Category: World

Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Deputy Director for Field Operations Javier Ramirez at the Triad 2024 Conference in New York City. The Triad 2024 Conference recently held in New York City brought together practitioners, academics and neutrals, such as mediators and arbitrators, in labor relations to discuss key […]

While tourism’s ability to create new jobs is indisputable, there is much talk of these jobs being low quality and precarious. Despite this criticism, many public administrations see tourism as a valid way to create new jobs in their regions. Job quality is the measure of how beneficial a job is for an employee. It […]

During the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the United States worked closely with UN Member States to highlight and address pressing human rights concerns and to uphold the universal values, aspirations, and principles that have underpinned the UN system since its founding.  Our statements and positions underscored the U.S. commitment to promoting the […]

A few days after Labour leader Keir Starmer was elected British prime minister on July 4 with a landslide victory, ending 14 years of Conservative-led rule, a coalition of left-wing parties came out on top in the French legislative elections. It was a good week for the left in this corner of Europe. The French […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good morning, everyone.  As President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau announced earlier today, the United States and Canada have reached agreement in principle to modernize the Columbia River Treaty.  This agreement is a hallmark of the cooperation that Canada and the United States have and have shown over so many years – cooperation […]

British police said on Wednesday they had located a man wanted in connection with the murder of three women, the wife and two daughters of a BBC horse racing commentator, in an incident believed to have involved a crossbow. Officers had discovered the three victims, aged 25, 28, and 61, with serious injuries at the […]

New York, 8 July – As the High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF) convenes today in New York, the International Organization for Migration (IOM’s) Director General – in her capacity as Coordinator of the UN Network on Migration – calls for stronger recognition of the crucial role migration plays in benefiting all communities. “The […]

Thank you, Secretary General, for your presentation of the Annual Progress Report to the Permanent Council today. Gender equality, empowering women in politics, and combatting all forms of violence against women and girls are crucial to the OSCE’s comprehensive concept of security and stability. We appreciate the work of the organisation to ensure gender equality […]

  All packed, and ready to go? For those of you heading off on a summer break soon, we hope your travel plans don’t go wrong, but if they should, you should know that EU travel rules cover passengers in a number of eventualities. Whether your flight is cancelled, your train delayed or your luggage […]

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists the Al-Ahli and Patient Friendly Hospitals in northern Gaza are the latest facilities unable to function due to fighting nearby. He said patients from Al-Ahli have been evacuated to the Indonesian Hospital which is now operating at three times its capacity. Thousands awaiting evacuation “Over 10,000 patients still need medical evacuation for treatment that cannot be provided in […]