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A US judge ordered President Donald Trump on Wednesday to pause the planned mass layoffs of federal workers during the government shutdown after the White House said it expected to fire 10,000 workers.The shutdown has ground into its third week, with Congress deadlocked in a clash over spending and Trump following through on his threats to take a hatchet to the workforce in response.District Judge Susan Illston issued the temporary restraining order in San Francisco in response to a suit filed by labour unions claiming the layoffs are illegal, The Washington Post reported.Illston voiced concerns about how the government is…
Payroll startup Deel said on Thursday it raised $300 million in a funding round, led by new investor Ribbit Capital alongside existing backers Andreessen Horowitz and Coatue Management, valuing the company at $17.3 billion.The San Francisco, California-based company said it plans to use the fresh capital for acquisitions and expand its payroll infrastructure with a goal of offering native payroll in more than 100 countries by 2029.The Series E fundraise comes amid its ongoing litigation with rival Rippling, which has sued Deel alleging racketeering, trade‑secret misappropriation and unfair competition, while Deel filed a defamation suit against Rippling in April, calling…
[WASHINGTON] Cooking oil could become a new front in the US-China trade war as tensions between the two countries ratchet up. President Donald Trump said that the US is considering terminating imports from China as “retribution” for its refusal to buy American soybeans. While Trump did not specify, the focus is likely to be on used cooking oil, better known as UCO, a waste product generated by households, restaurants and food manufacturers. UCO can be processed into biofuels, which offer a “drop-in” solution to replace fossil fuels and are becoming increasingly popular amid the push to curb carbon emissions. One…
[SINGAPORE] An independent director of Singapore-listed 17Live Group has resigned after she was added to a US sanctions list for her alleged links with a Cambodian businessman accused of running a global scam operation involving forced labour.Karen Chen, also known as Chen Xiuling, is among three Singaporeans and 17 Singapore-registered entities added to the US Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list.She voluntarily resigned on Wednesday (Oct 15) from her role as an independent director of 17Live, a Taiwanese livestreaming company.US persons and companies are banned from doing business with anyone on the list, which is regulated and maintained by…
Former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young says that he was often responsible for “the dirty work” during his time fighting for civil rights with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s.It seems an unsavory phrase. Grunt work is more like it — efforts that may not produce headlines but keep the momentum of an historic movement going.Now 93, Young narrates “Andrew Young: The Dirty Work,” a documentary that premieres on MSNBC on Friday at 9 p.m. Eastern. Once she heard Young use the expression to describe what he did, the film’s executive producer, Rachel Maddow, said she knew they…
New York — A posthumous memoir by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre offers an expanded account about her longstanding claims to have been sexually trafficked by the late financier to billionaires, politicians and Britain’s Prince Andrew.Many Epstein victims have told their stories publicly over the years, but Giuffre always stood apart with her claim to have been “loaned” to Epstein’s rich and powerful friends and acquaintances. Titled “Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice,” the book is set for release Tuesday. It was co-written by author-journalist Amy Wallace, and was completed before Giuffre died by…
TYLER, Texas — TYLER, Texas (AP) — Celia Monreal worries every day about the cartilage loss in her husband’s knees. Not just because it’s hard for her to see him in pain but also because she knows soon their health care costs could skyrocket.Monreal, 47, and her husband, Jorge, 57, rely on the Affordable Care Act marketplace for health coverage. If Congress doesn’t extend certain ACA tax credits set to expire at the end of the year, their fully subsidized plan will increase in cost, putting it out of reach. Without insurance, they won’t be able to afford his expected…
KUALA LUMPUR :The Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN has endorsed an action plan to increase the share of renewable electricity to 45 per cent of total capacity over the next five years, as part of its energy transition efforts.The plan will increase the share of renewables in its total primary energy supply to 30 per cent, the Malaysian Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation said in a statement on Thursday. The 2026–2030 ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation was endorsed by member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations during a meeting of energy ministers on Thursday.The…
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally assured him that his country would stop buying Russian oil. The change, which has not been confirmed by the Indian government, would boost Trump’s efforts to pressure Moscow to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. “There will be no oil. He’s not buying oil,” Trump said. The change won’t take immediately, he said, but “within a short period of time.”The Indian embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump has been frustrated by his inability to…
FORMER New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger, who led the country through major economic reforms in the 1990s and was known for his integrity, died on Wednesday, aged 90.He died peacefully surrounded by his nine children, 18 grandchildren and his wife Joan, his family said in a statement issued on Thursday.Bolger had kidney failure last year, and had been undergoing treatment ever since.A former National Party leader, he served as Prime Minister from 1990 until 1997.The current National Party leader and Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, said Bolger “served with integrity and purpose”.“Jim Bolger was a towering figure in New Zealand’s…