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This Thursday, the 7th, the federal government is launching an operation to rescue a new group of Brazilians from the Israeli-Hamas conflict zone in Gaza. The Brazilian Air Force plane that will transport the group is scheduled to leave Rio de Janeiro for Egypt this morning. He is to remain …

The Federal Supreme Court (STF) resumed this Wednesday the 6th the review of actions questioning the environmental protection policies adopted during the government of Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022). Three lawsuits filed in 2020 by the parties PT, PSOL and Rede Sustentabilidade, as well as environmental organizations, are pending. This afternoon, the …

Minister Díaz Toffoli of the Federal Supreme Court interrupted this Monday the 23rd a court in which the court already had a majority to determine that the Brazilian company Gradiente does not have the right to use the iPhone brand, which would be a victory for Apple. However, in the …

Kaiser Permanente employees, joined by union members representing the workers, walk a picket line in Los Angeles on October 4, 2023. Frederick J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images While 2023 has become the year of mass workers’ strikes, the push to give picketing people unemployment benefits is also on …

Spain is the European Union (EU) state with the most unequal unemployment rates among the regions that make up the country, followed by France and Italy, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) published this Monday. In its annual report on the state of EU cities and regions, the CR …

Washington CNN — In Friday’s speech on the September jobs report, President Joe Biden made a series of three false or misleading statements — falsely saying he’d cut the debt, falsely acknowledging a tax policy that didn’t take effect until 2023, for improving the budget situation in 2021 and 2022, …

VALDOSTA — Workers in Cook, Glynn and Lowndes counties have until Tuesday, Oct. 10 to file initial applications for unemployment benefits (DUAs) to compensate for income lost directly as a result of Hurricane Idalia on Aug. 30. “Natural disasters can often lead to financial hardship for businesses and employees,” said …

Idaho — Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 3% in August. In July, the seasonal unemployment rate was set at 2.8 percent. Now, for the first time since November 2021, Idaho’s unemployment rate was 3% in August, according to the Idaho Department of Labor. The labor force increased by …

In 2017, the Office for National Statistics introduced a regular survey of employment through the Periodic Labor Force Survey (PLFS) and has been producing regular annual and quarterly reports ever since. Its data shows that there has been a steady improvement in the employment situation since 2017, with growth in …

Washington CNN — According to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, $135 billion in unemployment insurance fraud was likely paid out in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The whopping figure, which equals 15% of the total unemployment benefits paid out during the pandemic, is a …