5 h. ago Trump’s pick to head Bureau of Labor Statistics walks back his earlier plan to scrap monthly jobs reports

EJ Antoni first made the suggestion before Trump tapped him to lead the BLS

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24 h. ago Spanish town ordered to scrap religious festivals ban mainly impacting Muslims

Jumilla’s ban on gatherings in public sports centres breaches right to religious freedom, says MadridSpain’s central government has ordered officials in a Spanish town to scrap a ban on religious gatherings in public sports centres, describing it as a “discriminatory” measure that breaches the right to religious freedom as it will mainly impact Muslims.“There can be no half-measures when it comes to intolerance,” Ángel Víctor Torres, the minister for territorial policy, wrote on social media on Monday. Rightwing opposition parties, he added, “cannot decide who has freedom of worship and who does not”. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Spain's leftist government orders town to scrap its plan to ban Islamic festivals, declaring it 'racist'

The ban was supported by Spain's conservative People's Party (PP), who said it sought to 'promote and preserve the traditional value' of the area.

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3 w. ago France’s fiscal watchdog says plan to scrap holidays ‘remains to be proven’

Pierre Moscovici commends efforts to cut deficit as prime minister’s proposal comes under fire from opposition groups

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3 w. ago Myanmar's military government recaptures strategic town from rebels

State media in Myanmar say the Southeast Asian nation's military government has recaptured a strategic gateway town after nearly a year of effort, marking a rare turnaround in the country’s northeast, where an alliance of ethnic rebel militias seized a large swath of territory in an offensive that began in late 2023

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3 w. ago Huge fire destroys Tomorrowland festival main stage as horror aftermath revealed

A horror blaze ripped through Tomorrowland festival's main stage and burned it to the ground as firefighters tried to battle it, with festival bosses declaring a "serious incident"

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4 w. ago ICE memo reveals Trump's plan to scrap bond hearings to keep millions of illegal migrants locked up

A newly-released ICE memo reveals how the Trump administration is planning to keep millions of migrants who entered the United States illegally behind bars.

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