G-Rate sued for gender discrimination, sexual harassment, unpaid comp A former Guaranteed Rate LO is suing the lender and two managers for allegedly discriminating against her on the basis of gender, failing to compensate her equal to male co-workers, and subjecting her ... 04/18/2024 - 6:05 am | View Link
Sexual harassment of restaurant workers is pervasive. CT advocates say changing pay will help Sexual harassment is a pervasive threat in the restaurant industry, impacting seven out of every 10 female workers, according to research from advocacy groups. The Connecticut state Capitol is not a ... 04/17/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Iowa Supreme Court overturns $790,000 sexual harassment award to government employee DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Inappropriate comments by a superior to a social worker and between other employees at the state Department of Human Services did not justify a $790,000 jury award for sexual ... 04/13/2024 - 10:16 am | View Link
Hogan edges past Alsobrooks, Trone in Maryland Senate race: Poll A separate 11 percent said they were undecided. In a hypothetical match-up between Hogan and Trone, Hogan barely defeats the House Democrat, 43 percent to 42 percent. A separate 10 percent said ... 04/2/2024 - 4:51 am | View Link
Search and rescue efforts ongoing after Maryland bridge collapse: What to know Maryland Gov. Wes Moore declared a state of emergency after a cargo ship hit a bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday morning, causing it to partially collapse. Several vehicles fell into the water ... 03/26/2024 - 1:47 am | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.