Thousands of Amazon workers on Thursday launched what they called the “largest strike against Amazon in US history” seeking to maximize pressure on the retail behemoth at the height of the holiday shopping season.The job action targets seven Amazon facilities spaced around the United States. Workers on the pickets include Amazon employees who are affiliated …
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returned to Brasilia on Thursday and his regular duties, after getting the go-ahead from his doctors following emergency head surgery, officials said.”He is already in Brasilia, in the Alvorada (presidential residence), with no public agenda for the moment,” a presidential spokesperson said.The 79-year-old president had been convalescing in …
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Silence fell in the courtroom after a French judge delivered his verdict on Thursday, finding all 51 defendants guilty in the mass rape trial that has horrified the country.One by one, the 50 men stood before presiding judge Roger Arata in the southern French city of Avignon, showing little emotion as they received their sentences.Gisele …
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President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday unveiled an ambitious new climate target under the landmark Paris accord, just weeks before Donald Trump’s return to the White House threatens to upend US efforts to combat global warming.The plan commits the United States to reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 61-66 percent below 2005 levels by 2035, …
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A Romanian court on Thursday granted an appeal by controversial influencer Andrew Tate, refusing to put him on trial over human trafficking charges for now, and referring the case back to prosecutors.The US-born Briton and his brother Tristan, who say they are innocent, are accused of having formed an organised criminal network in early 2021 …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday he wanted to appeal to US President-elect Donald Trump on a human level to win him over against “crazy” Russian leader Vladimir Putin.”Welcome Donald! What can I say?” Zelensky said, when asked by a journalist in Brussels what emotions he’ll feel when Trump is inaugurated next month. “I think that …
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that there was a “flame of hope” in Syria following the fall of president Bashar al-Assad’s regime but warned of significant challenges ahead.He also underlined that Israel’s widespread strikes on Syrian military infrastructure were “violations” of the country’s sovereignty and called for them to cease.”The Middle East is being …
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Israel on Thursday faced accusations of committing “acts of genocide” in Gaza and exhibiting “signs of ethnic cleansing” in its military offensive in the Palestinian territory, charges the Israeli authorities denounced as “lies”.They are the latest in a series of accusations levelled against Israel — and denied by the country — during its 14-month war …
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Distraught and angry inhabitants of Mayotte shouted out their grievances to French President Emmanuel Macron Thursday, five days after the Indian Ocean archipelago was devastated by a cyclone.High on their list was the lack of water and food, and the fear of looting.Macron, visiting the French overseas territory to assess the destruction wrought by Cyclone …
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At least 100 North Koreans deployed to support Russia’s war effort in Ukraine have been killed since entering combat in December, a South Korean lawmaker told reporters on Thursday. Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to reinforce the Russian military, including to the Kursk border region, where Ukrainian forces seized territory this year.”In December, they (North …
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