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Germany warns aging society will lead to huge worker shortage

Germany’s Economics Minister Robert Haveck said on Wednesday that the biggest challenge for Europe’s biggest economy will be constraining growth due to labor shortages, after Berlin cut its outlook for this year. The government forecasts economic growth this year to be 0.2%, lower than previously expected as weak global demand, geopolitical uncertainty and persistently high […]

Woke Lancet Warns of ‘Obstetric Racism’ for ‘Birthing People’

once had a reputation lancet “Black women in the diaspora are at risk of experiencing obstetric racism,” the medical journal warned in its latest issue, released Saturday. Dr Lioba Hirsch, a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Social and Political Studies, said: “Black women’s childbirth experiences and perinatal care are […]