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1) A Texas law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy went into effect on Wednesday,
despite the 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a constitutional right to the procedure, making the
state the most restrictive in the nation in terms of access to abortion services.
2) Amazon is planning to hire 55,000 staff in corporate and technology jobs in a global recruitment drive as the
coronavirus pandemic fuels a boom in online retail, digital advertising and cloud computing.
3) Charities have written to the prime minister calling for a new anti-waste, or “Amazon law”, to be introduced
in the UK as the online retailer was forced to deny new allegations that it destroys in-date groceries – as well
as household goods such as laptops and TVs.
4) More than 2 million people face uncertainty in the workplace next month with the “double whammy” of
furlough ending and the mooted cut to universal credit, economists have warned.
5) The number of extreme weather disasters recorded across the globe has increased nearly fivefold in the past
50 years, according to a major UN assessment.
6) A total of 771 disasters linked to climate, weather or water extremes were recorded from 1970 to 1979, the
report says. From 2010 to 2019, 3,165 such disasters were recorded.
7) Twenty years ago, America set out to reshape the world order after the attacks of September 11th. Today it
is easy to conclude that its foreign policy has been abandoned on a runway at Kabul airport.
8) African American children are suffering long-term disadvantages as a result of vast and growing disparities
in the wealth of US families, with Black families with kids having access to barely 1 cent for every dollar
enjoyed by their white counterparts.
9) In 2019, the median wealth level for a white family with children in the US was $63,838. The same statistic
for a Black family with children was $808. Hispanic families with kids fare little better. They have a median
wealth of $3,175.
10) The average lifespan of Black Chicagoans is 71.4 years, compared with 80.6 years for other residents – a
9.2-year life expectancy gap researchers say is driven by a higher prevalence of chronic and infectious
diseases, higher infant mortality rates, the opioid crisis and gun violence.