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Honouring working moms on the front line of the Covid-19 fight this Mother's Day

Supermoms who have been on the front line since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic said passion for their jobs had sustained them during difficult demanding times.




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Primoris Services Corp (PRIM) CEO Thomas McCormick on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Taylor Morrison Home Corporation's (TMHC) CEO Sheryl Palmer on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript




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Eversheds' HR e-briefing 518: Count to the Olympics starts now.. Twelve months to go

A year away but the anticipation and, for some, apprehension over the 2012 Olympics is already building. Tickets are allocated and we are told the key structures are in place, ready for 27 July 2012. The Games will then run until 12 August 2012, sho...




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William Hill bids for mobile gambling provider Probability

What? William Hill has entered into preliminary talks about a purchase of Probability, the mobile gambling company. So what? An acquisition of Probability would add to William Hill’s offering for users of smartphones and tablet computers. Pr...




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HR e-briefing 523: Countdown to the Olympics.. Nine months to go

Countdown to the Olympics.. Nine months to go Over the summer we encouraged organisations to start preparing ahead for holiday leave requests for the 2012 Olympics (Full Article



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Cases rise to 116 as two more truckers test positive for COVID-19

Two truckers tested positive but all 652 samples from the community tested negative for the virus




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It’s time we rethought our idea of monogamy

Many have blamed millennials morals for these short-lived marriages, but I think that's not it. The fault is in how we choose to understand and practice monogamy




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Italian woman freed 18 months after being kidnapped in Kenya

Silvia Romano was 23 and working as a volunteer in the orphanage in Chakama village in southeast Kenya when she was seized by gunmen in November 2018




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Comoros ex-president to appeal after 2 years' house arrest

The case lodged with the country's highest court of appeal is based on "violation of the code of criminal procedure relating to pre-trial detention"




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Radical Russian Imperial Movement Expanding Global Outreach

Russian Imperial Movement, based in St. Petersburg, is increasingly expanding its outreach beyond Russia through the establishment of transnational networks with likeminded neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups, experts warn




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Pandemic Gives Fresh Momentum to Digital Voice Technology

It could see increased interest as people seek to limit personal contact




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Can lockdowns be more harmful to women than the virus?

For women in Covid-19 lockdown around the world, rights groups are warning that the restriction of movement can be more harmful to them than the virus, writes Jackie Fox.




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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Governors Set to Mobilise Help for Troubled States

[This Day] As the scourge of Covid-19 pandemic continues to bite harder in many states across the country, the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) has concluded plans to mobilise assistance to states with difficulties to navigate challenges thrown up by the global health pandemic.




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Uganda: Cases Rise to 116 as Two More Truckers Test Positive for COVID-19

[Monitor] Two more truckers have tested positive for coronavirus in Uganda bringing the country's total number of confirmed cases to 116, according to Ministry of Health.




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Punjab relaxes lockdown for more businesses

LAHORE: The Punjab government has extended the lockdown relaxations to more businesses, markets and trades, subject to observance of the standard operating procedures and security measures till May 31.According to a handout issued on Saturday, the provincial government said relaxations were...




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New coronavirus strain more contagious than original - study


The strain was originally seen spreading in Europe, after which it spread to the rest of the world and is currently the most common strain.




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Wiesenthal Center: Paris mayor, remove antisemitic stickers


In a letter to the mayor, Dr. Shimon Samuels said that there is “a growing pandemic of antisemitic stickers in and around the Gare du Nord and Gare de l’Est area.




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WJC President supports decision to postpone Malmo forum on antisemitism


The event had been scheduled to take place in October of this year, marking 75 years since the end of the second world war, but will now take place in 2021.




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Annexation lacks majority support among Israelis - poll


A majority of Israeli-Jews (51.7%) supported annexation and 8.8% of Israeli-Arabs supported it, while 27.9% of Israeli-Jews opposed it and 51.9% of Israel-Arabs were against it.




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Solomon Molcho: Portugal's converso messiah


Although they are now forgotten in the minds of most Jews, their impact on conversos in Portugal and exiles from Spain cannot be underestimated.




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Lebanese Shi'ite leader may urge decriminalization of homosexuality


Acting US director of national intelligence Richard Grenell says he spoke "with an influential Lebanese Shi'ite leader" who is "close" to coming out publicly in favor of decriminalizing homosexuality




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Iran praises Palestinian PFLP for commemorating Soleimani on Quds Day


Recent praise and PFLP work with Tehran in Lebanon may point to increased Iranian support for the group.




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Missing Chinese labour activists freed after being held for more than a year

Five Chinese labour rights activists who went missing after being arrested have been released after 17 months in detention.The five – Zhang Zhiru, Wu Guijun, Jian Hui, Song Jiahui and He Yuancheng – returned home on Thursday evening, according to a Hong Kong-based rights group China Labour Bulletin.They had been arrested by police for allegedly “disturbing public order” on January 20 last year as part of a crackdown triggered by an attempt by factory workers to form a trade union.Jian was…




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Securing common prosperity in face of Covid-19

This pandemic is a new test to our collective strength and we must work together to address it.




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Mobile phones can help children stay in school

Students are more likely to succeed when they are supported as individuals.




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Pay me my money, ailing Williamson implores FKF

He lodged a case of unfair dismissal against FKF at the Employment and Labour Court in Nairobi.




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Memorial mass for Bishop Silas Njiru held at his Embu home

There are plans to bring the bishop's body back to Kenya.




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Gen Kibochi to take over KDF mantle on Monday

Kibochi is expected to the military chief to bring Kenyan soldiers back home from Somalia.




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Making finances less emotive in marriage

The best way to avoid arguing about money is to start talking about it before you get married.




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Mother’s Day: Working mums forced to readjust in pandemic

Some propose that frontline workers be housed at an isolated facility.




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After Covid-19 ordeal, tenor Warren Mok regrets not wearing a mask – ‘I think that’s how I got sick’

When international opera star Warren Mok learned in March that he had contracted Covid-19, he immediately checked if his voice was affected.“I tried my voice right away. It was still there,” Mok said, recalling his relief that his vocal cords remained in good shape.Dubbed one of China’s Three Tenors, the world-renowned singer’s battle with the deadly virus involved spending a total of 38 days in isolation, first in Thailand, then in Hong Kong.Sharing his ordeal with the Post, the 61-year-old…




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Hong Kong swelters on Mother’s Day as temperature hits half-century high

Hong Kong is sweltering on its hottest Mother’s Day in more than half a century, with the mercury hitting 36 degrees Celsius in some areas and triggering this year’s first “very hot weather warning”.The Observatory in Tsim Sha Tsui issued the warning at 1.15pm on Sunday after the temperature there hit 32.2 degrees.At Tai Mei Tuk in Tai Po, the temperature hit 36.1 degrees. Yuen Long Park in Yuen Long also recorded 35.1 degrees, and Sheung Shui 35 degrees.It is the hottest Mother’s Day since…




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Coronavirus: US starts distributing Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug to states most in need

The US government began distributing remdesivir, an experimental drug recently approved for emergency use against Covid-19, to areas of the country struggling the most with the disease.The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) arranged for some 600,000 vials of Gilead Sciences’ antiviral medication, shown to reduce recovery times for some patients, to be shipped to health authorities in New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan and three other states, to treat an estimated 78,000 hospitalised…




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Rare syndrome tied to Covid-19 kills three children in New York, Cuomo says

Three children in New York have died from a rare inflammatory syndrome believed to be linked to the novel coronavirus, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday, a development that may augur a pandemic risk for the very young.Both Cuomo and his counterpart in the neighbouring state of New Jersey also spoke on Saturday about the pandemic’s growing toll on mental health, another factor on the minds of governors as they weigh the impact of mounting job losses against health risks in moving to loosen…




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Elon Musk threatens to move Tesla from California over coronavirus restrictions

Tesla chief Elon Musk on Saturday threatened to pull his electric car headquarters and plant out of California after local authorities kept him from resuming production due to the coronavirus pandemic.“Frankly, this is the final straw. Tesla will now move its HQ and future programmes to Texas/Nevada immediately,” Musk tweeted in a long diatribe, characteristic of past online rants which are not necessarily carried out.Referring to the California city where the cars are produced, Musk said that …




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Coronavirus: how cash-mad Philippines learned to love digital money thanks to Covid-19

With her neighbourhood south of Manila locked down due to the coronavirus, Dolly Pelle had been planning to close her sari-sari convenience store – until customers convinced her they couldn’t do without her. Pelle’s store is one of a handful of similar shops all on the same street, but her’s has a crucial difference: it is the only one able to process local remittances. Lock down, start up: the digital firms cashing in on coronavirus in the Philippines In the past four years in the…






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Presumed dead, wild Atlantic salmon return to the Connecticut River

Biologists discover first salmon spawning since Revolutionary War, drawing new attention to canceled restoration program




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Obama announces long-awaited Guantnamo closing plan

Proposal to Congress makes a financial argument for closing the controversial detention center




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Ramon Castro, Fidel's older brother, dies at 91

A lifelong rancher and farmer, Ramon Castro bore a strong physical resemblance to younger brother Fidel Castro




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Bolivian voters nix Morales plan for 4th term

Voters in Bolivia rejected by a slim margin a constitutional amendment that would have allowed Morales to run again




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Ammon Bundy, others plead not guilty in Oregon refuge case

Sixteen defendants plead not guilty to federal conspiracy charges over armed occupation of wildlife refuge in Oregon




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Hotspotting pinpoints low-income areas that need health care the most

Developers are leading effort in Oakland, California, with a blood pressure clinic in low-income housing




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The disabled models of New York Fashion Week

A look at the people challenging body type prejudice