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‘Delicious. Full Stop’: start of a new era for former McDonald’s restaurants in Russia
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The shop location that in 1990 hosted the first McDonald’s restaurant in Russia reopened June 12, 2022, with a new name and logo after a Russian owner bought all 850 of the US fast-food giant’s franchises in the country. McDonald’s suspended operations in March in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, then announced on May…
Can Boris Johnson regain the trust of British people? | Inside Story
After surviving a vote of confidence, the UK prime minister says it’s time to move on from questions about his leadership. But the scale of the rebellion means some government ministers and aides voted against Boris Johnson in the secret ballot, while supporting him in public. Not since Margaret Thatcher’s leadership challenge in 1990 has there been such a narrow margin. 211 Conservative MPs voted…
June 4th Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary quiet again in Hong Kong
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Hong Kong was once the only place on Chinese soil where large-scale commemorations were held to mourn those killed in the June 4, 1989, crackdown on protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Since 1990, football pitches in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park were used as a venue for tens of thousands of people to gather for annual candlelight…
McDonald's to leave Russia for good – BBC News
McDonald’s has said it will permanently leave Russia after more than 30 years and has started to sell its restaurants. The move comes after the chain temporarily closed its 850 outlets in March. The fast food giant said it made the decision because of the “humanitarian crisis” and “unpredictable operating environment” caused by the Ukraine war. The opening of McDonald’s first restaurant in Moscow in…
McDonald’s exits Russia in response to invasion of Ukraine
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The American fast-food giant McDonald’s announced on May 16, 2022 that it would sell its 850 restaurants in Russia and exit the market entirely. The global brand opened in Russia in 1990, but now joins a growing list of global brands to pull out of Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Related story:…
🇲🇳 What has the “do your job” movement in Mongolia achieved? | The Stream
In Mongolia a protest that began in the city centre of Ulaanbaatar has now mostly moved online, and has become known as Ажлаа хий (Do your job) protests. In early April young Mongolians gathered in Sukhbaatar Square for two days of peaceful demonstrations. They said they had no political affiliation but were unified in their concerns about the state of the economy, dissatisfaction with taxation,…
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An animated video released by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party was taken down from Instagram after it sparked a backlash for demeaning Muslims. The removal put a spotlight on [...]
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