[ad_1] PARIS (AP) — Young people in France — including some who haven’t even entered the job market yet — are protesting Thursday against the government’s push to raise the retirement age. Students plan to block access to some universities and high schools, and a youth-led protest is planned in Paris on Thursday, as part of nationwide strikes and demonstrations against the pension bill under debate in parliament. For a generation already worried about inflation,…
"France’s young people stand up against higher retirement age"Tag: higher
[ad_1] SINGAPORE — There’s no debate, the $5.83 Californians are paying on average for a gallon of gas stings. But how would you feel if you were charged $10.90 a gallon? That’s what Stimson Ho is confronted with when he pulls up to his usual Esso station in Hong Kong’s Kowloon neighborhood. Filling up his compact SUV will set him back $120. Prices have been so high in the Asian financial center that Ho no longer…
"Gas prices are much higher in many countries around the world"
[ad_1] Luz Dary Cogollo runs a food stall at La Perseverancia, a busy market in Colombia’s capital city. She specializes in ajiaco, a traditional soup made with three kinds of potatoes and chicken boiled with onion and local herbs. Cogollo said that lately, her ingredients have been getting more expensive, and her business is struggling to stay afloat. With food prices rising across the world because of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, many…
"For developing countries, the war in Ukraine means even higher food prices"