Caroline Hawley BBC Diplomatic Correspondent NurPhoto/Getty Human rights groups are warning of a “surge” of deaths of migrant construction workers in Saudi Arabia, as it prepares to host the World Cup in 2034. Labourers are already dying from preventable workplace accidents in the country, according to Human Rights Watch and FairSquare which have both published…
Israel’s military has admitted killing a United Nations (UN) worker with tank fire, having previously denied responsibility, in an incident in the Gaza Strip last month. After a UN staff member was killed when a UN compound in Deir al-Balah was damaged on 19 March, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had not struck…
A US judge has temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s plan offering incentives to federal workers to voluntarily resign before a Thursday midnight deadline. Federal Judge George O’Toole Jr said the plan would be paused until a hearing on Monday when he could determine the merits of a lawsuit filed by federal employee unions, reports CBS,…
High-profile supporters of President-elect Donald Trump clashed online over a visa programme intended to bring skilled tech workers to the US – a preview of possible tensions in the upcoming Trump White House. In a post on X Thursday, Vivek Ramaswamy, who was tapped by Trump to slash government spending, defended the H-1B visa system…
George Clarke will run the most southerly post office in the world A man whose usual job involves setting up big tops at music festivals is preparing to run the world’s most southerly post office in Antarctica. George Clarke, 34, from Bristol, who has never worked in a post office, said: “I’m used to working…
Various details have emerged about Elon Musk’s immigration journey in the past week. His immigration story resurfaced after a Washington Post report claimed that he was an illegal immigrant in the 1990s when he came to the US. However, the Tesla CEO has denied all allegations about his immigration journey and called it all a…
Oct 27, 2024 02:01 PM IST After slamming Trump as a ‘loser candidate,’ Biden took an indirect swipe at Musk, claiming that he was an ‘illegal worker’ when he first came to the US. Joe Biden unleashed on Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk during a campaign event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday….
