Canada unveils revised $C23 billion compensation deal for Indigenous children
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Canada’s Federal Government and a group of Indigenous people have reached a revised $C23.34 billion agreement to compensate First Nations children and families for the decades of harm caused by a discriminatory welfare system. The terms of the deal, announced by the Canadian Government in a statement on Wednesday, were revised to […]
Updated: Trump pleads not guilty to 34 criminal charges in New York
Updated: 12:45pm (AEST) New York, US Reuters Former President Donald Trump was charged on Tuesday with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a historic case over allegations he orchestrated hush-money payments to two women before the 2016 US election to suppress publication of their sexual encounters with him. Prosecutors in Manhattan accused Trump, […]
Wages for housewives: party’s manifesto pledge stirs debate in India
Chennai, India Thomson Reuters Foundation A political party’s pledge to pay housewives a monthly wage in recognition of their toil has sparked debate in India, with some critics saying the proposal might end up confining even more women to domestic chores. Makkal Needhi Maiam (People’s Justice Centre), a regional party founded by actor Kamal Haasan […]
Guterres warns UN may not have enough money to pay staff next month
Reuters The United Nations may not have enough money for staff salaries next month if member states don’t pay what they owe, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday. He told the 193-member UN General Assembly’s budget committee that if he had not worked since January to cut spending then “we would not have had […]