East African Housekeepers Face Rape, Assault and Death in Saudi Arabia
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East African Housekeepers Face Rape, Assault and Death in Saudi Arabia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Feith Shimila Murunga says her boss groped, beat and raped her. Mary Wanjiru Nyambura says she was thrown from a balcony. Winfridah Kwamboka never even made it back home. East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly…

Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Domestic Worker Abuse in Saudi Arabia
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Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Domestic Worker Abuse in Saudi Arabia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In most countries, working as a housekeeper or nanny is a relatively safe profession. Yet as we traveled across Kenya and Uganda, from crowded and poor urban neighborhoods to far-flung farming villages, we heard many variations on the same horror story: Young, healthy…

Stocks Head for Worst Week in Months as Trade Unease Hangs Over Wall St.
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Stocks Head for Worst Week in Months as Trade Unease Hangs Over Wall St.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The U.S. stock market is headed for one of its worst weeks in many months, after a series of dizzying policy shifts on tariffs from the White House. The S&P 500 nudged higher at the start of trading on Friday. The muted move…

Trump Administration Told to Reinstate Nearly 6,000 USDA Workers
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Trump Administration Told to Reinstate Nearly 6,000 USDA Workers

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Thousands of Agriculture Department employees who were fired last month must be reinstated in their old positions for at least 45 days, a board that handles federal worker disputes ordered on Wednesday. The fired employees were on probationary status and relatively new in…

Trump Administration Told to Reinstate Nearly 6,000 USDA Workers
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Trump Administration Told to Reinstate Nearly 6,000 Agriculture Dept. Workers

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Thousands of Agriculture Department employees who were fired last month must be reinstated in their old positions for at least 45 days, a board that handles federal worker disputes ordered on Wednesday. The fired employees were on probationary status and relatively new in…

Trump Will Impose 25 Percent Tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Tuesday
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Trump Will Impose 25 Percent Tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Tuesday

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “Our American automakers, who invested billions in the U.S. to meet these requirements, should not have their competitiveness undermined by tariffs that will raise the cost of building vehicles in the United States and stymie investment in the American work force,” said Matt…

Opinion | Dead Athletes. Empty Stands. Billions to Keep Horse Racing Alive.
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Opinion | Dead Athletes. Empty Stands. Billions to Keep Horse Racing Alive.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines One by one, the horses trot up the ramp and onto the track, pulling single-seat chariots behind them. Their drivers, dressed in garish green and bright pink silks, hop into position. Together, they begin to build up speed as they head into the…

How Denmark’s Social Democrats Are Succeeding With Stricter Immigration Policies
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How Denmark’s Social Democrats Are Succeeding With Stricter Immigration Policies

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines These policies made Denmark an object of scorn among many progressives elsewhere. Critics described the Social Democrats as monstrous, racist and reactionary, arguing that they had effectively become a right-wing party on this issue. To Frederiksen and her aides, however, a tough immigration…

North Koreans on Chinese Tuna Boats Boost Revenue for Kim Jong-un
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North Koreans on Chinese Tuna Boats Boost Revenue for Kim Jong-un

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines They spent up to 10 years at sea, toiling in some of the harshest conditions distant-water fishing crews ​can face. Many never set foot on land because their Chinese captains did not want them to be seen by the port authorities. Most of…

Elon Musk Tells Federal Workers to Detail Work in an Email or Lose Their Jobs
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Elon Musk Tells Federal Workers to Detail Work in an Email or Lose Their Jobs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The demand left many workers reeling. Most of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s work force had recently been placed on leave as Mr. Musk gutted the agency, and have been instructed not to work — leaving them with no accomplishments to report, a…