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Amazon is challenging the structure of the National Labor Relations Board in a lawsuit that also accuses the agency of improperly influencing the outcome of a union election at a company warehouse more than two years ago

Congress on Friday appointed B Mahesh Kumar Goud as president of its Telangana unit, replacing A Revanth Reddy. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge appointed Goud as president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee with immediate effect, a statement issued by AICC general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal said. The party appreciates the contributions of the outgoing PCC president A Revanth Reddy. The appointment comes days after Congress president Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi held a meeting with Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu and discussed organisational changes in the state.

Former Trump administration economist Stephen Moore analyzes what it means for the macroeconomy if job growth was significantly overestimated.

President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order for federal grants that would prioritize projects with labor agreements, wage standards and benefits such as access to child care and apprenticeship programs

The government's collections follow close on the heels of incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris proposing to raise the capital gains tax rate for those earning $1 million or more to 28%, instead of the 39.6% rate proposed by President Joe Biden in his fiscal 2025 budget. Harris has, however, also talked of a pushing for a $50,000 tax deduction for new small businesses, 10 times the current tax break.

internet censorship evasion tools. The tools, supported by the U.S.-backed Open Technology Fund (OTF), have seen a surge of usage in Russia, Iran, Myanmar and authoritarian states that heavily censor the internet. OTF's pitch to tech companies at the meeting was to help offer discounted or subsidized server bandwidth to meet the fast-growing demand for virtual private network (VPN) applications that OTF funds, the organisation's president, Laura Cunningham, told Reuters.

personal happiness, one Bengaluru man has taken a bold step towards reclaiming his life. Parantap Chowdhury, a 32-year-old former Assistant Vice President at Square Yards, decided that earning Rs 54 lakh a year wasn’t enough if it meant sacrificing his health, relationships, and peace of mind. So, he quit. After spending seven years working grueling hours at startups like BYJU’s and Square Yards, Chowdhury came to a powerful realization: he was living to work, not working to live. His impressive corporate job had him managing a sales team of over 250 people and training more than 5,000 sales executives. But the demands were steep—often consuming more than 70 hours a week, leaving no room for personal growth, relaxation, or time with family. Six months ago, he decided to hit pause on this relentless race. «I quit the race to have a life, spend time with the people I love, and build a business that is remote, digital, and profitable,» Chowdhury revealed in a LinkedIn post that resonated with many. While he could have continued to earn nearly Rs 10 lakh every three months, the toll on his personal life simply wasn’t worth it.

international students is causing financial hardship for UK universities, they said on Thursday, calling for a hike in domestic tuition fees to offset yawning deficits. The president of Universities UK (UUK), which represents 141 British higher education institutions, said all its universities were «feeling the crunch» since the curbs came in last year. «There is now a clear choice: we can allow our distinguished, globally competitive higher education system to slide into decline or we can act together,» said Sally Mapstone.

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The Indian stock markets felt a jolt after the US markets fell overnight due to recession concerns. The Asian indices were also trading lower, following the overnight fall of US markets. Wall Street fell as investors are concerned over the US economy’s outlook ahead of Friday’s labor report. 

Friday’s monthly jobs report will likely mark a pivotal moment for the economy and the Federal Reserve

infrastructure projects in Africa may be over, analysts say, with Beijing seeking to shield itself from risky, indebted partners on the continent as it grapples with a slowing economy at home. Beijing for years dished out billions in loans for trains, roads and bridges in Africa that saddled participating governments with debts they often struggled to pay back. But experts say it is now opting for smaller loans to fund more modest development projects.

SÃO PAULO—It was a request that had become routine for a judge who defined his career by cracking down on hate speech online. But this time someone said no. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said he had called on X owner Elon Musk to block the accounts of criminals inciting attacks on police officers and their families.

US Presidential Election 2024: Presidential debates have a history of creating defining moments, both triumphant and disastrous, for candidates. These unscripted live television events can highlight a candidate's relatability or expose their lack of preparedness, with past debates featuring instances that swayed entire election campaigns. Will the upcoming debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in Philadelphia on Tuesday follow this trend? «Being live television events, without a script, without any way of knowing how they are going to evolve — anything can happen,» said Alan Schroeder, author of «Presidential Debates: 50 years of High-Risk TV.» One of the most recent impactful moments came from the June debate in Atlanta between President Joe Biden and Trump, which might go down as one of the most consequential political face-offs in history. Biden, at 81 years old, began the debate with a series of stumbles, including misstating figures and seeming to lose his train of thought during his response on handling COVID-19.

Everyone knows how much is at stake for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump during Tuesday's presidential debate, the only one they have scheduled during their compressed campaign

Sri Lanka will hold its presidential election Sept. 21 in a crucial vote that will decide the future course of the South Asian nation still struggling to recover from its economic collapse in 2022, which provoked mass protests and forced the former pre...

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby stated that the Biden administration believes that the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is 90 per cent agreed on, adding, «That's how close we believe we are,» Al Jazeera reported. «Nothing is negotiated until everything is negotiated,» Kirby said. He noted that several detailed issues remain to be resolved, adding that «that's when things get difficult.» «You call that optimistic. I call that accurate. That's how close we believe we are. That's where we have gotten to. The basic framework of the deal has been agreed to,» Kirby said.

Blinken said on Thursday it was incumbent on both Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to say yes on remaining issues to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal, which has faced obstacles in negotiations across months. «Based on what I have seen, 90% is agreed but there are a few critical issues that remain,» including the so-called Philadelphi corridor on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip bordering Egypt, Blinken said at a press briefing in Haiti. He said there were also some gaps in the agreement in how Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are exchanged.

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Joe Biden's son Hunter pleaded guilty in a tax evasion trial on Thursday, without reaching the deal he had sought with prosecutors, in a case that has been an embarrassment for the US president. The 54-year-old admitted nine counts related to failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes over the past decade, money that prosecutors said he splurged instead on luxury living, sex workers and a drug habit. The pleas came on the day jury selection for a trial had been due to start, and hours after Biden had offered to plead guilty in the hope of striking a deal that might keep him out of prison.

technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI (GenAI), cloud, internet of things (IOT), extended reality, 5G and Edge computing, after a lull during the Covid-19 pandemic, said industry executives and experts. They said the industrial metaverse--which refers to the digital world that mirrors the physical world, leveraging the technologies--has found the right price points to generate good returns on investment (RoI) with supporting technologies scaling up. “Industrial metaverse has gone through its waves,” said Sreenivasa Chakravarti, vice president, IOT and digital engineering, TCS. “As always (with any new technology), there is a hype when it peaks, and then it slows down and then again it picks up. Today, because the industrial metaverse is in some way a combination of computer vision, extended reality and digital twins, fortunately, all of these are maturing to a really good extent.”