More than 3,200 unionised Boeing workers in the St. Louis area and Illinois walked off the job on August 4 after overwhelmingly rejecting a second contract offer from the aerospace giant. These workers, who are responsible for assembling key US military aircraft like the F-15 and F/A-18 fighter jets, argue that the proposed agreement falls…
Eight civilians killed by Sudan’s RSF bombing of a bunker sheltering dozens of people in El-Fasher (Image credits: AP) Eight civilians were killed when Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) bombed a bunker sheltering dozens of people in the besieged city of El-Fasher, a doctor reported to AFP on Thursday.The doctor, speaking anonymously from El-Fasher…
Philadelphia officials said on Wednesday that the city has reached a deal with a union representing thousands of city workers and have ended a strike that had lasted for more than a week and disrupted curbside trash pickup and other services. Nearly 10,000 blue-collar workers had walked off the job on July 1 as a…
Representative Image (Photo: NYT) Two American aid workers were injured on Saturday in what has been described as a targeted grenade attack on a humanitarian aid centre in southern Gaza, according to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).The foundation, which is backed by the United States and Israel, said the incident occurred during a food distribution…
Indian techie Soham Parekh is accused of working in multiple US startups staying in India. The news of Indian techie Soham Parekh working for multiple US-based startups while staying in India triggered a fresh row amid US companies announcing mass layoffs. Microsoft announced its second layoff of 9,000 workers in months, though the company is…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un | Photo Credit: AP North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to support reconstruction work in Russia’s Kursk region, a top Russian official said Tuesday, the latest sign of expanding cooperation between the two nations. North Korea has already…
