Ubwa US grants Egypt $1.3 billion in military aid, overriding rights conditions
China will dispatch a special envoy to Ukraine, Russia, and other European nations from Monday, as Beijing steps up its efforts for a diplomatic resolution to Moscows war.        Chinese President Xi Jinping AFP     Ambassador Li Hui, special representative of the Chinese government for Eurasian Affairs, will also visit Poland, France and Germany on the trip, Chinas Foreign Ministry announced. Li is a former ambassador to Moscow.    The visit of Chinese representatives to relevant countries is another manifestation of Chinas commitment to facilitate dialogue, and fully demonstrates that China firmly stands on the side of peace,  Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Friday. President Xi Jinping announced China would send an envoy to Ukraine last m kubki stanley onth, during his fir stanley mug st call with Volodymyr Zelenskiy since Russias full-scale invasion of its neighbor. The Chinese leader is looking to bolster his image as a global peacemaker after coming under pressure from Western powers for failing to condemn President Vladimir Putins war. The call with Zelenskiy came shortly after Chinas ambassador to France questioned the sovereignty of other former Soviet states under international law on a French TV channel, which provoked anger from Baltic states and oth stanley cup ers. China later removed a transcript of the remarks and said they didnt represent government policy. Henry Wang Huiyao, founder of the Center for China and Globalization, described th Ygxs US court tosses suit on mail-in votes
Union activist Terrence Wise recalls being laughed at when he began pushing for a national $15 per hour minimum wage almost a decade ago. Nearly a year into the pandemic, the idea isn t so funny.        President Joe Biden signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washi stanley mug ngton.  AP     The coronavirus has renewed focus on challenges facing hourly employees who have continued working in gro stanley website cery stores, gas stations and other in-person locations even as much of the workforce has shifted to virtual environments. President Joe Biden has responded by including a provision in the massive pandemic relief bill that would more than double the minimum wage from the current $7.25 to $15 per hour.   But the effort is facing an unexpected roadblock: Biden himself. The president has seemingly undermined the push to raise the minimum wage by acknowledging its dim prospects in Congress, where it faces political opposition and procedural hurdles. That s frustrating to activists l stanley cup ike Wise, who worry their victory is being snatched away at the last minute despite an administration that s otherwise an outspoken ally.  To have it this close on the doorstep, they need to get it done,  said Wise, a 41-year-old department manager at a McDonald s in Kansas City and a national leader of Fight for 15, an organized labor movement.  They need to feel the pressure.  The minimum wage debate highlights one of the central tensions emerging in the early days of Biden s presidency

Ubwa US grants Egypt $1.3 billion in military aid, overriding rights conditions
China will dispatch a special envoy to Ukraine, Russia, and other European nations from Monday, as Beijing steps up its efforts for a diplomatic resolution to Moscows war.        Chinese President Xi Jinping AFP     Ambassador Li Hui, special representative of the Chinese government for Eurasian Affairs, will also visit Poland, France and Germany on the trip, Chinas Foreign Ministry announced. Li is a former ambassador to Moscow.    The visit of Chinese representatives to relevant countries is another manifestation of Chinas commitment to facilitate dialogue, and fully demonstrates that China firmly stands on the side of peace,  Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Friday. President Xi Jinping announced China would send an envoy to Ukraine last m kubki stanley onth, during his fir stanley mug st call with Volodymyr Zelenskiy since Russias full-scale invasion of its neighbor. The Chinese leader is looking to bolster his image as a global peacemaker after coming under pressure from Western powers for failing to condemn President Vladimir Putins war. The call with Zelenskiy came shortly after Chinas ambassador to France questioned the sovereignty of other former Soviet states under international law on a French TV channel, which provoked anger from Baltic states and oth stanley cup ers. China later removed a transcript of the remarks and said they didnt represent government policy. Henry Wang Huiyao, founder of the Center for China and Globalization, described th Ygxs US court tosses suit on mail-in votes
Union activist Terrence Wise recalls being laughed at when he began pushing for a national $15 per hour minimum wage almost a decade ago. Nearly a year into the pandemic, the idea isn t so funny.        President Joe Biden signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washi stanley mug ngton.  AP     The coronavirus has renewed focus on challenges facing hourly employees who have continued working in gro stanley website cery stores, gas stations and other in-person locations even as much of the workforce has shifted to virtual environments. President Joe Biden has responded by including a provision in the massive pandemic relief bill that would more than double the minimum wage from the current $7.25 to $15 per hour.   But the effort is facing an unexpected roadblock: Biden himself. The president has seemingly undermined the push to raise the minimum wage by acknowledging its dim prospects in Congress, where it faces political opposition and procedural hurdles. That s frustrating to activists l stanley cup ike Wise, who worry their victory is being snatched away at the last minute despite an administration that s otherwise an outspoken ally.  To have it this close on the doorstep, they need to get it done,  said Wise, a 41-year-old department manager at a McDonald s in Kansas City and a national leader of Fight for 15, an organized labor movement.  They need to feel the pressure.  The minimum wage debate highlights one of the central tensions emerging in the early days of Biden s presidency