Tag: Personnel
Egypt urges UN to back call for binding deal on Ethiopia dam
UNITED NATIONS — Egypt’s foreign minister said Wednesday he will urge the U.N. Security Council to require Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to negotiate a...
Ex-Liberty exec files lawsuit alleging racial discrimination
LYNCHBURG, Va. — A former NFL player hired last year to help lead diversity initiatives at Liberty University is suing the school, alleging racial...
California governor kicks off $1B statewide cleanup plan
SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday kicked off California's $1.1 billion plan to clean trash and graffiti from California’s highways, roads and...
Black students, faculty: UNC needs self-examination on race
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — When the University of North Carolina first declined to vote on granting tenure to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, kicking off a...
Vauxhall owner to invest $138M in UK to make electric cars
LONDON — Vauxhall’s parent company announced Tuesday that it will invest 100 million pounds ($138 million) to make electric vans and cars at its...
Met Opera stagehands to return to work after lockout
NEW YORK — Stagehands at the Metropolitan Opera planned to return to work Wednesday after recommending their union ratify a new labor contract negotiated...
New infrastructure deal must focus on climate, activists say
WASHINGTON — Climate activists and their Democratic allies in Congress are pressing with renewed urgency for huge investments to slow global warming, after a...
Galesburg, an American crossroad, tunes out feuding Congress
GALESBURG, Ill. —
Pickup trucks and cars rumble north across...
Amazon begins new chapter as Bezos hands over CEO role
NEW YORK — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos stepped down as CEO on Monday, handing over the reins as the company navigates the challenges of...
Met Opera reaches agreement with locked out stagehands
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera reached an agreement on a labor contract with its locked out stagehands, the second of three major deals...
