The Sindicato de Inquilinas (Tenants’ Union) activist association which has been co-ordinating protests, announced during the congressional debate that it was abandoning the tent protest in central Madrid. It said it wanted to “take the struggle to all the neighbourhoods, residential blocks and homes of Madrid, wherever there are rental increases, expulsions and abuses each
NBCUniversal Entertainment chair Donna Langley managed to snag “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan away from Paramount after a decade at the studio. How did she do it? By putting an emphasis on the film of his lucrative long-term TV and film pact. Langley said her pursuit of Sheridan began after she “saw an opportunity” created by
Beyond pay, work-life balance, and scheduling, there are other basic challenges affecting the US submarine workforce, including how workers get to the job, a Navy official overseeing workforce concerns shared. The Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base Program Office says it, along with its federal and state partners, has observed success in addressing region-specific problems, like transportation,
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — For years, residents of this Southern California beach town could walk a mile along a stretch of cream-colored sand and dip their toes in the waves lapping ashore. That trip has been cut short. Coastal erosion has been eating away at the beach in San Clemente, known for nearly a century
Mark Shaheel Lal is the founder of Living Positive Fiji and a reconciliation officer for the Fiji Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He says: “The majority of my friends, they got HIV through crystal meth.” He was photographed at the AIDS conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in July. Ian Cheibub for NPR hide caption toggle
UNITED NATIONS — Yemen’s internationally recognized government pressed world leaders anew Thursday for help defeating the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, saying that their new perch along one of the world’s busiest waterways presents an international economic risk. The Houthis — who have controlled Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and much of the country’s north for over a decade
