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28 Nisan 2024

Seeking engagement and purpose, corporate employees turn to workplace volunteering

Employees increasingly find that robust workplace volunteer programs meet their desires for in-person connections, professional growth and altruistically inclined employers — career objectives that might be missing in conventional corporate...

How to design a volunteering program in your workplace

More workplaces are bolstering their volunteer programs, especially as employee demands grow for socially responsible employers and engagement

Dozens in Italy give a fascist salute on the anniversary of Mussolini's execution

Dozens of people in northern Italy have raised their arms in the fascist salute to honor Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on the 79th anniversary of his execution

Top French diplomat arrives in Lebanon in attempt to broker a halt to Hezbollah-Israel clashes

French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné has arrived in Lebanon as part of diplomatic attempts to broker a deescalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border

Aerial photos show wide devastation left by tornado in China's Guangzhou

Aerial photos posted by Chinese state media have shown the wide devastation of a part of the southern city of Guangzhou after a tornado swept through the day before, killing five people, injuring dozens others and damaging over a hundred buildings

Armed men kidnap a senior judge in Pakistan’s restive northwest

Pakistani police say armed gunmen have kidnapped a senior judge in Pakistan’s restive northwest

Passage of harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law in Iraq draws diplomatic backlash

Human rights groups and diplomat have criticized a law that was quietly passed by the Iraqi parliament over the weekend that would impose heavy prison sentences on gay and transgender people

Tesla founder Elon Musk is visiting China as competitors show off new EVs at Beijing auto show

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has arrived in the Chinese capital, just as the nation’s carmakers are showing off their latest electric vehicle models at the Beijing auto show

Sen. Tim Kaine says he does ‘not think the National Guard is a solution’ to campus protests

During an interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) says using the National Guard to address the protests on college campuses is a “very, very bad idea.”

Russian drones set a hotel ablaze in a Ukrainian Black Sea city

Officials in Ukraine say Russian drones struck the Black Sea city of Mykolaiv, setting a hotel ablaze and damaging energy infrastructure while ammunition shortages continue to hobble Kyiv’s troops in the more than 2-year-old war

Nepal hosts an investment summit in hopes of attracting foreign money for hydropower projects

Nepal is hosting an investment summit, hoping to attract much-needed foreign investment

A Close Examination of the Most Infamous Public Toilet in America

We think of adding regulation as something liberals do and removing regulation as something conservatives do. But that is only part of the story.

Justin Trudeau May Be No Match for the New World of Polarization

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada and his Liberal Party are facing increasing unpopularity in an era of right-wing ascendancy.

Trump’s Trial Could Bring a Rarity: Consequences for His Words

The former president has spent decades spewing thousands and thousands of words, sometimes contradicting himself. That tendency is now working against him in his Manhattan criminal case.

A top Qatari official urges Israel and Hamas to do more to reach a cease-fire deal

A senior Qatari official has urged both Israel and Hamas to show “more commitment and more seriousness” in cease-fire negotiations

Dubai plans to move its busy international airport to a $35 billion new facility within 10 years

Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, will move its operations to the city-state’s second, sprawling airfield in its southern desert reaches “within the next 10 years” in a project worth...

Dubai plans to move its busy international airport to a $35 billion new facility within 10 years

Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, will move its operations to the city-state’s second, sprawling airfield in its southern desert reaches “within the next 10 years” in a project worth...

Many Ukrainian Prisoners of War Show Signs of Trauma and Sexual Violence

As they return with physical and psychological wounds stemming from torture by their Russian captors, soldiers are being sent back to active duty — often without adequate treatment.

Even With Gaza Under Siege, Some Are Imagining Its Reconstruction

International development agencies have been meeting with Middle East business interests and urban planners to map out an economic future for the territory.

How Fentanyl Laid Waste to Guatemala’s Time-Worn Opium Trade

Reshaping the drug war in one of Central America’s most lawless corners, the fentanyl boom has devastated the trade in opium poppies used to make heroin.

Zendaya talks about reviving her music career, says, "...maybe one day"

Washington [US], April 28 (ANI): Actor and singer Zendaya has not ruled out the possibility of reviving her music career eventually. The 'Challengers' star recently appeared on The Jennifer Hudson Show and was asked about her previous music...

Feast for Dodgers, famine for Blue Jays at the plate

(Photo credit: Kevin Sousa-USA TODAY Sports) The Toronto Blue Jays know their slumbering lumber must wake up against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday afternoon if they are to end a five-game losing streak. The Blue Jays have dropped the...

Orioles aim to continue power display vs. A's

(Photo credit: Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports) The power bats of the Baltimore Orioles seem to be heating up again, and that could spell trouble for the Oakland Athletics. The teams will meet in the rubber match of a three-game series Sunday...

Anne Hathaway recalls being "a chronically stressed young woman"

Washington [US], April 28 (ANI): Actor Anne Hathaway has learned to relax as she ages. The 41-year-old 'Devil Wears Prada' actor said that she likely played "chronically stressed out young women" because she was "a stressed out young woman"...