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SAG-AFTRA Leaders Back IATSE; Call On Companies To Adopt “A More Conscious Capitalism”
In the wake of IATSE’s historic strike authorization vote, SAG-AFTRA leaders are calling on Hollywood’s employers to hear the complaints of their workers and adopt “a more conscious capitalism.” “The results of the IATSE strike authorization vote are a resounding call for fairness, dignity and respect on the job,” SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and national…
World leaders scramble to limit ‘Pandora Papers’ damage
Leaders implicated in the 'Pandora Papers' expose on offshore havens, clockwise from top left: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Jordanian King Abdullah II and Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta. NEW YORK: Governments moved Monday to limit the fallout from a release of millions of documents detailing how leaders have used offshore tax havens…
Top Dog: Greek Leader’s Pet Interrupts News Conference
Slovakia's Prime Minister Eduard Heger pats Peanut the dog of his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis as they leave Maximos Mansion in Athens on Sept. 30, 2021 (Thanassis Stavrakis/Photo via AP) ATHENS, Greece—Peanut has met several visiting European leaders since becoming Greece’s top dog back in April. On Thursday, the golden-haired former stray decided to give…
EU Leaders To Discuss Rising Energy Prices At Next Summit
A logo for the European UnionEU leaders will get together in three weeks to discuss soaring energy prices and how to mitigate their impact on European consumers, European Council President Charles Michel’s office said on Thursday.The “important topic” has been added to the agenda of a summit taking place on October 21 and 22, said…
Industry Leaders Set to Speak at This Week’s Australian NFT Fest
Dozens of speakers from the crypto and blockchain industry will be hosting this week’s Australian NFT Fest to talk about some of the hottest trends in the industry right now. The list gathers 50 experts on the industry and their take on popular trends in the DeFi and crypto space, such as NFTs and the rise of…
Why Are Party Leaders Still Propping Up Henry Cuellar as a Democrat?
When the US House of Representatives voted Friday for the Women’s Health Protection Act—in response to assaults on reproductive rights like the Texas law that bans abortion before many people know they are pregnant—the partisan divide was unmistakable. The bill passed 218-211, with every “yes” vote coming from Democrats and 210 “no” votes coming from…
Cambridge Quantum, a leader quantum software, and Honeywell Quantum, a leader in trapped ion quantum hardware, have merged. The new company, which will be formally named in due course, will have a long-term agreement with Honeywell to help manufacture the critical ion traps needed to power the quantum hardware. Honeywell will invest between US$270million to…