A Boom Time for the Bean Industry
“It’s just shocking,” one bean supplier said. “I used to be the loneliest man at the farmer’s market.”
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“It’s just shocking,” one bean supplier said. “I used to be the loneliest man at the farmer’s market.”
Surging demand for critical products has created an immediate need for more workers, forcing some companies to alter normal hiring practices.
The fragile, low-paying existence of home health aides at the epicenter of the pandemic.
Faced with growing frustration from athletes and some national committees, the International Olympic Committee said it would decide within four weeks on the Tokyo Games.
Democrats voted against moving forward on a plan expected to cost $1.8 trillion or more, seeking stronger protections for workers and stricter rules for bailed-out businesses.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 18, 2020, covering March 22, 2020.
Lil Uzi Vert
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Bad Bunny
Lil Baby
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2020Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.[†]
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the member of parliament (MP) for Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress.
2020Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.[†]
Kyriakos Mitsotakis is a Greek politician currently serving as the prime minister of Greece since July 2019, except for a month between May and June 2023. Mitsotakis has been president of the New Democracy party since 2016. He is generally associated with the centre-right, espousing economically liberal policies.
In 2020, the world population was approximately 7,887,001,292 people[†]