Switzerland has narrowly voted in favor of banning face coverings in public, including the burqua or niqab worn by Muslim women. Official results showed the measure had passed by 51.2% to 48.8% in Sunday’s referendum. The proposal was put forward by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) which campaigned with ...
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended on Sunday a controversial one-percent pay rise proposal for health workers, claiming that the government is trying to give them “as much as we can” in the light of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. “What we have done is try to give ...