News in English
Июнь
2024

Новости за 27.06.2024

Voice of America 

Kenya braces for more protests despite presidential hold on unpopular tax bill

Nairobi, Kenya   — Kenya braced for more protests in the capital, Nairobi, Thursday, despite an announcement by President William Ruto to put on hold an unpopular tax bill that sparked deadly riots. Witnesses in the capital reported police set up roadblocks on streets leading to the presidential palace. In an address to the nation Wednesday, Ruto defended the move to raise taxes on basic goods such bread and cooking oil, saying it was necessary to reduce the country’s massive debt of nearly $80 billion. Читать дальше...

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

EPFO discontinues GIS, to refund past deductions: These government employees to get higher salary

EPFO: Specified employees stand to gain due to EPFO's decision of discontinuing GIS deductions and refunding all deductions made thus far. According to Akhil Chandna, Partner, Grant Thornton Bharat, "The discontinuation of deductions under GIS will indeed increase the take-home salaries. Previously, the deductions were made from employees' monthly salaries as per their pay-scales to fund the GIS."

BangkokPost.com 

Former head of space tech agency accused of graft

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is investigating a former director-general of the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda) in connection with personal use of an official vehicle, officials said on Thursday.

Top Stories (uk) - Google News (ru) 

Girl 'strangled to death while being raped on sinking migrant boat' - Daily Mail

  1. Girl 'strangled to death while being raped on sinking migrant boat'  Daily Mail
  2. Iraqi girl, 16, 'strangled to death while being raped in front of her mother on sinking migrant boat'  LBC
  3. Migrant arrested in Italy on suspicion of murdering teenage girl  Express
  4. Iraqi Kurds detain suspected smugglers in deadly Italy sinking  Arab News
  5. Kurdistan Region's Kurds detain suspected smugglers in deadly Italy sinking  Kurdistan24

Pix11.com 

Tree falls on car during storm in Queens; 3 people extricated: FDNY

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Three people were extricated from a car in Queens on Wednesday after a tree fell on it during a summer storm, according to the FDNY. It happened in Fort Totten Park around 9 p.m. One person was critically injured, while the two others had serious but non-life-threatening injuries, per the FDNY. [...]

France24.com (en) 

Olympics: Excitement builds as Paris gets ready for Games

The countdown is now at its final leg, with just one month to go before the Paris 2024 Olympics kick off in the French capital. Vedika Bahl and our colleagues at France 2 take a closer look at the city's preparations and the excitement building among the public and athletes.

The Washington Times 

Biden's America continues descent into socialism

Seventy-four percent of registered voters who favor Joe Biden for president want government to grow bigger because they believe it's the government's job to provide more and more -- and ever more -- services. By contrast, only 19 percent of Donald Trump's base of support says similarly. I