At least six people were killed and seven injured in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Beirut overnight, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Thursday, as governments around the world scrambled to evacuate their citizens from the country. The airstrike hit near the capital’s residential Bashoura district. Residents reported a sulfur-like smell following the attack, … Read more
KOLKATA: Indian doctors in Kolkata said on Tuesday (Oct 1) they had resumed a strike to protest against the brutal rape and murder of a colleague because their demands for hospital safety improvements had not been met. The discovery of the 31-year-old’s bloodied body at a state-run hospital in the eastern city in August rekindled nationwide … Read more
As Nigeria marks the 64th independence anniversary on Tuesday, students of public primary schools in the nation’s Federal Capital City have had their schools shut against them over the ongoing strike by the teachers. PREMIUM TIMES had reported how the FCT chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) resumed the industrial action following the … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has appealed to the National Peace Committee to wade into the lingering issues between it and the Nigerian government to avert the impending strike planned to commence in October. The Lagos Zone of the union made the appeal on Sunday in a statement signed by the Coordinator, Adelaja … Read more
A committee set up by Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, will meet on Wednesday with the representatives of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the issues fuelling the union’s threat of another strike. The planned meeting is part of the government’s efforts to avert lecturers’ strike in public universities. ASUU Vice President, … Read more
The two-day-old strike by Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) employees was called off on late Wednesday evening following government’s assurance of a salary hike, union leaders said, providing a relief to passengers planning travel during the ensuing Ganesh festival. An action committee of trade unions representing employees of the state-run corporation announced an end … Read more
Samsung Electronics has notified employees in mainland China of a restructuring that will eliminate about 130 positions – equivalent to 8 per cent of domestic sales staff – according to South Korean media reports, as the company continues to grapple with sluggish smartphone and television demand in the world’s second-largest economy. This marks the start … Read more
With up to 17 rooms to clean each shift, Fatima Amahmoud’s job at the Moxy hotel in downtown Boston sometimes feels impossible. There was the time she found three days worth of blond dog fur clinging to the curtains, the bedspread and the carpet. She knew she wouldn’t finish in the 30 minutes she is … Read more
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare threatened on Thursday to invoke the no-work-no-pay rule against members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) who are on strike over the abduction of one of their colleagues in Kaduna since December 2023. The ministry issued this threat in a statement by the ministry’s Assistant … Read more
An Israel Air Force (IAF) aircraft struck terrorist Khalil Hussein Khalil Al-Maqdah in the Sidon area of Lebanon, the military confirmed on Wednesday. Al-Maqdah is the brother of Mounir Al-Maqdah, a resident of Lebanon who operated for Hezbollah and the IRGC, attempting to carry out terror attacks, the IDF added. The two operated for … Read more
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