The text of the following statement was released by Deputy Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis. Begin text: On September 12, 2024, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell and Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis of Lithuania met in Vilnius for the 4th U.S.-Lithuania Strategic Dialogue on the Indo-Pacific. The Strategic Dialogue highlighted the critical role of the Indo-Pacific and the shared interest in strengthening bilateral partnership and democratic values, and long-term relationships with like-minded countries. Recognizing that the threats and challenges faced in Europe and the Indo-Pacific are interconnected, Deputy Secretary Campbell and Foreign…
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“To be clear: the regulation must be practicable,” Scholz said on Thursday. Scholz is the first head of government to call for delaying the new rules. This comes after a group of agriculture ministers, as well as center-right politicians like German MEP Peter Liese of the European People’s Party — the political family of von der Leyen — made similar calls in recent weeks. The new legislation has been under fire in recent months with both EU trade partners and European industries complaining about the complexity of the new rules, which will require companies to show proof that their wood,…
Date of action: August 1, 2024 Type of action: Opinion affirming summary judgment Employer: F.W. Webb Co. Bedford, MABackground: After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, the department’s Office of the Solicitor filed suit in July 2020 against F.W. Webb Co., a wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, cooling and other products, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The department alleged, among other things, that…
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recorded more than 21,000 suspected cases of the viral disease, including over 5,000 confirmed cases and 700 deaths. Over the past week, UNICEF received its first vaccine shipments totalling 215,000 doses, with more expected to arrive soon. Supplies and training Meanwhile, the children’s agency is supporting the rollout with supplies and logistics as well as training health workers to transport, store and administer shots to patients. In recent months, UNICEF has enhanced community-based surveillance, training over 200 health workers, 100 hygienists and 200 community engagement teams. Some 6,000 community workers have…
Two of the planes struck the twin skyscrapers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan’s financial district, while another was flown into the US military headquarters at the Pentagon outside Washington, DC. The fourth aircraft crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers wrested back control from the hijackers. Among those killed were 441 first responders, the greatest loss of emergency responders on a single day in the country’s history. Thousands more were injured, and many still suffer from chronic illnesses, including respiratory diseases, mental health issues and cancer. “Today my thoughts are with everyone who lost loved ones on…
More than 10 months into the war in Gaza, sparked by Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel that left some 1,250 dead and more than 250 taken hostage, nearly all Gazans have been displaced at least once – and often multiple times – by repeated orders to evacuate and intense Israeli bombardment. Kamal Al-Sultan, a displaced child from Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, has been forced to move seven times during the 10-month-long war. “Nowhere in the Gaza Strip is safe…It does feel like people are waiting for death,” said Louise Wateridge, spokesperson for the UN agency for Palestine refugees, in an online…
PRIME MINISTER SHMYHAL: Dear Mr. Secretary Blinken, dear colleagues, first of all, I would like to thank to Biden-Harris administration, U.S. Congress, all U.S. people for such a strong support of my country during these dark times of our history, during this full-scale aggression. Thank you so much for all kind of support, especially military support, functional support, financial support, and humanitarian support, and all other – even the mental support of our refugees. All of us thank you so much for this. So the main challenges which we have now, it’s – once again, it’s the situation in the air…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $1.4 million in funding to support efforts by four community organizations to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and harassment against underserved and marginalized women workers.Administered by the department’s Women’s Bureau and the Employment and Training Administration, the Fostering Access, Rights and Equity grants will help survivors and women at high risk for violence and harassment in the workplace.“The Biden-Harris administration is changing lives by creating, growing and supporting good jobs, where workers are safe, respected and treated fairly. We can only do that by eliminating gender-based violence and harassment in…
The funding will support critical response and prevention efforts for 9.9 million refugees and host communities in 35 countries across the continent. Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral disease that can be transmitted through physical contact with an infected person, animal or contaminated objects. Read our explainer here. New virus strain The disease has been endemic in parts of Africa for decades, but the rising number of cases of the new strain of the mpox virus, clade 1b, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a public health…