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Presidentsdag 2021: What’s open and closed
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The third Monday of every February is a day to remember the nation's presidents, especially the first one. In werklikheid, the day's official name is Washington's Birthday after President George Washington, whose birth dat...
What’s your gender? I prefer not to say
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When it comes to filling out a form, I can write my name and address and birth date on autopilot without pause. But when I get to the gender question, a wave of anxiety washes over. I am not transgender, nor have I...
Covering Obama, then Trump, now Biden: What’s changed?
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A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter. Om dit in u inkassie te kry, teken gratis hier in. We're now more than a week out of the Trump era and a week into the Biden era. CNN's What Matters ...
Hier is wat oop en toe is vir Martin Luther King Jr.. Dag 2021
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Martin Luther King Jr.. Dag is 'n nasionale vakansiedag, en daarmee saam 'n paar besigheids sluitings. Die hoofondernemings wat vir die dag gesluit is, is korporatiewe kantore, regeringsinstansies en banke, maar hier is 'n lys van wat ...
Wat met die jongste Trump-appèl aan die Hooggeregshof gebeur
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Washington Die Hooggeregshof sal Vrydag 'n nuwe jaar betree, maar daar is nog verkiesingsdrama van 2020 op sy bord. Die Trump-veldtog het die hof hierdie week twee keer gevra om die verkiesing van die president, Joe Biden, in Wis te keer..
What’s Ivanka Trump’s next move?
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Exactly seven weeks from today, Donald Trump won't be President anymore. And likewise, his eldest daughter, Ivanka, will be out of a job. Sien, Ivanka -- along with her husband, Jared Kushner -- have spent the last f...
Here’s what’s open and closed for Columbus Day
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Every year on the second Monday of October friend groups across America try to plan a three-day weekend only to be shot down by the person who doesn't get the day off work. That day is Columbus Day -- a federal US ...
Geneva adopts what’s believed to be the highest minimum wage in the world, by $25 an hour
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Voters in Geneva, Switzerland, have agreed to introduce a minimum wage in the canton that is the equivalent of $ 25 an hour -- believed to be the highest in the world. According to government data, 58% of voters i...
There is only one name left on the 2020 Atlantic hurricane list. So what’s next?
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With the naming of Tropical Storm Vicky on Monday morning, this leaves only one name on the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season list -- Wilfred. So what will the next storm be named, after Wilfred? For what is likely to ...
What’s open and closed on Labor Day 2020
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Every year on Labor Day, Americans celebrate the US labor movement, as well as the countless hard workers who built this country and keep it running strong. As of July 2020, there were more than 159 million people i...