Tag: AP

Oct 9

Social Security’s scheduled cost of living increase ‘won’t make a dent’ for some retirees

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Fatima Hussein Published Oct 09, 2024  •  3 minute read FILE – A Social Security card is displayed on Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. Photo by Jenny Kane /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — Sherri Myers, an 82-year-old resident […]
Oct 7

Will global soccer be reshaped after EU’s top court issued a major ruling in Lassana Diarra case?

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Samuel Petrequin And Graham Dunbar Published Oct 07, 2024  •  5 minute read FILE – In this file photo dated Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, Paris-Saint-Germain player Lassana Diarra during a French League One soccer match against Saint-Etienne at the Parc des Princes […]
Oct 6

Kazakhstan faces up to the legacy of Soviet weapons testing in a vote on nuclear power

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Published Oct 06, 2024  •  Last updated 1 hour ago  •  2 minute read Article content MOSCOW (AP) — Polls are open in Kazakhstan Sunday for a landmark referendum on building the country’s first nuclear power plant, confronting the country’s painful legacy as […]
Oct 6

More Black and Latina women are leading unions – and transforming how they work

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Claire Savage Published Oct 06, 2024  •  Last updated 3 hours ago  •  6 minute read Article content Women make up roughly half of U.S. labor union membership, but representation in top level union leadership positions has lagged, even in female-dominated industries and […]
Oct 3

The Grammys’ voting body is more diverse, with 66% new members. What does it mean for the awards?

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Maria Sherman Published Oct 03, 2024  •  3 minute read FILE – Grammy Awards are displayed at the Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Oct. 10, 2017. Photo by Julio Cortez /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Article content NEW YORK […]
Sep 30

Libya’s parliament approves appointment of Belqasem as new central bank governor

Article content CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s eastern parliament on Monday agreed to appoint Naji Mohamed Issa Belqasem as the new central bank governor after the former governor, Sadiq al-Kabir, was fired last month by the presidential council in the capital, Tripoli. Parliament spokesperson Abdullah Bliheg said Monday that all 108 lawmakers voted in favor of […]