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More than 80 people, including at least 13 police personnel, are said to have been killed in clashes between security forces and protesters, according to media reports. Authorities have imposed a curfew and restricted internet access. A police station in Sirajganj district, about 100 kilometres (62.5 miles) northwest of the capital, Dhaka, was also attacked. The renewed violence follows massive protests in July by students against the Government, demanding an end to a “quota system” for government jobs amid rising unemployment, in which more than 200 people were reportedly killed. At least 32 children were among those killed last month.…

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases…San Marino National Day hide if(window.jQuery) { jQuery( document ).ready(function() { if (jQuery(“.bc_middle”).hasClass(“collapse”)) { jQuery(“.bc_ellipse”).click(function(){ jQuery(“.bc_hide”).toggleClass(“visible”); jQuery(“.bc_middle”).toggle(); jQuery(“.bc_ellipse”).toggle(); jQuery(“.bc_content”).toggleClass(“noflex”); jQuery(“.block_breadcrumbs_content”).toggleClass(“noflex”); }); jQuery(“.bc_hide”).click(function(){ jQuery(“.bc_hide”).toggleClass(“visible”); jQuery(“.bc_middle”).toggle(); jQuery(“.bc_ellipse”).toggle(); jQuery(“.bc_content”).toggleClass(“noflex”); jQuery(“.block_breadcrumbs_content”).toggleClass(“noflex”); }); } else { jQuery(“.bc_ellipse”).hide(); } }); } San Marino National Day Press Statement September 3, 2024 On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my warmest wishes to the people of San Marino as they celebrate the Feast of Saint Marinus, commemorating the founding of the world’s oldest republic. Our nations share a long-standing relationship dating back to 1861, built…

NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court judgment requiring 15 gas stations – operating under brands such as BP, Mobil and Sunoco – in Bronx, Nassau and Suffolk counties and their owner and president to pay more than $1 million in back wages and liquidated damages to more than 100 current and former employees in response to a federal investigation. In March 2022, the department’s Office of the Solicitor filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York based on an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division which found that from…

“There were 87,000 vaccinated on the first day out of 156,000 that we are hoping to reach in the Middle Area,” said Louise Wateridge, Senior Communications Officer for UNWRA, the largest UN agency in the Gaza Strip. “It’s very promising that already, we have heard interest from parents who have come from Khan Younis, who have come from the southern area, and are asking our staff there and asking our teams, ‘When is the vaccination going to be available for us? When can we take our children?’” Ms. Wateridge emphasized the urgent need for a ceasefire for the inoculation campaign…

In the first four months of 2024, more than 30,000 children traversed the dense jungle region separating Colombia and Panama, marking a significant increase compared to the same period last year. Among them, about 2,000 were unaccompanied or separated from their families. Additionally, the number of children in transit grew five-times faster than the number of adults, the data showed. No place for children “The Darién Gap is no place for children. Many children have died on this arduous, dangerous journey. Women have given birth while en route, bringing new life into the world in the most challenging of circumstances.…

Yaounde – On August 20, 2024, the National Disarmament Demobilization, and Reintegration Committee (NDDRC) received strategic training on gender at its office in Yaounde. The main objective of this training was to enhance the capacity of NDDRC staff to integrate gender considerations into national DDR processes. This workshop is part of the GYPI project intitled « Enhancing Women’s Meaningful Involvement in DDR Policy Design and Implementation in Cameroon Based on the National DDR Gender Strategy 2021-25: Strengthening Platforms for Women’s Associations», funded by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) and implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in collaboration…

Peak Inn, Adair’s Saloon owner, Joe Morales cited for wage, recordkeeping violations DALLAS – Bartenders at two Dallas-area restaurants who depend on good tips in return for great service will recoup $197,902 in earnings after federal investigators found the establishments’ owner and operator forced them to share tips with non-tipped employees illegally.The recovery follows an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that discovered The Peak Inn LLC and Adair’s Saloon Inc. operated an illegal tip pool when the employers shared tips earned by 20 bartenders with the restaurants’ cooks. The division found the employer violated federal minimum…

The WFP’s Executive Director Cindy McCain said the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), which is managed by the UN’s food agency, enabled humanitarians to respond quickly to crises in the “deep field.” WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain checks out the devastation wrought by an El Niño-intensified drought in Zambia. Cindy McCain and Franklyn Frimpong, the UNHAS chief of aviation, have been discussing the importance of the life-saving service. Cindy McCain: UNHAS makes WFP and other agencies work. UNHAS gives us the ability to reach the deep field and parts of the world that are absolutely impossible to get to otherwise,…

Released on Wednesday by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), the report explained the hardships civilians faced, including physical and long-term socioeconomic harm. It also emphasised the human rights impact of Russia’s renewed large-scale attacks on critical energy infrastructure in March, the ground offensive in the Kharkiv region in May and other developments in occupied and Government-controlled areas of Ukraine. Relentless attacks “With May having the highest monthly number of civilian casualties in nearly a year, fighting this spring took a horrific toll on civilians, particularly in Kharkiv region and city,” said Danielle Bell, head of the…

Akila and Maria, one Trinidadian and the other a Venezuelan migrant. Both are women with a common goal: to train and educate themselves in order to provide their families with economic stability.Akila Gonzalez-Parris and Maria Requena are part of a group of women and men who participated in the Flourish Empowering Resilience and Integration programme carried out by the International Organization for Migration through the Women-Owned Media & Education Network (WOMEN).Akila is a 29-year-old Trinidadian woman and mother of a 4-year-old girl.Before the workshop, she helped her husband in his upholstery business.She believes the programme is an opportunity for her…