The European court of justice (ECJ) has ruled that gender and nationality alone are sufficient grounds for a country to grant asylum to women from Afghanistan, where the ruling Taliban have sharply curtailed women’s rights. Authorities in Austria refused refugee status to two Afghan women after they applied for asylum in 2015 and 2020. The…
The September jobs report was surprisingly strong, and the details show that growth came from many different areas of the economy. The biggest contributions came from leisure and hospitality, with 78,000 new positions, and health care and social assistance, at 71,700. If private education was added to the health care group, as some economists do,…
Workers assemble second-generation R1 vehicles at electric auto maker Rivian’s manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. Joel Angel Juarez | Reuters Shares of Rivian Automotive dropped about 4% in early trading Friday after the electric vehicle startup delivered fewer vehicles in the third quarter than analysts had expected and lowered its annual…
London Euston’s vast advertising screens are to be switched off as Network Rail promised to turn round the station after scathing criticism from passengers and watchdogs. The garish overhead displays were installed in January after the station’s main departure information boards were removed. The transport secretary, Louise Haigh, demanded action after the passenger champion London…
Starmer: most important thing about Chagos Islands agreement was securing future of base Keir Starmer has defended the government’s decision over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands by saying it had been welcomed with “warm words” by the US. Speaking at an event where he had launched investment in green technology, the prime minister said:…
The U.S. economy added far more jobs than expected in September, pointing to a vital employment picture as the unemployment rate edged lower, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls surged by 254,000 for the month, up from a revised 159,000 in August and better than the 150,000 Dow Jones consensus forecast. The unemployment rate…
Women who are concerned about lumps in their breasts will be able to book an appointment to see a specialist via the NHS app, without seeing a GP first, in a pilot scheme aimed at speeding up cancer diagnoses. Wes Streeting, the health secretary, announced the move in a speech to hundreds of family doctors…
A former police leader has been found to have committed gross misconduct after making a sexual remark about an officer’s widow. John Apter, the former chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, was alleged to have told colleagues he would like to “comfort” Lissie Harper in his hotel room, months after her husband…
Bar chart American employers added 254,000 jobs last month in the penultimate jobs report before the US election, defying fears of a slowdown in the labor market. Job creation unexpectedly accelerated in September, while the headline unemployment rate slipped to 4.1% from 4.2% in August. Economists had expected a non-farm payrolls reading of just 132,500…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Spirit Airlines , JetBlue – Spirit plunged more than 38% following a report from The Wall Street Journal that the discount airliner is considering filing for bankruptcy. Shares of peer airline firm JetBlue, which was previously in talks to merge with Spirit, advanced nearly 6%. Summit…
