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☆ I got stabbed while shopping for Instacart. I was shocked by how difficult it was to get support as an injured gig worker.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementThis as-told-to story is based on a conversation with Owen Dwyer, an Instacart shopper in Maryland. Business Insider has verified his identity and employment; corroborated details of the stabbing through police records; and viewed messages from Instacart support and insurance claims Dwyer filed after he was stabbed. Instacart's insurance provider responded to Dwyer's second claim after Business Insider reached out to Instacart for comment on this story. Dwyer told Business Insider he had not received an estimated payment total as of press time. "The safety of the entire Instacart community is incredibly important to us, and we take immediate action when we receive reports of violence against any member of the Instacart community," an Instacart spokesperson told Business Insider.

Persons: Instacart, —, Owen Dwyer, Dwyer, I'd, doesn't, I'm, It's, I've, who've Organizations: Walmart, Service, Instacart, Chrysler, Costco, CVS, Business Locations: Maryland, Baltimore, pec, Instacart

The Supreme Court last week voted against establishing a cut-off date for new reservations on lands Indigenous people did not live on by Oct. 5, 1988 when the Constitution was enacted. The offensive could deepen a divide between a conservative-led Congress and a Supreme Court that many lawmakers criticize for judicial over-reach. Across Brazil, Indigenous communities claim land that farmers have settled and developed, in some cases for decades. "If the government wants to demarcate (Indigenous lands), it must know that it will have to pay," he said. The farm lobby is confident it can muster the votes for the legislation it seeks.

Persons: Agriculture Pedro Lupion, Adriano Machado, Pedro Lupion, Marcos Rogerio, Lupion, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Anthony Boadle, Barbara Lewis, Grant McCool Organizations: Front, Agriculture, Reuters, REUTERS, Rights, Justice Committee, Supreme, Indigenous Peoples, Thomson Locations: Brasilia, Brazil, Rights BRASILIA

☆ Berhalter hoping to draw on Dutch lessons in last 16 tie
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Hritika Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Former American international Berhalter signed his first professional contract with Dutch side PEC Zwolle and also played for Sparta Rotterdam and Cambuur Leeuwarden during an 18-year playing career. Berhalter is not the only person in the American camp with Dutch experience. Right back Sergino Dest was born to a Dutch mother and Surinamese-American father in Almere, Netherlands and grew up in Holland. It's a very good club to develop players and he did really well there," Berhalter said. "It looks pretty good, but we'll have to see him today on the pitch to get confirmation of that," Berhalter said.

Lula insisted in a speech that he would maintain fiscal discipline, but his comments added to growing investor skepticism that he would keep a lid on spending. Concerns have been mounting about Brazil's public finances after major outlays through the pandemic and this year's presidential election. But his advisers are already discussing with lawmakers how to open room for more spending outside a constitutional spending cap in order to deliver on campaign promises, including a possible "Transition PEC" amending the constitution. "The signals indicate that the spirit of the Transition PEC is very oriented around new public spending. Still, as tough policy tradeoffs loom, and with Lula's economic team still being defined, markets have grown less patient.

☆ Более 600 журналистов умерли от Covid-19 с начала пандемии
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-06 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +2 min

Более 600 журналистов умерли от Covid-19 в 59 странах мира за десять месяцев 2020 года, то есть 60 человек в месяц, или в среднем два человека в день, объявили во вторник в Женеве представители международной неправительственной организации the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC). Из 602 журналистов, умерших от Covid-19 с 1 марта 2020 года, Латинская Америка лидирует с более чем половиной жертв или 303 смертями. Перу остается страной с самым большим числом погибших: от коронавируса умерли 93 работника СМИ (по данным Перуанской национальной ассоциации журналистов). По три журналиста умерли от Covid-19 в каждой из этих стран: Камерун, Египет, Гватемала, Иран, Непал, Сальвадор, Южная Африка и Зимбабве. Фактическое количество жертв, безусловно, больше, так как иногда не указывается причина смерти журналистов или не объявляется об их смерти.

Persons: Блез Лемпен Organizations: PEC, — PEC, Global Investigative Journalism, СМИ, Перуанская национальная ассоциация журналистов Locations: Covid, —, Женева, Латинская Америка, Азия, Европа, Северная Америка, Африка, Перу, Бразилия, Индия, Мексика, Эквадор, Бангладеш, Италия, США, Пакистан, Турция, Великобритания, Панама, Боливия, Афганистан, Доминиканская Республика, Нигерия, Россия, Аргентина, Колумбия, Гондурас, Никарагуа, Испания, Венесуэла, Франция, Камерун, Египет, Гватемала, Иран, Непал, Сальвадор, Южная Африка, Зимбабве, Алжир, Индонезия, Марокко, Парагвай, Португалия, Швеция, Австрия, Азербайджан, Бельгия, Болгария, Канада, Чили, Демократическая Республика Конго, Германия, Ирак, Курдистан, Израиль, Япония, Казахстан, Кения, Кыргызстан, Ливан, Саудовская Аравия, Швейцария, Уганда, Таджикистан, Того, Уругвай

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