Global Nation: McDonalds owned US restaurants boost pay to lure new workers; Kim Kardashian shows off her figure and platinum blonde hair; Instagram Pronouns – now people can put their pronouns on their profile page

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Invest in this coin today, and it might become your portfolio’s gem in the long run. Let’s learn more about Tezos Foundation and its ambitious project. Then, we’ll go through details regarding... [Share this article](k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXXpekq4oEjLxGJog)  --------------------------------------------------------------- [McDonalds owned US restaurants boost pay to lure new workers](k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXXpekq4oEjLxGJog) k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXXpekq4oEjLxGJog McDonald’s Corp announced on Thursday a 10% average hourly pay raise at the nearly 660 U.S. restaurants it operates, joining the industry’s scramble to lure workers back into kitchens and dining rooms as pandemic restrictions ease. The wage increases do not apply to employees at the roughly 13,025 U.S. McDonald’s restaurants owned and operated by... 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With almost everyone joining the healthy lifestyle bandwagon, let’s break that misconception about snacks. If you can find low-calorie healthy snacks, then you’re on the right track. Having snacks in between your meals doesn’t mean you are breaking your... [Share this article](k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXXpekq4oEjLxGJog)  --------------------------------------------------------------- [How to get glass out of foot](k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXXpekq4oEjLxGJog) k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXXpekq4oEjLxGJog Want to know how to get glass out of foot? Have you broken your glass plate? Or the glass showpiece you have on your center table? In either case, it must have caused a great deal of mess, and the probability is high that you might have stepped on one of the glass pieces while... 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Recently, Kim Kardashian was seen showing off her figure and platinum blonde hair. Recently on Instagram, Kim Kardashian posted a picture showing off her figure and with... [Share this article](k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXXpekq4oEjLxGJog)  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Instagram Pronouns – now people can put their pronouns on their profile page](k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXXpekq4oEjLxGJog) k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXXpekq4oEjLxGJog Instagram, a popular social media platform, announced on Tuesday that it will now allow users to add up to four pronouns onto Instagram user’s profiles. The social media platform, famous for photos and videos, could not be more excited about this. These pronouns can be displayed for the public or only for their followers. So... 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Paul Jonathan Saguil is seeking the Liberal nomination for the riding of Brampton Centre in Ontario, hoping to follow Dr. Rey Pagtakhan of Winnipeg, the... [Share this article](k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXXpekq4oEjLxGJog)  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump wanted troops to protect his supporters at Jan. 6 riot](k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXXpekq4oEjLxGJog) k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXXpekq4oEjLxGJog President Donald Trump wanted National Guard troops in Washington to protect his supporters at a Jan. 6 rally that ended with them attacking the U.S. Capitol, leaving five dead, Trump’s former Pentagon chief testified on Wednesday. Former Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller told a House of Representatives panel that he spoke with Trump on Jan.... 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