India’s Urban Company revolutionised gig work for women. Then it bled them | Business and Economy

India’s Urban Company revolutionised gig work for women. Then it bled them | Business and Economy

Bengaluru, India — After years of working at a salon in Bengaluru, Shakeela Banu made a major life change in 2018 and joined Urban Company (UC), an app-based home services platform that has more than 52,000 workers across Indian cities, one-third of whom are women. At first, Banu was happy…

US Senate approves spending stopgap to avert government shutdown | Politics News

US Senate approves spending stopgap to avert government shutdown | Politics News

Short-term spending bill averts shutdown of agencies that would have kicked in on Saturday. The United States Congress has approved a short-term spending package to avoid a government shutdown, the fourth such stopgap measure in several months. The bill, which passed the Senate in a bipartisan 77-13 vote, provides funding…

Canada’s former PM Mulroney, who led North American free trade, dies at 84 | Politics News

Canada’s former PM Mulroney, who led North American free trade, dies at 84 | Politics News

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hails Mulroney’s role in creating ‘modern, dynamic, and prosperous country’. Canada’s former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who led his country into a sweeping free trade deal with the United States, has died. He was 84. Mulroney, who governed Canada from 1984 to 1993, died peacefully…

New Zealand lobbied French on Solomon Islands-China pact, cables show | News

New Zealand lobbied French on Solomon Islands-China pact, cables show | News

Taipei, Taiwan – New Zealand lobbied France’s territories in the Pacific to respond to news of a controversial security pact between China and the Solomon Islands that set off alarm in Western capitals, newly released documents reveal. Within days of a draft version of the security pact leaking online in…

Far right makes gains in Israeli municipal elections | Politics News

Far right makes gains in Israeli municipal elections | Politics News

Occupied East Jerusalem – Far-right and ultra-orthodox Zionist parties made significant gains in Israel’s municipal elections this week, raising fears among secular Israelis and Palestinians in Israel. Analysts believe that liberal freedoms could be threatened in some cities and that discrimination against Palestinians – already having risen acutely following Hamas’s…

Biden and Trump border visits highlight immigration as election issue | US-Mexico Border News

Biden and Trump border visits highlight immigration as election issue | US-Mexico Border News

US President Joe Biden to visit border town of Brownsville, Texas as Donald Trump heads to Eagle Pass, Texas. US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, his likely Republican opponent in the November election, will make separate visits to the US-Mexico border on Thursday as immigration has become a key…

Keys to lost homes in Gaza become symbol of Palestinian resistance | Israel War on Gaza

Keys to lost homes in Gaza become symbol of Palestinian resistance | Israel War on Gaza

NewsFeed Palestinians displaced by Israel’s war on Gaza are holding onto keys from their damaged or destroyed homes as a symbol of one day returning to their land. For many, it’s a tradition that their grandparents started during the Nakba in 1948. Published On 29 Feb 202429 Feb 2024 Check…

Zambia declares national disaster after drought devastates agriculture | Climate Crisis News

Zambia declares national disaster after drought devastates agriculture | Climate Crisis News

Drought crisis brought on by El Nino and climate change will affect more than a million households, President Hakainde Hichilema says. Zambia has declared the drought the country is currently going through a national disaster, with President Hakainde Hichilema saying the lack of rain has devastated the agricultural sector, affecting…