Norway’s royal household said in April 2024 King Harald would make a “permanent reduction” to his public engagement “out of consideration for his age”. The king ascended the Scandinavian country’s throne in January 1991 and has openly ruled out abdicating. He was taken to hospital in February on the Spanish island of Tenerife while suffering
Scott Bessent has some good news for consumers this morning: The K-shaped economy is officially over! Consumers on the lower end of the income spectrum are no longer being left behind by their richer counterparts, he insists. The Treasury Secretary said he is “sick of hearing about this K-shaped economy,” during a CNBC interview yesterday,
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A row has broken out in Germany after the coalition government announced changes to sick leave rules, requiring Germans to provide a doctor’s note to their employers on the first day of their illness. The changes also mean that workers will not be able to obtain the note by phone, eliminating a measure introduced due