New Year’s Holiday to Bring Record Low Temperatures Across US Midwest and East Coast
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Aug 28 (Reuters) – More U.S. companies are modifying their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs meant to boost racial and ethnic representation at workplaces amid rising pressure from conservative groups. At least six major U.S. companies, including JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N), opens new tab, modified their DEI policies last year, according to a Reuters review…
French unions and demonstrators have taken to the streets on Thursday in widespread industrial action against the government’s projected pension reforms. President Emmanuel Macron’s administration seeks to raise France’s official retirement age from 62 — lower than much of Europe and the U.S. — to 64. This is the head of state’s second attempt to…
KYIV, Sept 14 (Reuters) – European governments should halt welfare benefits to Ukrainian men of military age who are living in their countries, Poland’s foreign minister said, a measure he said would help Ukraine call up more troops to fight Russian forces. Following a meeting in Kyiv with his Ukrainian counterpart, Poland’s Radoslaw Sikorski said…
Controversial rules grant Indian nationality to refugees who are Hindu, Christian, Parsi, Jain or Buddhist, but not Muslim India’s interior ministry has said it was enacting a citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims, just weeks before the world’s most populous country heads into a general election. While the law was passed in December…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s biggest trade unions mounted one of their fiercest challenges to the libertarian government of President Javier Milei, staging a mass general strike on Thursday that led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and halted key bus, rail and subway lines. Main avenues and streets, as well as major…
Concurrent reports that Iran will launch new attacks against Saudi Arabia and Iraqi Kurdistan while simultaneously preparing missile shipments to Russia for use against Ukraine demonstrate Tehran’s increased willingness to escalate beyond its borders. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report, on Tuesday, that Saudi Arabia has warned the United States of an…