Former US President Trump joins media push for his federal election interference case to be televised
Trump has repeatedly sought to delay the Washington trial date until after the 2024 election. But US District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was nominated for the bench by Democratic President Barack Obama, appears determined to keep it as scheduled.
In bold and rare move, Pope sacks conservative US bishop Strickland who’d declined to resign
Popes make such moves, considered drastic, when a bishop refuses a request to resign. Strickland is 65, 10 years shy of the usual retirement age for bishops. Strickland had said earlier this year that he would refuse to resign if asked.
Israel faces pressure over Gaza deaths as fighting rages near hospitals, number of dead tops 11,000
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said world leaders should be condemning Hamas, and not Israel. “These crimes that Hamas (is) committing today in Gaza will be committed tomorrow in Paris, New York and anywhere in the world,” Netanyahu said.
‘From the river to the sea’: How six words fuel fatal antisemitism and passion over Israel-Hamas war
In the months before and during the 1948 war, an estimated 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from what is now Israel. Many expected to return. Israel captured the West Bank, along with Gaza and east Jerusalem, in the 1967 war. In 2005, Israel withdrew from Gaza, and in 2007, Hamas claimed the tiny strip from the Palestinian Authority after a violent coup.
‘Groundbreaking’ antibiotic set to turn tide on drug-resistant ‘super-gonorrhoea’ if used wisely
The trial enrolled 930 people with gonorrhoea in South Africa, Thailand, the United States, Belgium and the Netherlands. Participants received either zoliflodacin – given as a pill – or the disease’s standard treatment, an injection of an antibiotic called ceftriaxone, in combination with an oral dose of the antibiotic azithromycin.
Best African music performance is now new category in 2024 Grammy Awards
Two existing categories have been moved to the general field, which means that all Grammy voters can participate in selecting the winners: producer of the year, non-classical and songwriter of the year, non-classical, the latter of which was first introduced this past year.
30 killed, hundreds displaced in Somalia as worst floods in decades ravage East Africa
Floods in neighbouring Kenya have killed at least 20 people and submerged a bridge in Uganda, cutting off a road linking Kampala to oilfields in the northwest, the Kenya Red Cross and Uganda’s road authority said.
Hollywood actors agree deal to end 4-month strike that will impact AI and streaming
Since the actors initially went on strike in July, the conversation about artificial intelligence has morphed from dinner-party “What if?” chatter to a full-blown international issue. Last week, US president Joe Biden signed a broad executive order aimed at curtailing the power of commercial AI.
Obamacare call centre staff allowed six minutes in bathroom, now striking over steep healthcare costs
Staff at US federal contractor Maximus claim they only get six minutes a day to use the bathroom, are monitored by an AI system that reports them for going off script, and can’t afford health care. Katherine Charles’ work days are relentless. She’s one of thousands of call centre workers...
Obamacare call centre staff allowed only six minutes in cloakroom strike over steep healthcare costs
Last month, Senator Bernie Sanders sent a letter to Maximus CEO Bruce Caswell criticising the company for the allegations of union busting and for paying a median salary of $39,000 despite making $311 million in profits and spending $96 million in stock buybacks and $6.3 million in CEO compensation in 2022. He called on the company to improve its wages and working conditions.
