In 2025, the Ministry for the Future, a powerful global organization advocating for the rights of the generations to come, convinces bankers and economists to introduce wide-ranging policies that finally reverse the effects of the devastating climate crisis and bring about a fairer, cleaner global economy. If that sounds like science fiction, that’s because it is: this is the plot of Kim Stanley Robinson’s influential novel The Ministry for the Future, which imagines such a body being established as part of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. But maybe it’s not as outlandish as it might seem: this September, at…
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“Today’s report reveals the undeniable truth: progress is achievable, but is not fast enough,” said Sima Bahous, UN Women Executive Director. “Let us unite to continue dismantling the barriers women and girls face and forge a future where gender equality is not just an aspiration but a reality,” she added. The Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, are an internationally agreed set of targets to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity for all by 2030. While there are some promising trends towards achieving certain SDGs in the report – including declining poverty, narrowing of gender gaps in education…
Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell visited Reykjavík today for meetings with Icelandic Foreign Minister Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir and members of the Icelandic parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. Deputy Secretary Campbell and Foreign Minister Gylfadóttir also co-chaired a bilateral dialogue on the Indo-Pacific region. In Deputy Secretary Campbell’s engagements with Foreign Minister Gylfadóttir and Icelandic parliamentarians, they discussed Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine as well as other shared U.S.-Iceland priorities such as our work together in NATO; economic security; protection of critical infrastructure; deepening our bilateral economic and trade relationship; clean energy production; scientific cooperation; and ensuring the Arctic region is…
Employer: Walker White Inc.Employer address: 7402 Fairfield Road, Columbia, SC 29203Investigation findings: A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation determined that Walker White Inc. – a subcontractor working on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ construction project at Fort Jackson – wrongly classified apprentices as laborers. In doing so, the employer did not pay the required prevailing wage rates, including the basic hourly rate and fringe benefits, in violation of the Davis-Bacon Act. Investigators also found the employer failed to pay overtime rates of time-and-one-half an employee’s basic rate of pay for hours over 40 in a workweek, a violation…
The text of the following statement was released by the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union. Begin Text: We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the EU, condemn in the strongest possible terms Iran’s export and Russia’s procurement of Iranian ballistic missiles. Evidence that Iran has continued to transfer weaponry to Russia despite repeated international calls to stop represents a further escalation…
VERONA, WI – A suburban Madison contractor with a history of federal safety failures – including violations that led to an employee’s fatal injuries in 2022 – has again been found exposing workers to the construction industry’s most deadly hazard — falls from elevation — during a federal safety inspection in February 2024.U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration compliance officers opened their inspection after observing six employees of GL Construction of Madison LLC at a Verona residential construction site doing framing work up to 12 feet off the ground without required protective equipment. Inspectors initiated their inspection under…
The following is the Joint Statement released by the Governments of the United States and United Kingdom on the occasion of the U.S.-UK Strategic Dialogue in London, United Kingdom. Begin text: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Lammy met in London to open the U.S.-UK Strategic Dialogue. The Strategic Dialogue – led by the Secretaries of State of the United States and United Kingdom – celebrates and deepens the long-standing and special relationship between the United States and United Kingdom. The Dialogue, held September 10-11, 2024, covered the key elements of the U.S.-UK…
PORTLAND, OR – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon against Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. and R.B. Pamplin Corporation for jeopardizing millions of dollars in retirement funds for thousands of employees because of the unlawful acquisition of company-owned real estate by the R.B. Pamplin Corporation and Subsidiaries Pension Plan.The department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration conducted an investigation and found that, beginning in 2019, the plan unlawfully acquired interests in more than 20 company-owned properties. These acquisitions exceeded the limit permitted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The department alleges that…
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. And for those of you who were traveling, welcome home. Accurate information is vital to the health of any democracy. It helps citizens understand the issues and effects – and events that are affecting their lives. It empowers them to engage meaningfully in their communities, their country, the world. When state or non-state actors spread disinformation, material deliberately meant to deceive or divide our public, they attack the very foundations of our free and open society. In March, I laid out the comprehensive steps the administration is taking to address this threat to our…
Today, at the Silesian Museum in Katowice, the European City of Science 2024, two prestigious European science competitions concluded with the announcement of their winners. The 35th EU Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) and the 2nd EU TalentOn brought together over 250 promising young minds from across the globe to present innovative solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of our time.EUCYS 2024Meanwhile, 146 young scientists aged 14 to 20, from 37 countries, showcased their projects at the 35th EUCYS. Competing in a range of scientific fields including biology, chemistry, computer science, and engineering, the participants impressed the international…