Starbucks workers at over 150 stores to strike over Pride decor dispute
By Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) -More than 150 Starbucks stores and 3,500 workers will be on strike next week across
2023-06-23 21:56
Stock market today: Wall Street drops again as oil prices and stocks worldwide slide
Another drop for stocks has Wall Street on track to close out its first losing week in the last six
2023-06-23 21:49
Home Depot to pay $72.5 million to settle California wage class action
By Jonathan Stempel Home Depot has agreed to pay $72.5 million to end a long-running class-action lawsuit alleging
2023-06-23 21:47
Can we borrow your dryer? Raceway gets unusual request to help with I-95 reconstruction
A month before one of the biggest sporting events in Pennsylvania, officials at the Pocono Raceway got an unusual call for help from the state's transportation department.
2023-06-23 21:27
RTÉ boss Dee Forbes suspended amid Ryan Tubridy payment row
It comes after RTÉ admits presenter Ryan Tubridy was paid €345,000 more than was publicly declared.
2023-06-23 21:26
Far-right group Moms for Liberty tries to explain use of Hitler quote
The Indiana chapter of extremist group Moms for Liberty has been forced to explain why the first page of its newsletter carries a quote from Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. “He alone who owns the youth, gains the future,” the quote reads on the front of its June issue. The quote was correctly attributed to Hitler, who was responsible for the murders of six million Jewish people and five million other victims including Romany people, gay people and Soviet prisoners of war. The group later took to its Facebook page to make some sort of an attempt to explain the shocking decision to reference to a murderous Nazi. “The quote from a horrific leader should put parents on alert,” it read. “If the government has control over our children today, they control our country’s future. We The People must be vigilant and protect children from an overreaching government.” The move to showcase a Hitler quote comes as the group secured Democratic presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a speaker at its event, The Joyful Warriors National Summit, next week. Other speakers at the event include GOP candidates Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis. Moms for Liberty was recently classified as an “anti-government extremist” group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which found in a recent report that it was among a handful of groups pushing to undermine public education and restrict access to books, classroom materials and honest discussions of race, racism, LGBT+ people and gender and sexuality. “Hate and anti-government extremist groups are intent on staging public spectacles of hatred” to threaten LGBT+ people and other vulnerable communities and minority groups, said Susan Corke, director of the SPLC’s Intelligence Project. Moms for Liberty co-founders Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich pushed back on the label in a statement shared with The Independent where they said the group is “devoted to empowering parents to be a part of their child’s public school education.” “Name-calling parents who want to be a part of their child’s education as ‘hate groups’ or ‘bigoted’ just further exposes what this battle is all about: Who fundamentally gets to decide what is taught to our kids in school – parents or government employees?” they added. “We believe that parental rights do not stop at the classroom door and no amount of hate from groups like this is going to stop that.” Read More Moms for Liberty rises as power player in GOP politics after attacking schools over gender, race Moms for Liberty named anti-government extremist group by civil rights watchdog Florida mom who tried to ban Amanda Gorman’s book has ties to far-right groups Gunman used social media attack to attack Jews before attack at Pittsburgh synagogue, jurors learn Modi and Biden pull up Pakistan as Indian prime minister concludes US visit Cambodian lawmakers approve changes to election law that disqualify candidates who don't vote
2023-06-23 20:58
Influencer Andrew Tate to stay under house arrest, court rules
BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Internet personality Andrew Tate will remain under house arrest in Romania for another 30 days from the end
2023-06-23 20:21
Russia is likely to cancel July's Moscow air show as sanctions affect attendees and import of parts
Russia is likely to cancel this year’s Moscow air show, which for decades has been a major venue for showing off new warplanes and negotiating aerospace contracts, a top official says
2023-06-23 20:15
Citi Executive Backs Pause Clauses for Emerging-Market Debt
A senior banker at Citigroup Inc. said lenders need to accept so-called pause clauses to let struggling sovereign
2023-06-23 19:57
Strathclyde University's shock and sadness at student's Titan sub death
Strathclyde University student Suleman Dawood was one of those who died in the Titan submersible implosion.
2023-06-23 19:56
US Treasury Secretary Yellen Sees Lower US Recession Risk, Says Consumer Slowdown Needed
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sees diminishing risk for the US to fall into recession, and suggested that a
2023-06-23 19:46
Ukraine-Russia war – live: Drone video shows Putin troop position wiped out in huge explosion
Drone footage shows the moment a Russian troop position is completely wiped out by a bomb in a huge explosion seen miles away from the impact. The clip was published by Ukraine’s defence ministry, which did not give any further details of the drone attack, although said it was carried out by the 72nd Mechanized Brigade. Earlier, president Vladimir Putin was accused of committing war crimes “on steroids” in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. US Republican senator Lindsey Graham also warned that the threat of the Kremlin using nuclear weapons was “real”. Speaking at a joint press conference with Democrat senator Richard Blumenthal, he said: “Senator Blumenthal and I want to put everybody in this congress on notice that the threat of a use of a nuclear device by Russia is real and the best way to deter it is to give them clarity as to what happens if they do that - they will be in a war with NATO.” Read More European Union countries agree on a new package of sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine Jailed Putin critic Navalny launches anti-Kremlin campaign – as new trial could keep him in prison for decades Britain backs fast-track Nato membership for Ukraine
2023-06-23 19:20
