Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a trade agreement with India due to be signed on Saturday represented “one of the biggest economic doors there is to open in the world today”. Morrison is expected to call a general election within days, and has been eager to secure the trade […]
Day: April 2, 2022
US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate two Indian Americans to key administration positions. Vinay Singh has been nominated as Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Kalpana Kotagal is the nominee for Commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. A Certified Public Accountant, […]
Wtitten by Karen Weise and Noam Scheiber It was a union organising campaign that few expected to have a chance. A handful of employees at Amazon’s massive warehouse on Staten Island, operating without support from national labour organisations, took on one of the most powerful companies in the world. And, […]
The United Kingdom’s regulatory and competition authority for broadcasting, Ofcom, has suspended the license of Khalsa Television Limited after one of its programmes “aired content that included material likely to incite violence and further the Khalistani cause”. In a statement released on March 31, Ofcom said: “Our investigation found that […]
Talks to stop the fighting in Ukraine resumed Friday, as another attempt to rescue civilians from the shattered and encircled city of Mariupol broke down and Russia accused the Ukrainians of a cross-border helicopter attack on an oil depot. The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said an airstrike […]
Emergency relief and evacuation convoys for the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol remained in doubt Friday following reports of Russian interference, while Russian officials accused Ukraine of flying helicopter gunships across a border between the two countries and striking an oil depot. The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said the […]
The UK government will ban conversion therapy for gay or bisexual people in England and Wales, but not for transgender people, ITV reported Thursday. Hours earlier the government had confirmed an ITV report it would drop a plan to introduce legislation to ban LGBT conversion therapy and would instead review […]