Clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces, Rapid Support Forces and elements of the Armed Struggle Movements in El Fasher have left civilians in the crossfire of a conflict that was triggered in April 2023 by rival militaries. “These clashes have devastating consequences for the civilian population,” Farhan Haq said in a statement. “The fighting will also further exacerbate humanitarian needs in and around El Fasher at a time when famine conditions have been confirmed in Zamzam camp south of El Fasher and is likely prevailing in other displacement sites in the city.” The global food monitoring initiative, the Integrated Food…
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Employer: Swahili Village Bar and Grill, 2 Center St., Newark, NJ 07102Investigation findings: A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found that Swahili Village Bar and Grill in Newark, New Jersey willfully failed to pay 84 servers, cooks and bussers overtime pay when they worked more than 40 hours in a workweek, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Back Wages Recovered: $62,335 in overtime wages for 84 employees Liquidated Damages Recovered: $62,335 in liquidated damages for 84 employeesCivil Money Penalties Assessed: $44,100 in civil money penalties for willful violationsQuote: “Restaurant industry workers too often fall victim to employers who shortchange their wages…
Posting on X, Tor Wennesland said he had met Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Mustafa following “intense exchanges” between the Israeli military – which said it had carried out large-scale pre-emptive strikes – and the militant group Hezbollah based in southern Lebanon which said it had carried out an attack which has now been “completed and accomplished.” In a statement released later in the day the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was deeply concerned over the “significant increase in exchanges”. “These actions put both the Lebanese and Israeli populations at risk as well as threatening regional security and stability”, the…
WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement today requested the government of Mexico conduct a review based on its finding that a denial of workers’ rights occurred at the Pirelli Neumáticos rubber tire manufacturing facility in Silao, Guanajuato.The Rapid Response Labor Mechanism request follows a July 22, 2024, petition filed by the Liga Sindical Obrera Mexicana and the International Lawyers Assisting Workers Network alleging the rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining are being denied at Pirelli. The petition alleges the company is unlawfully applying a facility-specific collective bargaining agreement negotiated with the incumbent Miguel…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an initial award of $2.8 million to California in dislocated worker grant funding to support cleanup and recovery activities in eight counties in response to severe winter storms the state experienced between Jan. 31, 2024, and Feb. 9, 2024.The storms caused river and urban flooding, mud and landslides, sinkhole formations, downed trees and damaged roadways, bridges and levee systems, as well as damage to public and private lands.On April 13, 2024, the Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a major disaster declaration enabling the state to request federal assistance for recovery efforts in…
In the immediate aftermath of last month’s shocking assassination attempt on US presidential candidate Donald Trump, search engine giant Google found itself in hot water. The reason? A technical issue with its auto-complete function. Search terms relating to the assassination attempt appeared to be omitted from automated suggestions in Google’s search bar. Conservative social media users were quick to pile on, accusing the tech giant of political bias and active censorship. These claims turned out to be unfounded – a content moderation feature was to blame – but they were hardly new. Many tech companies, including Google, have long been…
Hansen had long been the Grand Duchy’s choice for the role, but the Socialists had hoped that outgoing commissioner Nicolas Schmit — who was the center-left’s lead candidate in the EU election — might have been able to stay on. Hansen, an EPP politician who won election to the European Parliament in June, had been floated as a potential candidate for the agriculture portfolio, and also linked to trade. “I am a farmer’s son and brother,” he told POLITICO earlier this summer when asked if he would be interested in the EU farm chief post. Hansen took up a seat in the…
“We now have five million people in Haiti that are acutely food insecure, of which 1.6 million are classified as facing emergency food insecurity conditions,” said WFP Country Director Jean-Martin Bauer, speaking via videolink to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York. “These are the highest numbers on record. These are the highest numbers we’ve had since the 2010 earthquake,” he added. Feeding displaced people Mr. Bauer’s briefing took place just hours after WFP and sister UN agency the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published their latest hunger hotspots report, calling for action to save lives and prevent starvation in…
The move is widely seen as political payback for the EU’s investigation into Chinese EVs and follows earlier Chinese probes into imports of EU pork (announced on June 17 and worth nearly €3 billion last year) and brandies (on January 5 and worth €1.6 billion). In June, Beijing had threatened inquiries into dairy (€1.8 billion) and wine (€1.2 billion) as well. The brandy investigation hit France, the most vocal promoter of the Commission’s EV probe, which accounts for 99 percent of EU brandy exports to China. The pork probe upped the stakes, gutting Spain — another China critic — which…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an initial award of more than $1.1 million in emergency grant funding to support employment and training of workers for cleanup and recovery activities after storms in north and south Florida in May and June 2024 spawned five tornadoes and flooded 17 counties. The National Dislocated Worker Grant of up to $3.36 million allows the Florida Department of Commerce to provide people with temporary cleanup and recovery jobs in these areas. On May 10, 2024, storms affected major interstates, roadways, airports, schools, businesses and other critical infrastructure in north Florida. Many businesses were…