Staying strong in the home stretch: How to win the fight against HIV

Staying strong in the home stretch: How to win the fight against HIV

.container { –wp–custom–spacing–6: 0; /* For mobile phones: */ –wp–custom–spacing–8: 0; /* For mobile phones: */ –wp–custom–spacing–10: 0; } Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, … Read more

Ireland gets ‘screwed’ as EU influence ebbs – POLITICO

Ireland gets ‘screwed’ as EU influence ebbs – POLITICO

The Irish permanent representation to the EU’s transition team initially reached out to incoming commissioners by email, rather than setting meetings or leveraging relationships with key decision-makers, three officials said. Two officials said senior diplomats should have played a larger role in negotiations, rather than leaving talks to the permanent representation and to McGrath’s team. … Read more

Ignoring Roma is sabotaging competitiveness – POLITICO

Ignoring Roma is sabotaging competitiveness – POLITICO

Consider Anca Gheorghe, a 23-year-old Roma woman from Romania. She attended a poorly resourced school with unqualified teachers and faced unfair discrimination, leaving her with limited opportunities. Left with virtually no other options, she joined an EU-funded vocational program to train as a hairdresser, hoping for financial independence. Yet, there are already enough hairdressers in … Read more

Brussels is bursting out of its borders. That’s helping the rise of the right. – POLITICO

Brussels is bursting out of its borders. That’s helping the rise of the right. – POLITICO

Speaking Dutch is central to this, van den Broeck believes. “Dutch is part of our DNA” as Flemish people, he said. Migration drives shifts “Brussels has always been a multilingual city because it’s centered at the border between the Roman- and the German-speaking territories,” explained VUB researcher Saeys. Waves of migration after World War II … Read more

California’s outmigration woes: No. 1 gap, No. 1 improvement

California’s outmigration woes: No. 1 gap, No. 1 improvement

California last year had the nation’s biggest gap between people who arrived and folks who departed – despite also enjoying the biggest improvement in what demographers call “net migration” among the states. My trusty spreadsheet’s review of new state-to-state migration data from the Census Bureau shows the net outflow of 268,052 was California’s fourth biggest … Read more

Chinese government workers call up women to urge pregnancy in latest birth rate push

Chinese government workers call up women to urge pregnancy in latest birth rate push

Chinese grass roots government workers, who implemented decades of birth control policy, are now calling up women in their neighbourhood to urge them to get pregnant amid China’s demographic crisis. When Jane Huang picked up the phone to answer a call earlier this month, her first response to the person on the end was to … Read more

Fears grow that Israel is seeking to reopen Lebanon’s internal fault lines – POLITICO

Fears grow that Israel is seeking to reopen Lebanon’s internal fault lines – POLITICO

Even staunch Lebanese opponents of Hezbollah, who have long hoped to see the back of Iran’s most important regional ally, are recoiling at a military campaign that’s triggered the country’s biggest population displacement in over four decades. Oct 15 7 mins read Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator … Read more

Control smartphones like tobacco, says leading WHO expert – POLITICO

Control smartphones like tobacco, says leading WHO expert – POLITICO

“Maybe we need to think about where it is appropriate to use digital devices, and maybe it’s also time to start thinking about places where certain digital devices should not be used,” just as we have banned smoking in certain areas, she said. Another key element is ensuring that children and teens — no matter … Read more

China’s pension reform a ‘milestone’, but will it fix funding woes?

China’s pension reform a ‘milestone’, but will it fix funding woes?

Beijing’s quick endorsement of a scheme to raise the retirement age shows it is determined to address the problem of dwindling pension funds amid faltering economic growth and an ageing population, analysts say. But, they add, the changes are unlikely to be a silver bullet for fiscal shortfalls and could come with “political pain”. For … Read more

Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan named Canada’s newest chief of the defence staff

Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan named Canada’s newest chief of the defence staff

The federal government has named Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan as defence chief. As CBC News first reported last week, Carignan’s appointment makes her the first woman to hold the Canadian Armed Forces’ top job. She is currently the military’s chief of professional conduct and culture, a position created following the sexual misconduct crisis. Several high-ranking leaders were forced … Read more