Economic policymakers and business leaders worry a great deal about wage inflation. Average workers, not so much. That’s because real global monthly wage growth — which reflects the purchasing power of wages once cost-of-living inflation is taken into account — actually fell to negative 0.9 per cent in the first half of 2022. That is the first time since 2008 that real global wage growth has been negative, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization.While inflation in areas such as food and fuel hits the poor in every country hardest, the comparative decline in real versus nominal…
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The pack is back and the wolves are howling once again. The newly released trailer for Teen Wolf: The Movie reveals the return of the wolfpack, Scott McCall (Tyler Posey) and his long-lost, not-so-dead lover, Allison Argent (Crystal Reed). Written and produced by Jeff Davis, the movie, a revival of MTV’s Teen Wolf, brings back many of the original stars, including Posey, Reed, Holland Roden, Shelley Hennig, Colton Haynes, Ian Bohen, Tyler Hoechlin and Seth Gilliam. The trailer, which was released on Sunday at the Teen Wolf: The Movie and Wolf Pack panel at Comic Con Experience in São Paulo, Brazil,…
Roll out the red carpet, Emmanuel Macron has arrived in the United States.The three-day trip is a feather in the cap of France’s president, who becomes the first European leader his US counterpart Joe Biden has invited for a state visit. Planned months ago, the itinerary includes Oval Office talks, a fancy dinner and a major news conference.It comes amid a turbulent time in world politics, so what will be on the agenda when Macron and Biden sit down to talk?Ukraine warThings between Macron and Biden got off to a bumpy start. In September 2021, Washington announced the AUKUS alliance with Australia and the United Kingdom,…
When it comes to women’s health, you think of mental health, sexual health or physical health in general. However, you should not ignore vaginal health as you might face a lot of issues. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is one condition that is common in women when they are in the reproductive stage. As it is common, a lot of people search for bacterial vaginosis treatment online. There are ways to treat it, and now it has emerged that some scientists have also come up with an organ chip. It is believed to help in the development as well as testing of…
A giant energy producer, Norway finds itself at the forefront of an energy crisis that reached dramatic new heights on Tuesday after the alleged sabotage of Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.”I think obviously this is sort of a challenging moment. We are doing what we can to maintain the security of the Norwegian Continental Shelf,” Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, State Secretary in Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, told Euronews Next.NATO ally and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member Norway has proved a lifeline to the European Union by becoming the 27-nation bloc’s biggest natural gas supplier since…
After an idyllic trip travelling continental Europe by car, nothing says welcome home like a traffic fine.Unfortunately, if you do commit a violation, it’s not uncommon to receive a notification several months after your holiday.Many people think that having left the country you were visiting, the fine can be ignored – especially now that the UK has left the EU.But not paying up can have serious consequences both back home and for future trips to the bloc.What happens if you get a traffic fine in the EU?If you commit a driving offence abroad, the fine does not simply get forgotten…
The writer is chair of Rockefeller InternationalWhile global investors increasingly recognise that the easy money era is over, many world leaders do not — and the markets are punishing them for free spending in the new age of tight money.In the 2010s, when interest rates hit historic lows, markets punished very few free spenders — Greece, Turkey and Argentina, most notably — for extreme fiscal or monetary irresponsibility. Now inflation is back, rates are rising and debt levels have been elevated worldwide, investors are targeting an expanding list of countries.The markets have forced a shift in policy, or at least…
In brief: Apple and Google have previously warned users about companies selling spyware targeting mobile devices. A new Google report details commercial spyware targeting PCs through browsers and Windows antivirus. The vulnerabilities they exploit are already patched – another sign that users should keep their software updated. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reports that a Barcelona company sold spyware exploiting Chrome, Firefox, and Windows Defender vulnerabilities to conduct contract surveillance on target PCs. The vulnerabilities were zero-days in the wild when the company exploited them, but Google, Mozilla, and Microsoft patched them in 2021 and early 2022. Variston IT calls…
(Warning: This article features spoilers for The White Lotus season two.) When things seem too good to be true, they usually are. This certainly seems to be the case for heiress Tanya McQuoid (Jennifer Coolidge)’s situation on The White Lotus season two. After being ditched by her husband Greg (Jon Gries) on a romantic Sicilian getaway, luxurious English expat Quentin (Tom Hollander) swooped in to cheer her spirits by inviting her and her assistant Portia (Haley Lu Richardson) to party with him at his villa in Palermo. Harmless, right? Eh, we don’t think so. During the Dec. 4 episode, Quentin encouraged Tanya to…