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Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) urged the Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of Health and Human Services in a Friday op-ed for the Boston Globe. “Now Donald Trump is setting Kennedy up to “go wild” as secretary of health and human services. Kennedy is not just unqualified, he is dangerous — […]
A fresh draft deal published at the deadlocked COP29 climate talks shows rich and poor countries still divided. Fierce bargaining at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan dragged into Saturday after a $250 billion a year offer from rich nations was flatly refused by developing countries hardest hit by Earth’s rapid warming. Negotiators from nearly 200 […]
In tonight’s edition, a draft deal on climate finance was rejected by African nations at Cop29. Also, the Algerian Press Agency confirms that French Algerian novelist, Boualem Sansal has been arrested by Algerian authorities. And supporters of Kizza Besigye are planning a mobilization in Uganda on Monday. Source link
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The union representing some 1,200 dockworkers at the Port of Montreal has overwhelmingly rejected a deal with their employers association, and a lockout at the facility is underway. A spokesman for the Canadian Union of Public Employees says members voted 99.7 per cent to reject the latest offer. “The hostile offer was […]
The Moldova second round run-off election for its new president appears to be headed for a win for the pro-European incumbent President Maia Sandu amid accusations of foreign interference that marred the process. Sandu had won the most votes in the first round held last week but failed to achieve a majority and thus triggered […]
Nurses in Alberta are one step closer to a possible strike after turning down the latest contract offer from the province. On Wednesday, a majority of United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) members voted against the mediator’s recommendation for a new collective deal. The union’s president Heather Smith believes it came down to respect for the […]
While there are growing concerns among the Brics bloc of emerging economies over the scope of financial sanctions from the United States, few countries in the grouping seem ready to ditch the US dollar despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent efforts to encourage an alternative system of payment among members. Following an expanded summit for […]
A bill seeking to make Sharia law not just a personal matter in the constitution has been rejected in the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to amend sections 24, 262 and 277 of the Constitution by removing “personal” in the application of Sharia law. The sponsor of the bill, Aliyu Missau, said commercial entities […]