose by 5.35 percent (West Germany) and 6.12 percent (ex-GDR) – one of the most drastic increases since the introduction of pension insurance. With inflation this year already at around eight percent, groceries that have become 20 to 50 percent more expensive and energy costs that have risen by at least … Read more
The five AFP withdrawals in recent years have reduced the growth dynamism of the Peruvian economy, said David Tuesta, external public policy adviser of the AFP Association during the presentation “Impact of AFP withdrawals on pensions and on the economy of all Peruvians ”. Tuesta said that each year, the pension system added 0.5% to … Read more
The American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer pledged on Wednesday to sell some of its drugs and vaccines at cost to 45 poor countries, as part of an initiative announced at the Davos Economic Forum. “With all that we have learned and accomplished over the past two years, now is the time to start closing the gap … Read more
Published on : 11/05/2022 – 04:57 President Macky Sall launched a program on Tuesday May 10 which grants 80,000 FCFA (the equivalent of 120 euros) to each of the approximately 543,000 vulnerable families listed. The operation aims to relieve the poorest in the face of rising prices, in the context of the war in Ukraine … Read more
On March 29, 2020, during the covid-19 pandemic in the municipality of Badiraguato, Sinaloa, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) broke all health and safety protocols and stopped his tour to greet Consuelo Loera, mother of the bloodthirsty drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán Loera, one of the main leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel. Two years later, … Read more
The irony that Elon Musk lived “below the poverty line”, as his ex-partner Grimes confessed, sparked all kinds of reactions on social networks. And all because it’s impossible think of the richest man in the world living as a beggar. Singer Grimes (born Claire Elise Boucher) made the confession in an interview with Vanity Fair, … Read more
Download Audio (22MB | MP3) McDowell County in West Virginia is pretty run down. At the top, McDowell only operates in the statistics that quantify drug addiction, obesity, and crime. In the past, billions were raked in here with coal. The few who still live in McDowell still hope for new coal mining jobs and … Read more
The health advice Published on : 10/03/2022 – 10:10 It is to fight against indifference that the collective Les Morts de la rue is working to restore an identity and their dignity to the dead on the street. (illustrative image) © AFP/Philippe Lopez In France, more than 9 million people are below the poverty line, … Read more