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UPS Announces Contract Accord With Teamsters to Head Off Strike
United Parcel Service announced Tuesday that it had reached a tentative deal on a five-year contract with the union representing more than 325,000 of its U.S. workers, a key step in averting a potential strike when the current agreement…
Lies about pandemic accord endangering future generations: WHO chief
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, cautioned that just as mis- and disinformation undermined the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, they are undermining efforts “to keep the world safer from future pandemics.”He drew…
Strippers and California Club Reach Accord on Union After Long Fight
For much of last year, a group of strippers at a California club called Star Garden raised concerns about safety issues like handsy customers and a poorly maintained stage — as well as retaliation from management when they spoke up. The…
US Accepts Historic WTO Fishery Subsidy Accord
Last Updated: April 12, 2023, 05:20 ISTWTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala hailed the move for bringing the agreement closer to coming into effect. (Image: WTO/Twitter)Before the announcement, only Singapore, the Seychelles and…
WHO chief warns against misinformation over global pandemic accord
Briefing correspondents in Geneva at his regular weekly press conference, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “the claim that the accord will cede power to WHO is quite simply false. It’s fake news.”
Countries will decide
He made clear…
Blinken Says China’s Brokering of Iran-Saudi Accord ‘Good Thing’
Last Updated: March 15, 2023, 23:50 ISTUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (File photo/Reuters)The United States frequently denounces China's role in the world as destabilising, though it has also said that Beijing needs to take greater…
Blinken in Ethiopia to push peace accord as US returns from cold
ADDIS ABABA: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived late Tuesday (Mar 14) in Ethiopia on a bid to support the peace process after a brutal two-year civil war, and renew ties with a longtime ally.
Blinken's trip to Africa's second…
Parthenon Marbles return possible without ownership accord, say campaigners
LONDON: The return of the British Museum's Parthenon Marbles to Greece is possible even if the two sides cannot come to an agreement over who owns the sculptures, a campaign group working to resolve the long-standing dispute said on Sunday…
United Nations members reach accord to protect marine life on high seas | CBC News
For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas — nearly half the planet's surface — concluding two weeks of talks in New York.The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea came…