Giorno: 29 Dicembre 2022

Thai police screen ex-workers at former Tesco supplier over sweatshop claims

Read More Thai police and civil servants have begun screening more than 100 former workers at a factory that supplied Tesco to determine if they were victims of forced labour. The Guardian revealed last week that Burmese workers who produced F&F jeans for Tesco in Thailand had reported being trapped in their work, enduring 99-hour […]

Russia launches large round of missile attacks on Ukraine

Read More Russia has launched a large round of missile attacks across Ukraine as Moscow rejected a Ukrainian peace plan and kept up its attacks on infrastructure. Targets from Lviv in the west to Kharkiv in the east, came under fire. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said more than 120 Russian […]

January 6: judge hints Trump wanted supporters to ‘do more’ than protest

Read More Donald Trump may have been telling his supporters he wanted them “to do something more” than simply protest against his defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race when he told a mob of them to “fight like hell” on the day of the Capitol attack, according to findings from a federal […]

Rain, Floods in Philippines Leave 32 Dead, Others Missing

Read More An elderly woman sits on a chair while being carried by coast guard personnel wading through floodwaters in Plaridel, Misamis Occidental Province in the southern Philippines, on Dec. 26, 2022. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP) MANILA, Philippines—Heavy rains and floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend have left at […]

Ministers criticised as 200,000 eligible children in England miss out on free school meals

Read More The government has been accused of “standing idly by while children go hungry” after new analysis showed that more than 200,000 of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSMs) in England are missing out because they are not registered. Campaigners have urged ministers to automate the enrolment process using social security records, amid […]

EU states looking for joint stance on Covid testing for travellers from China

Read More Member states of the European Union are trying to find a joint stance on how to treat travellers entering the borderless Schengen area from China, after Italy urged the rest of the economic bloc to bring back anti-Covid checks following Beijing’s rapid rollback of its previously stringent hygiene restrictions. Italy on Wednesday brought […]

Revealed: the executives who determine public sector pay

Read More As we head towards the new year, striking workers are squaring up for a long battle with the government. Increasingly under the spotlight in these disputes are the nine independent review bodies that make recommendations on how much to pay 2.5 million staff across the public sector, from prison officers to teachers. Ministers […]