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In 2011, Joey La Neve DeFrancesco had been working in room service at a luxury hotel in Providence, Rhode Island, for nearly four years, whisking delicacies on demand to guests’ rooms, when he reached breaking point. He was paid a measly $5.50 (£4) an hour, made to work punishingly long shifts and, to top it off, had managers taking a cut of his hard-earned tips.The poor treatment ratcheted up after DeFrancesco and colleagues tried to unionise workers at the hotel. In response, managers would berate those involved for making tiny mistakes. Things got so petty that workers on shift who…

Addis Abeba — Despite a rise in deaths and disappearances along the perilous Eastern Route linking the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, migrant movements surged sharply in the first half of 2025, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported. According to the report between January and June 2025, outgoing movements increased by one-third (+34%), reaching 238,000 compared to 178,300 in the same period in 2024. At least 348 migrants were reported dead or missing during the same period, up from 310 in 2024. The second quarter alone accounted for 78 fatalities and disappearances, most occurring in Djibouti’s…

new video loaded: Cardi B Cleared in Assault CasetranscriptBacktranscriptCardi B Cleared in Assault CaseCardi B, the pop star and rapper, was found not liable in a civil case in which she was accused of assaulting a security guard in 2018.Even if I’m in my deathbed, I swear to God, I will say it in my deathbed: I did not touch that woman. I did not touch that girl. I didn’t lay my hands on that girl. And with that being said — with that being said — this time around, I’m going to be nice. The next person to try…

208 In a country where the need for quality education is a constant topic of national discourse, the story of those who dare to build institutions that last is always worth telling. Today, we turn our attention to one such figure, a man whose name is etched in the annals of both Nigeria’s political history and its academic landscape. We are talking about the founder of Bells University of Technology, a former Head of State and President of our great nation, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. This is not just a story of a university; it is a tale of vision, commitment,…

The experts agreed that Nigeria’s health financing reforms risk failure if accountability mechanisms remain weak and civil society continues to play a peripheral role. Health experts have criticised the weak accountability mechanisms in Nigeria’s health sector and called for statutory inclusion of civil society and other non-state actors in key financing structures to ensure transparency and better outcomes. The experts made the call during a panel discussion at the ongoing National Health Financing Dialogue in Abuja on Monday. Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp | LinkedIn The panel discussion was focused on “Advancing Accountability in Health Financing: Improving…

Forty minutes into his umpteenth big match under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium, Novak Djokovic seemed to be coming undone. After a supreme start, Djokovic’s first serve had suddenly deserted him. His ground strokes began to spew unforced errors. Up against the wall, he faced five break points while serving for the first set.Each time he came close to falling into the abyss, allowing his distinguished opponent back into the match, Djokovic conjured up a spectacular response. That nerveless, clutch play would define his performance as Djokovic held off a spirited late comeback from a battling Taylor Fritz, who…

Jimmy Kimmel is heading back to Brooklyn in the fall. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is taping five shows in front of a live studio audience from the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House in New York, the host announced during Tuesday night’s show in his return from summer hiatus. The tapings will run from Sept. 29 through Oct. 3, and one of the guests will be none other than Stephen Colbert, as the latter late night host prepares for his nine-month final season of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert following its shocking cancellation earlier this summer by CBS. This…

TLDR Botswana’s economy is reeling from a collapse in diamond revenues, straining public finances and fueling social tensions Diamonds account for 80% of the country’s exports and a third of government income, but demand has plunged The government projects a fiscal deficit of 11% of GDP in 2025, the widest in sub-Saharan Africa, with debt expected to double to 43% of GDP Botswana’s economy is reeling from a collapse in diamond revenues, straining public finances and fueling social tensions. Diamonds account for 80% of the country’s exports and a third of government income, but demand has plunged amid the rise…

Indonesian President Prabowo’s free meals programme hit by more mass illness as protests against government rock country.Published On 3 Sep 20253 Sep 2025An investigation has been launched after some 400 children became ill after eating free school meals in Indonesia’s western Bengkulu province, in the worst case of mass food poisoning linked to President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship food programme to help pregnant women and children.The reports of mass illness on Wednesday came as President Prabowo arrived in Beijing, China, for events commemorating the end of World War II, and days after widespread antigovernment protests rocked cities and towns across Indonesia.Authorities…

China’s full military might was on display in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square where thousands of troops marched in parade.Published On 3 Sep 20253 Sep 2025China flexed its military muscle at a huge military parade in Beijing to mark 80 years since the end of World War II, displaying its latest generation of stealth fighters, tanks and ballistic missiles amid a highly choreographed cast of thousands.The parade through Tiananmen Square on Wednesday morning was overseen by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also the head of China’s military and the Chinese Communist Party.After greeting foreign leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and…