BBC Fernanda Hermosilla said it was a “very stressful experience” A woman who complained of “unwanted and inappropriate physical contact” by a colleague during a Christmas party has accepted settlements totalling £36,000. Fernanda Hermosilla, who works for the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, began legal action after its staff dinner in December 2022. The commission…
H-1B visa program witnessed significant drop in denial rates for initial employment recently The H-1B visa program, a cornerstone for high-skilled foreign nationals seeking employment in the United States (US), has witnessed a significant drop in denial rates for initial employment in recent years. This trend, highlighted in the National Foundation for American Policy’s (NFAP)…
The former coach of the Chinese national men’s football team has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for bribery, state media reported. Li Tie, who also played for Everton in the English Premier League, confessed earlier this year to fixing matches, accepting bribes, and offering bribes to get the top coaching job. The case…
A former Syrian government official has been charged with torture in the United States, authorities said on Thursday. Samir Ousman Alsheikh, who oversaw the Damascus Central Prison from 2005 and 2008, was charged by a federal grand jury with several counts of torture and conspiracy to commit torture. US authorities said the allegations against Alsheikh…
BBC Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett is amplifying harmful health misinformation on his number-one ranked podcast, a BBC investigation has found. Recent claims from guests – including that cancer can be treated by following a keto diet, rather than proven treatments – were allowed by the Dragons’ Den star with little or no…
The economy remained in reverse gear during October, according to official figures covering the month ahead of the government’s first budget. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said output fell 0.1% following the 0.1% decline recorded for the previous month. It marked the first time since the COVID pandemic that the economy had shrunk for…
A federal court in St. Louis has indicted 14 North Koreans for allegedly being part of a long-running conspiracy aimed at extorting funds from US companies and funneling money to Pyongyang’s weapons programmes. The wider scheme allegedly involves thousands of North Korean IT workers who use false, stolen, and borrowed identities from people in the…
Apart from serving as places of worship, masjids also represent our cultural heritage and the unique style of Islamic architecture. There are several magnificent and marvellous mosques around the world, but what about those that are surrounded by water? In this post, we have put together some amazing, heart-capturing masjids that are surrounded by water. 1. Al-Rahma Masjid, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)…
With some religious occasions occurring in one of the hottest months of the year for those of us in the northern hemisphere, and the one of the coldest times of the year for those in the southern hemisphere, our physical ability to handle weather extremes becomes an interesting topic to reflect upon. Can you imagine…
It might be tempting, given how much coverage has focused on it recently, to assume the forthcoming changes to the inheritance tax regime are the single biggest issue facing farmers these days. But the reality is these tax changes come at a moment of extraordinary pressure, with farmers having to contend with a swathe of…
