Mar 10 2025 Senate confirms Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Trump’s labor secretary

Some of the department’s responsibilities include reporting the US unemployment rate, regulating workplace health and safety standards, investigating minimum wage, child labor and overtime pay disputes, and applying laws on union organizing and unlawful terminations [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Labor

 

Mar 10 2025 Senate confirms Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Trump’s labor secretary

Some of the department’s responsibilities include reporting the US unemployment rate, regulating workplace health and safety standards, investigating minimum wage, child labor and overtime pay disputes, and applying laws on union organizing and unlawful terminations [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Economy and Finance

 

Mar 10 2025 VOA Kurdish: Oldest of Ramadan traditions continues in Iraq

One of the oldest traditions of Ramadan is waking people up with the sound of drums before the pre-dawn meal. Although this custom has faded over the years, in Mosul, a young man is working to revive it by volunteering to walk through neighborhoods and waking residents each morning with his drum.
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Mar 10 2025 VOA Kurdish: Oldest of Ramadan traditions continues in Iraq

One of the oldest traditions of Ramadan is waking people up with the sound of drums before the pre-dawn meal. Although this custom has faded over the years, in Mosul, a young man is working to revive it by volunteering to walk through neighborhoods and waking residents each morning with his drum.
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Mar 10 2025 VOA Kurdish: Kurdish victim groups unite in pursuit of international recognition for genocide

In an effort to gain international recognition for their cases as genocide, the relatives of the Anfal victims, Kakais, Halabja chemical attack survivors, and Yezidis are joining forces. The collaboration, led by Yezidi activist and human rights advocate Mirza Danaei, who received the 2019 Aurora Humanitarian Award, seeks to overcome the deep-rooted religious and ethnic [...]

 

Mar 10 2025 VOA Kurdish: Kurdish victim groups unite in pursuit of international recognition for genocide

In an effort to gain international recognition for their cases as genocide, the relatives of the Anfal victims, Kakais, Halabja chemical attack survivors, and Yezidis are joining forces. The collaboration, led by Yezidi activist and human rights advocate Mirza Danaei, who received the 2019 Aurora Humanitarian Award, seeks to overcome the deep-rooted religious and ethnic [...]

 

Mar 8 2025 VOA Mandarin: China talks tough, but analysts say Beijing lacks bargaining chips 

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a press conference on Friday where he called the U.S. “double-faced” and its Indo-Pacific strategy “a failure.” Analysts, however, said that thus far, China has been put in a disfavored position in dealing with the tariff war that the Trump administration began.
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Mar 8 2025 VOA Mandarin: China talks tough, but analysts say Beijing lacks bargaining chips 

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a press conference on Friday where he called the U.S. “double-faced” and its Indo-Pacific strategy “a failure.” Analysts, however, said that thus far, China has been put in a disfavored position in dealing with the tariff war that the Trump administration began.
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Mar 8 2025 VOA Kurdish: Turkey-Iran tensions escalate

Turkey and Iran have recalled their ambassadors amid growing diplomatic friction, marking a new phase in regional power struggles since late 2024.
This latest dispute follows Iranian criticism of Turkey’s Syria policy and comes after PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan urged his group to disarm in February. In response, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned Iran against [...]

 

Mar 8 2025 VOA Kurdish: Turkey-Iran tensions escalate

Turkey and Iran have recalled their ambassadors amid growing diplomatic friction, marking a new phase in regional power struggles since late 2024.
This latest dispute follows Iranian criticism of Turkey’s Syria policy and comes after PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan urged his group to disarm in February. In response, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned Iran against [...]

 
 
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