A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a transgender former T-Mobile USA Inc retail worker cannot pursue bias claims against the company, because he failed to allege that he was treated less favorably than non-transgender employees.... Read More
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Scottish police ordered the release on Thursday of men who had been detained by British immigration officials, after hundreds of protesters in Glasgow blocked the path of a van carrying the detainees.... Read More
Canada’s ex-finance minister breached ethics rules in charity dealings
Former Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau breached conflict-of-interest rules by not recusing himself when the government awarded a contract to a charity he had close ties to, independent ethics commissioner Mario Dion said on Thursday.... Read More
The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday delayed until November 2022 the effective date of a Trump administration rule significantly raising the minimum wages employers must pay to highly skilled H-1B visa holders.... Read More
Judge axes employee wage claims, keeps others in Wawa data breach case
A Pennsylvania federal judge has whittled down employees' claims against convenience store chain Wawa Inc in litigation over a 2019 data breach of its point-of-sale systems.... Read More
Armenia's prosecutor general on Thursday opened a criminal case into "an infringement of territorial integrity" by Azerbaijan, Russia's news agency RIA said, after Armenia's defence ministry accused Azerbaijan of moving forces into its territory.... Read More
Canadian National expected to sweeten Kansas City Southern takeover bid
Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO) is expected to sweeten its takeover bid for Kansas City Southern (KSU.N), the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter.... Read More
Greece kicked off the formal start of its tourist season, announcing a multimillion euro promotional campaign on Thursday aimed at saving its most important economic sector from a second summer lost to the coronavirus.... Read More
S.Africa’s COVID-19 death toll much higher than official tally
A South African report into excess deaths over the past year suggests more than 133,000 people in the country have died from COVID-19, far more than the official tally of nearly 55,000.... Read More
Colonial Pipeline has cyber insurance policy
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Colonial Pipeline has cyber insurance arranged by broker Aon (AON.N), with Lloyd's of London insurers AXA XL (AXAF.PA) and Beazley (BEZG.L) among the underwriters, three sources told Reuters on Thursday.... Read More