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Billionaire tax to bolster Social Security popular in swing states: Voters in swing states are overwhelmingly supportive of taxing billionaires to support Social ...
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Billionaire tax to bolster Social Security popular in swing states
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Named one of the 30 most wondrous places in Switzerland - Zofinger Tagblatt
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Named one of the 30 most wondrous places in Switzerland - Zofinger ...
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The Perils of Retirement in America | by Teresa Ghilarducci - Project Syndicate: Teresa Ghilarducci proposes a Grey New Deal that would boost economic security ...
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Quick Glance: The Illusion of the Optimal Retirement Age
  • During the Great Depression, the retirement age was set at 65, despite lower life expectancies at the time.

  • Due to increased life expectancy and a growing retiree population, the social security system is facing financial challenges.

  • The debate around raising the retirement age is controversial, considering the impact on the health and social status of older workers.

  • The discussion on the ideal retirement age also addresses social inequalities, health factors, and the diversity of individual working conditions.
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Health insurance premiums: “You should probably increase taxes”: The SP Federal Councilor warns in Bern about the high costs of her party's premium relief ...
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Health insurance premiums: “You should probably increase taxes”
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You might get more money in your Social Security check than expected next year: Here's why
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You might get more money in your Social Security check than expected next ...
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“Men who think they know what a woman is thinking”: Baume-Schneider dismisses union boss Maillard - Zofinger Tagblatt
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“Men who think they know what a woman is thinking”: Baume-Schneider ...
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Australia's average tax rate increase tops OECD countries due to bracket creep and end of tax offset
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Australia's average tax rate increase tops OECD countries due to bracket ...
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How many hours do I have to work to get access to public healthcare in Spain?: A common question among those wanting to move to Spain is if they will have access ...
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Baby boomers are retiring: The country’s social security system is in for seven difficult years, as up until 2030 the generation of baby boomers will be rushing ...
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Baby boomers are retiring
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Brazil’s Fiscal Challenge: Balancing Budget and Mandatory Spending by 2028: Brazil's fiscal stability is at risk as mandatory spending on social security ...
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Brazil’s Fiscal Challenge: Balancing Budget and Mandatory Spending by 2028
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Leaks in the Federal Council: There are new criminal charges: Plans by Federal Councilors Baume-Schneider and Keller-Sutter appeared prematurely in the media ...
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Leaks in the Federal Council: There are new criminal charges
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No Jobs, No Relief: Modi’s Legacy For Informal Workers| Countercurrents: Ranchi, 20 April: Real wages have barely risen in India since 2014-15 ...
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No Jobs, No Relief: Modi’s Legacy For Informal Workers| Countercurrents
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Pigs, jobs and money: What the new data reveals about Switzerland: Even if you have been living in Switzerland for a while, there are still some interesting ...
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Pigs, jobs and money: What the new data reveals about Switzerland
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URSSAF: What is it, how it works, and how it affects you: if you are working as a freelancer, contractor or have set up a business in France you will need to ...
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URSSAF: What is it, how it works, and how it affects you
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Social safety schemes must serve the vulnerable: Government must address issues with its effectiveness and distribution
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Social safety schemes must serve the vulnerable
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Nearly one company in two in Belgium does not use salary optimisation solutions: These solutions include various forms of cheques, premiums, bonuses ...
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Nearly one company in two in Belgium does not use salary optimisation ...
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Trump Eyes Social Security Cuts By Slashing Payroll Tax: "He is dusting off the old Republican playbook and bringing back the strategy known informally as ...
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Trump Eyes Social Security Cuts By Slashing Payroll Tax
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Social safety net to get wider and better: A top official of the ministry said the government would increase the number of beneficiaries in two major schemes - ...
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Social safety net to get wider and better
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Freelancing? How to set up as a self-employed worker in Belgium: From residency documents to paying taxes and setting up social security, here is a handy guide ...
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Freelancing? How to set up as a self-employed worker in Belgium
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Virtual private networks in Japan: The pros and cons of using NordVPN: At a time when digital privacy is paramount, virtual private networks (VPNs) serve as ...
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Virtual private networks in Japan: The pros and cons of using NordVPN
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DuckDuckGo launches a $9.99 per month Privacy Pro plan with no-log VPN and more: DuckDuckGo has now joined the list of popular browsers that offer a built-in VPN ...
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DuckDuckGo launches a $9.99 per month Privacy Pro plan with no-log VPN and ...
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Viable social security system, but only on low pensions: The sustainability of the social security system is considered assured until the distant 2070.
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Viable social security system, but only on low pensions
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Does permanent residency in Spain equal free public healthcare?: Permanent or long-term residency gives non-EU nationals in Spain extended rights ...
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Does permanent residency in Spain equal free public healthcare?
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William Woods was a victim of identity theft, but he was the one jailed: In an interview with The Times, William Woods said he's considering filing a lawsuit ...
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William Woods was a victim of identity theft, but he was the one jailed
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Real estate: calls for limits on vacation apartments: The SPD's lead candidate for the European elections, Katarina Barley, has spoken out in favor of limiting ...
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Real estate: calls for limits on vacation apartments
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Does anyone in Switzerland still do yodelling?: The super-Swiss tradition of yodelling may soon be included on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritages ...
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Does anyone in Switzerland still do yodelling?
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Financing the 13th AHV pension: More payroll deductions, higher VAT: this is how the AHV expansion is to be paid for
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Financing the 13th AHV pension: More payroll deductions, higher VAT: this ...
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'Out-of-Touch Billionaire' Larry Fink Blasted for Calling 65 a 'Crazy' Retirement Age
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'Out-of-Touch Billionaire' Larry Fink Blasted for Calling 65 a 'Crazy' ...
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Federal Councillor Baume-Schneider presents her plans for financing the 13th AHV pension. Shifting the costs onto citizens and companies is the wrong approach ...
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Federal Councillor Baume-Schneider presents her plans for financing the ...
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House’s largest conservative caucus calls for increase in retirement age: The Republican Study Committee (RSC), which comprises nearly 80 percent of all House ...
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House’s largest conservative caucus calls for increase in retirement age
Quick Glance: Republican Budget Proposes Raising Retirement Age for Social Security
  • A new House Republican budget calls for raising the Social Security retirement age for future retirees, restructuring Medicare, and endorsing life protection legislation.

  • The plan also includes converting Medicare into a 'premium support model,' where traditional Medicare would compete with private plans.

  • Republicans suggest addressing the impending insolvency of the retirement programs through tax increases, general fund transfers, or spending cuts.

  • The RSC budget criticizes Obamacare, advocating for the rollback of subsidies and regulations aimed at extending insurance coverage.
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AT&T data breach: Millions of customers caught up in major dark web leak: Current and former customers of the US telecoms firm are impacted by the breach ...
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AT&T data breach: Millions of customers caught up in major dark web leak
Quick Glance: 73M AT&T customers affected by data breach
  • Customers notified about data breach

  • Personal data of 73 million AT&T account holders compromised

  • Investigation initiated, no unauthorized system access detected

  • Customers receive recommendations to monitor their credits and passwords
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Social Security head warns against raising retirement age after GOP proposal : Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Martin O’Malley warned that ...
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Social Security head warns against raising retirement age after GOP ...
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Biden hits Trump for Social Security and Medicare comments: ‘He’s still at it’: President Biden on Monday seized on comments from former President Trump ...
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Biden hits Trump for Social Security and Medicare comments: ‘He’s still at ...
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House conservatives float changes to Social Security in budget proposal: The proposal is a wish list for what policies House Republicans may pursue.
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House conservatives float changes to Social Security in budget proposal
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Hillary Clinton says seniors should see Trump’s remarks on Social Security: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton encouraged seniors on Tuesday to listen to ...
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Hillary Clinton says seniors should see Trump’s remarks on Social Security
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Votes from March 3, 2024: Everything about the 13th AHV pension and the pension initiative
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Votes from March 3, 2024: Everything about the 13th AHV pension and the ...
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What It’s Like to Retire as a Single Woman in America: The risk of running out of money in retirement rises for those with lower pay, longer lives or no partner ...
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What It’s Like to Retire as a Single Woman in America
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Federal Council in the ranking: Beat Jans tops, Viola Amherd flops: The Basel SP Justice Minister is very well received by the population. His predecessor ...
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Federal Council in the ranking: Beat Jans tops, Viola Amherd flops
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Millions of Aussies to get cash boost: About five million Australians on social security payments will receive a cash boost when indexation kicks in later this ...
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Millions of Aussies to get cash boost
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60 Days Into 2024 and Millionaires Are Already Done Paying Into Social Security: "Ninety-four percent of Americans contribute to Social Security all year ...
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60 Days Into 2024 and Millionaires Are Already Done Paying Into Social ...
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Government plans to invest CHF1 billion in Swiss culture: The Swiss government wants to invest CHF988 million in cultural activities for the 2025-2028 period.
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Government plans to invest CHF1 billion in Swiss culture
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More sustainable, fairer and more digital: This is how the Federal Council wants to promote culture in the future - Zofinger Tagblatt
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More sustainable, fairer and more digital: This is how the Federal Council ...
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Pensioners vs. Federal Councilor Baume-Schneider in the AHV “Arena”: In the SRF “Arena” for the 13th AHV pension initiative, SP Federal Councilor Elisabeth ...
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Pensioners vs. Federal Councilor Baume-Schneider in the AHV “Arena”
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There’s an easy fix to fund Social Security. Does Congress have the courage to do it? | Opinion
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There’s an easy fix to fund Social Security. Does Congress have the ...
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Health insurance companies: Is Baume-Schneider facing a second defeat?: The Federal Councilor is facing the next difficult vote. Again it's about billions ...
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Health insurance companies: Is Baume-Schneider facing a second defeat?
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Bernie Sanders Calls for Major Overhaul to Solve US Retirement Crisis: "If Congress can bail out the crooks on Wall Street," said the senator ...
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Bernie Sanders Calls for Major Overhaul to Solve US Retirement Crisis
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Google's dark web monitoring is actually pretty helpful: I didn’t know the depth of this feature until my family got an early alert about the recent AT&T ...
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Google's dark web monitoring is actually pretty helpful
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Tricky financial planning: pensions or armaments? What is more important to Germans
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Tricky financial planning: pensions or armaments? What is more important ...
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Middle-class dreams vs reality: YEARS of working at a factory enabled Sari Sartika Dewi to enrol as a law student at a private university in Karawang, West Java ...
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Middle-class dreams vs reality
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Americans Pay a High Price for the GOP's Fiscal Irresponsibility: Republicans keep wasting our money on their ideological boondoggles that are typically ...
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Americans Pay a High Price for the GOP's Fiscal Irresponsibility
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Fired state employees to reenter workplaces in massive protest against layoffs: Argentina's State Workers Association has registered up to 11 ...
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Fired state employees to reenter workplaces in massive protest against ...
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Callous Hackers Breach Cancer Center Exposing Details Of 827K Patients: The treasure trove of stolen data contains all kinds of personal information ...
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Callous Hackers Breach Cancer Center Exposing Details Of 827K Patients
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Cuts in Finnish social security benefits hit almost half-a-million people: Among the population groups feeling the brunt of the cuts are students ...
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Cuts in Finnish social security benefits hit almost half-a-million people
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Skilled immigration: Germany is not paradise: Highly qualified people from abroad rarely want to come to Germany. If they do come, many leave quickly ...
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Skilled immigration: Germany is not paradise
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Panel on the 13th AHV pension: Would the right people benefit?: Pierre-Yves Maillard and the FDP National Councillor argued in Zurich about the 13th AHV pension ...
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Panel on the 13th AHV pension: Would the right people benefit?
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AT&T's massive data breach exposed millions of customer data files on the dark web
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AT&T's massive data breach exposed millions of customer data files on the ...
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Andrew Biggs Is An Expert—On Destroying Social Security: Biggs has spent decades trying to take away retirement benefits from Americans, by any means necessary.
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Andrew Biggs Is An Expert—On Destroying Social Security
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SVP under power: The winner is Rösti - The World Week: On June 9th, Switzerland will vote on three proposals. First, no one should have to spend more than 10 ...
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SVP under power: The winner is Rösti - The World Week
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Retirees should help pay for additional AHV costs: Business and employer associations want to increase VAT to finance AHV. The row with the unions is programmed.
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Retirees should help pay for additional AHV costs
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AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of leaks online: AT&T, the telecommunications giant, has taken urgent action to reset millions of customer account ...
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AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of leaks online
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AT&T admits the ugly details of a data breach that affected millions : AT&T has confirmed a massive data leak that impacts current and former customers ...
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AT&T admits the ugly details of a data breach that affected millions
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HS: Public support for political strikes is waning: The Finnish public is nonetheless fairly widely behind the labour movement as it continues to express its ...
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HS: Public support for political strikes is waning
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Oldham MP demands action on ‘poverty crisis’: Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams, who is a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee ...
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Oldham MP demands action on ‘poverty crisis’
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European Film Awards to be held in Switzerland for first time: The 37th European Film Awards will be presented at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre (KKL) ...
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European Film Awards to be held in Switzerland for first time
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AT&T Data Breach Exposes Details Of 73 Million Accounts To The Dark Web: The leaked data may contain social security numbers, full names, email addresses ...
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AT&T Data Breach Exposes Details Of 73 Million Accounts To The Dark Web
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Traffic light disagreement: where the money for the Bundeswehr should come from: Strengthening the troops - at a cost. The FDP wants to freeze social spending ...
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Traffic light disagreement: where the money for the Bundeswehr should come ...
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Japan enacts revised ¥112.57 tril budget for FY2024: Japan's parliament on Thursday enacted a 112.57 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2024 starting in April ...
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Japan enacts revised ¥112.57 tril budget for FY2024
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After Lindner's proposal: Baerbock: Don't pit social spending against security: Annalena Baerbock is not impressed by Lindner's proposal for a three-year ...
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After Lindner's proposal: Baerbock: Don't pit social spending against ...
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In the News: Community Grants up to $50,000 Availalble Now: There are community grants of up to $50,000 available now to support small businesses across a range ...
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In the News: Community Grants up to $50,000 Availalble Now
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