12 workers trapped in coal mine in Pakistan after gas explosion Anadolu Agency An explosion due to methane gas caused a coal mine in Pakistan to collapse Thursday, trapping 12 miners, said officials. | Rescue operations are underway in the Sanjdi area, around 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Quetta, the capital and largest...
Two killed in shooting attack on aid convoy in northern Gaza The American Israelite Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images | A truck carrying humanitarian aid drives on the main road in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, Dec. 7, 2024 | (JNS) — Two people were killed in northern Gaza after gunmen at...
MTA trackworker suffers fatal medical episode while working on L train The Villager An MTA trackworker died while working on a Brooklyn L train Wednesday morning, the Transit Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 reported. | Ricardo Louis, 44, was working on the train at Morgan Avenue in East Williamsburg when he suddenly collapsed at ar...
MTA trackworker suffers fatal medical episode while working on L train AM New York An MTA trackworker died while working on a Brooklyn L train Wednesday morning, the Transit Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 reported. | Ricardo Louis, 44, was working on the train at Morgan Avenue in East Williamsburg when he suddenly collapsed at ar...
Worker dies from carbon monoxide poisoning while finishing barn floor in Lapeer County Michigan Live LAPEER COUNTY, MI - A 43-year-old Troy man died from carbon monoxide poisoning while working inside an enclosed barn in Almont Township on Friday, Jan. 3, according to police. | Almont Police Chief Dan Willis said the Oakland County Coroner’s Offic...
City workers respond to snow storm The Courier Times Several inches of now fell Sunday afternoon into Monday morning, but many New Castle employees continued working to ensure citizen safety. The National Weather Service in Indianapolis reported Indy-area snowfall totals around 7.8 inches. ......
BYD brought hundreds of Chinese workers to Brazil on irregular visas: Report Hindustan Times BYD brought hundreds of Chinese workers on irregular visas to Brazil, inspector saysBYD agrees to comply with Brazilian labor laws, inspector saysBYD contractor will pay to send 163 workers back to China, inspector says | Electric vehicle producer BY...
Afghanistan shows economic gains from investing in girls’ education Asiatimes When the Taliban fell from power in Afghanistan in 2001, women were once again allowed to go to school after being banned since 1996. I, along with World Bank education expert Raja Bentaouet Kattan and American University economist Rafiuddin Najam, analyzed the economic benefit of this societal change, using data from the Labor Force and . ......
Man Trapped in Circling Waymo on Way to Airport Slashdot It "felt like a Disneyland ride," reports CBS News. A man took a Waymo takes to the airport — only to discover the car "wouldn't stop driving around a parking lot in circles." And because the car was in motion, he also couldn't get out. | Still stuck in the car, Michael Johns — a tech-industry worker — then phoned Waymo for help. ...