Rail lines are set for major disruption between now and Saturday 9 December, with walkouts spread over the next week and an overtime ban in place. ASLEF's train drivers are to stage several strikes and overtime bans in December in their long-running dispute over pay. Update: Decem...
In addition, Gaza-based health authorities announced in a press statement the death of Palestinian paramedic Hamdan Abu Anaba inside an Israeli prison after the Israeli army arrested him in December 2023. Palestinian medical sources told Xinhua that Abu Anaba once worked at the Nasser Medical Compl...
As of January 24, 2024, a call for a general strike has been made in Argentina against Javier Milei's "decree of necessity and urgency" (DNU). Milei became the president of Argentina on December 10th, 2023. Overall, the former president Raúl Alfonsín had the highest number of general st...
The United Mine Workers of America went on strike in 1946, during the months of April to December, rallying some 400,000 miners to walk off the job. The walkout became known as the Bituminous Coal Strike and affected over 26 states. The strikers demanded safer working conditions, health ben...
There is evidence that humans can survive a direct lightning strike to the head. Our question is: could water (rain) on the skin contribute to an increase in the survival rate? We measure the influence of rain during high-energy direct lightning strikes
By Reuters | July 24, 2023, at 8:44 a.m. Save More Some Strikes at UK Airport Gatwick Cancelled, Suspended - Union More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Passengers wait in the queue for check-in in the South Terminal building at Gatwick Airport, in Gatwick, Britain, December 21, 2018...
In March 2023, the company bought another 100,000 shares at $8.51. It should come as no surprise to anyone who follows P10’s management to see that they waited patiently until the price was right to buy and then bought in size. It might take a while, but eventually the quality of ...
BANGKOK--Myanmar's military has consistently targeted civilians and their communities as a form of collective punishment in the country’s southeast since the army seized power in early 2021, a rights group said in a report released Friday.
METHODS: Final reports from the National Transportation Safety Board were analyzed for Part 137 Agricultural Operation accidents that took place between January 2020 and December 2022. A deeper analysis of cases that involved an in-air collision with an obstacle was performed, excluding cases...
The Houthis have targeted some 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones since the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip started in October 2023 after Hamas' surprise attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people and saw 250 others taken hostage. Israel's grinding offensive in Gaza has killed ...