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Teachers push back on school reopening, say they ‘don’t want to die or kill their families’

Click here for updates on this story     LAKE OSWEGO, Oregon (KPTV) — Lake Oswego teachers are pushing back on the district’s plans to start hybrid in-person learning next month. In a press release titled “Lake Oswego teachers don’t want to die or kill their families,” the education association said teachers responded with fear and anger

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Lose weight with household chores! Seoul government’s 1950s-style advice to pregnant women comes under fire

Officials in South Korea have withdrawn recently published guidelines for pregnant women, following a backlash over their use of outdated sexist stereotypes. Seoul city government’s Pregnancy and Childbirth Information Center published the guidelines on its website on January 5, including instructions to “prepare instant foods like curry, black bean paste and soup, so the husband,

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South African President announces extension of Covid-19 restrictions, closes land borders

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa extended coronavirus restrictions in the country Monday, citing a “massive increase” in Covid-19 cases driven by a variant discovered there last year. The current measures were were due to expire on January 15 and include closing beaches and public parks, and banning the sale of alcohol. “The pandemic in our

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