Greece resumes flights to Macedonia, Google workers stage global walkout, and more top news

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Greece has resumed commercial flights to Macedonia after more than a decade. Olympic Air flew from Athens to Skopje yesterday with Macedonian deputy prime minister Bujar Osmani on board. The air route had been suspended since 2007, when Macedonia’s previous government angered Greece by renaming Skopje’s airport after Alexander the Great. In June, Macedonia agreed to change its name to North Macedonia in a bid to end the 27-year dispute between the two nations. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Thousands of Google employees have staged a global protest against the internet giant’s handling of sexual harassment. The actions follow a New York Times report that payouts in the millions were made to male executives accused of harassment. The company later said it had fired 48 people over such charges without exit packages in the past two years. Google staff in Singapore, Zurich, London, Dublin, Tokyo, Berlin and New York were among those who took part. ? Here’s what people are saying.

The editor-in-chief of “Vogue Ukraine” has been suspended over claims of plagiarism. The controversy began when an article by Vogue’s Olga Sushko was compared to a 2006 piece written by a Russian journalist for “Harper’s Bazaar”. Sushko took to Facebook to apologise, saying she often “freezes” because of the stress. Meanwhile, the editor of “Waitrose Food”, William Sitwell, has left the magazine after making a joke about killing vegans in an email. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Volkswagen is facing a class action lawsuit over the diesel emissions scandal. VZBV, representing 41 German consumer groups, is accusing the company of “deliberately and unethically causing damage” to two million people who are now out of pocket by “several thousand euros” because of the carmaker’s actions. New rules that came into effect in Germany on Thursday made the collective action possible. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Workers who are overweight get paid less than their slimmer colleagues, according to a new LinkedIn study. In a survey of 4,000 UK workers, those classed as obese (according to their BMI) reported earning on average ￡1,940 less per year than those with a healthy-range BMI. A quarter of those overweight and one in three who were obese said they believed they had missed out on a promotion due to their size. More than half reported feeling left out of their teams. ? Here’s what people are saying.

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