‘What if Working in Sweatpants Unleashed Your Superpowers?’
By France24
22 March 2022 |
5:13 am
We end this press review with a discussion of how wearing sweatpants while working could help one's job performance. But first, we look at some powerful eyewitness accounts from Ukrainian mothers and children. We also discuss how the war in Ukraine could cause a global food crisis and how India may benefit from that. Plus, French papers are also discussing far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon's chances of making it to the second round of the presidential election.
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