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How the Nigerian military fatally shot a young captive
  + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +19 min
The Nigerian government and military – including the presidency, Ministry of Defence, defence headquarters and army leaders – did not respond to detailed questions for this story. Various entities have accused Nigerian security forces of other abuses in connection with killings of civilians and captives. Two security force members told Reuters they saw multiple prisoners brought out of the barracks and shot after the fighting ceased. Tweets from Nigerian defence headquarters in Abuja show the military declared the hostilities over shortly after 11 a.m. Nine shots fired A uniformed security force member shot nine rounds at the young captive, pulling the trigger at least seven times, according to forensic audio experts who listened to the recording at Reuters’ request.
Persons: Melanie O’Brien, , Ocampo, Christopher Musa, Musa, ” Musa, , extrajudicially, Michael Oluoha Agi, ’ ”, , Boko, ‘ Allahu akbar ’, Yahaya, Haram, Biu, Bellingcat, Belllingcat, Chris Olukolade, Emmanuel Emeka, Emeka, Reade Levinson, David Lewis, Tim Cocks, Carlos Gonzales, Paul Carsten, Daphne Psaledakis, Stephanie van den Berg, Youri van, Adolfo Arranz, Sam Hart, Feilding, Julie Marquis, Alexandra Zavis Organizations: Reuters, International Association of, Nigerian, Ministry of Defence, ICC, Islamic, Human Rights Commission, United Nations, Twitter, Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, U.S . State Department, U.S, Boko, Civilian, Task Force, Defence, Facebook, 231, Battalion, 331 Artillery Regiment Locations: Geneva, Nigeria, Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province, Nigerian, United States, Britain, U.S, Biu, Boko Haram, Abuja, Largema
At issue is billing by Planned Parenthood after Texas announced its decision to terminate the organization as a provider under its Medicaid insurance programs for low-income people. However, he did not rule on exactly how much it must return, or whether Planned Parenthood knowingly broke the law. Both Planned Parenthood and the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Planned Parenthood has said the videos were heavily edited and misleading, and denied wrongdoing. Planned Parenthood, as a leading abortion provider, has long drawn the ire of abortion opponents, who have called for cutting off its government funding.
Persons: Brendan Pierson, Nate Raymond, Matthew Kacsmaryk, Kacsmaryk, Ken Paxton, Paxton, Donald Trump, Roe, Wade, Will Dunham, Alexia Garamfalvi, Leslie Adler Organizations: Reuters, Republican, Texas, U.S, District, Supreme Locations: Texas, Amarillo, Louisiana, State, U.S, New York
During the coronavirus pandemic, states were prohibited from removing people from Medicaid in exchange for receiving enhanced federal funding. States have 14 months to finish their backlog of eligibility reviews, according to guidelines from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Like in most states, many of those who lost Medicaid coverage in Arkansas were removed for procedural reasons, such as not returning renewal forms needed to verify their eligibility. People removed from Medicaid can regain coverage retroactively if they provide information proving their eligibility within 90 days. Arkansas' percentage decline in children covered by Medicaid ranks among the largest in the nation, Alker said.
Persons: , Joan Alker, Kristi Putnam, ” Putnam, Sarah Huckabee Sanders ’, Grant Tennille, “ It’s, ” Tennille, Tippi McCullough, ” McCullough, Joe Biden's, Alker, ___ Lieb Organizations: Republican, Georgetown University Center for Children, Medicare, Services, Arkansas Department of Human, Republican Gov, Arkansas Democratic, Medicaid, District of Columbia, Arkansas Locations: Arkansas, Jefferson City , Missouri
"PiS doesn't respect women," Magdalena Bojko, a 36-year-old office worker, said during an opposition rally this month. Some surveys show the mainstream opposition could form a majority government even if PiS is in first place. Activists say that's in part because women are scared of having children following a handful of cases when pregnant women died of sepsis in hospitals as doctors waited for the fetus' heart to stop beating. "Women in Poland are terrified." "The opposition says the biggest problem for women is the lack of access to abortion.
Persons: Kacper, Agata, Magdalena Bojko, PiS, Anna Materska, Antonina Lewandowska, Anna Giszczak, Karolina Kowalewska, Agnieszka Pikulicka, Justyna Pawlak, Christina Fincher Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Law and Justice, Foundation, Civic Coalition, Reuters, Political, Warsaw University, Foundation for Women, Thomson Locations: Europe, Warsaw, Poland
Overall, up to 300 employees may lose their positions in this round of layoffs across the bank, the sources added. Venkatakrishnan has been seeking to stabilize Barclays' investment banking franchise after a shakeup in the division's leadership in January led to an exodus of dozens of bankers. Barclays has also hired more than 30 investment bankers and promoted another 20 bankers in various positions since then. Barclays ranked 6th in LSEG's global investment banking league table for the first nine months of the year. Barclays warned in July that its profit margins were being squeezed by consumers repaying debt in the wake of high interest rates.
Persons: C.S, Venkatakrishnan, Morgan Stanley, Anirban Sen, Milana, Greg Roumeliotis, Nick Macfie 私 Organizations: Barclays Plc, Barclays, Goldman Sachs Group Inc Locations: San Francisco, New York
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s oldest film festival has been canceled amid controversy surrounding a politically sensitive documentary about the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt. “Due to the mess created by their own hand,” the festival administration, artistic director and the entire artistic team were fired, he said. The documetary's director Nejla Demirci wrote on X Friday evening: “I am saddened to see, day by day, how negative attitudes have organized against a documentary film. Organizers had said they would remove “The Decree” from the film festival program. Festival director Ahmet Boyacioglu initially announced the film was removed from the national documentary category due to ongoing legal proceedings against one of the people featured.
Persons: Muhittin Bocek, , Fethullah Gulen, Gulen, , Critics, terminations, Nejla Demirci, Ahmet Boyacioglu Organizations: , Antalya, Orange, Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry, Culture Ministry, Turkish, U.S, Wednesday Locations: ISTANBUL, Turkish Culture, Turkey, Antalya
X, formerly known as Twitter, sued Atlas Exploration in San Francisco Superior Court on Thursday in a complaint alleging breach of contract. X has faced an array of legal actions over unpaid rent and other invoices following Musk's $44 billion buyout last October. In one case, the owner of X's main office at 1355 Market Street in San Francisco sued X for more than $3.1 million in unpaid rent. Britain's Crown Estate, which manages the property portfolio belonging to the monarchy, in January filed claims against X over alleged unpaid rent on its London headquarters. The case is X Corp v Atlas Exploration Inc, San Francisco Superior Court, No.
Persons: Carlos Barria, Elon, X, Atlas, Kevin Hill, Hill, Jonathan Hawk, Mike Scarcella, Leigh Jones, Chris Reese Organizations: REUTERS, Elon Musk's X Corp, San, Twitter, Atlas Exploration, San Francisco Superior Court, Inc, X, X Corp, Exploration Inc, San Francisco Superior, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, San Francisco, San Francisco's, Britain's, London
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Friday evening to hear a challenge to the availability of a commonly used abortion pill, raising the possibility that the justices will rule on the fate of the drug. The case centers on the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug more than two decades ago and could have broader implications for the pharmaceutical industry, including the agency’s regulatory authority over other medications. The request came in response to a ruling by a federal appeals court last month that upheld the legality of the pill but imposed significant restrictions on its distribution. The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit would prevent the drug from being sent through the mail or prescribed by telemedicine. For now, the pill remains available because the Supreme Court determined in April that access to the drug would remain unchanged until the appeals process finished.
Organizations: Department, Food, U.S ., Appeals, Fifth Locations: United States
Here's how AB uses AI to get an edge, save analysts hours of work, and improve risk management. Seven years ago, the massive money manager AllianceBernstein set out on a mission to transform itself with AI and data science. The move would save AB hundreds of thousands of dollars and help its investors seek an edge with the $704 billion assets they manage. Chin lifted the hood on the asset manager's AI strategy and use cases. For instance, one signal compares regulatory filings for differences in company strategy or management.
Persons: AllianceBernstein, Andrew Chin, Chin, Larry Fink, terminations, It's Organizations: Wall Street, Vanguard, Fidelity Locations: BlackRock
"It seemed like a cool, innovative new company," Lam said. Starting in early 2022, the company poured millions of dollars into an experimental sales boot camp called Otter University. She joined the company in 2020 as Otter's head of sales enablement and helped dream up the idea of a sales boot camp a year later. Two former OtterU employees said that Law and another Otter executive urged managers to join their teams for late-night drinks following team dinners. But the late nights and free-flowing alcohol struck some OtterU employees as inappropriate for the workplace, especially when managers had to deal with hungover teams the next day.
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CNN —Texas’ abortion restrictions – some of the strictest in the country – may be fueling a sudden spike in infant mortality as women are forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term. The increase in deaths could partly be explained by the fact that more babies are being born in Texas. But multiple obstetrician-gynecologists who focus on high-risk pregnancies told CNN that Texas’ strict abortion laws likely contributed to the uptick in infant deaths. Plaintiffs Anna Zargarian, Lauren Miller, Lauren Hall, and Amanda Zurawski at the Texas State Capitol after filing a lawsuit on behalf of Texans harmed by the state's abortion ban on March 7 in Austin, Texas. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/APExperts say that abortion bans in states like Texas lead to increased risk for both babies and mothers.
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Nairobi, Kenya CNN —Former employees of Twitter Africa who were laid off as part of a global cost-cutting measure after Elon Musk’s acquisition have not received any severance pay more than seven months since leaving the company, several sources told CNN. “They literally ghosted us,” one former Twitter Africa employee told CNN. Twitter and Musk face multiple lawsuits where plaintiffs are claiming the company has failed to pay former staffers what they are owed. The plaintiff said Twitter promised senior employees severance of six months of base pay plus one week for every year of service, in addition to other benefits. “We’re exploring our options with respect to causes of action against Twitter in various jurisdictions including Ghana,” Olympio told CNN.
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Her best guess is that even though there are no legal restrictions on birth control in the US, this practice might have been anticipating some. “So we had talked about it with her before, and the decision to get birth control was really independent from the whole [end of] Roe v. Wade. There, anyone under 18 needs their parent’s permission to get birth control – even if they’re already a parent themselves. In the meantime, Title X clinics in Texas have stopped providing birth control to teens unless they get their parents’ OK. To them, she said, getting a teenager birth control was like giving her permission to have sex.
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The judge had ruled that Williams failed to claim that he would not have been fired but for his race. Tech Mahindra's U.S. subsidiary has more than 5,000 employees and 90% of them are South Asian, according to filings in the case. The case is Williams v. Tech Mahindra Americans Inc, 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. For Williams: Mark Hammervold of Kotchen & LowFor Tech Mahindra: Kenneth Gage of Paul HastingsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Lee Williams, Williams, Brian Martinotti, Martinotti, Peter Phipps, Joseph Greenaway, Cheryl Krause, Mark Hammervold, Kenneth Gage, Paul Hastings Organizations: South, IT, Tech Mahindra Ltd's, U.S, Circuit, Appeals, Tech Mahindra, Lawyers, Civil, Tech Mahindra's, District, . Tech Mahindra Americans Inc, Low, Paul Hastings Our, Thomson Locations: New Jersey, North Dakota, Newark
Abortion rights activists have said that there were at least five cases of pregnant women dying whose families came out to the media, blaming the restrictions on abortion for their deaths. Last month, Dorota died of septic shock in a hospital after her water broke in the 20th week of pregnancy. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party leader said that by law women could have abortions if there was any threat to their life or health. "I hope the law will change and I will not be afraid to get pregnant in Poland," said Joanna Jędrasiak, 36, an economist. Reporting by Karol Badohal, Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska and Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk; Editing by Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Mateusz Morawiecki, Dorota, We've, Izabela, Agnieszka Czerederecka, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, It's, IBRiS, Joanna Jędrasiak, Karol Badohal, Agnieszka Pikulicka, Anna Wlodarczak, Aurora Ellis Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Justice, Radio, Thomson Locations: Europe, Warsaw, Poland, WARSAW
Creator economy startup Jellysmack laid off staffers in the US and France on Thursday. The creator economy startup Jellysmack on Thursday laid off staffers in the US and France as part of a larger company restructuring, Insider has confirmed. This news comes shortly after the creator economy startup began hiring for a new M&A leader to help integrate companies that it buys. Jellysmack has had several rounds of layoffs in the last year, and laid of staffers in France in February, as The Information reported. Jellysmack go-to-market 2.0Jellysmack's mission has been to help creators go bigger, by bringing them products, services, and infrastructure that helps them grow.
Houghton University has dismissed 2 employees over the usage of pronouns in emails, per The New York Times. Raegan Zelaya and Shua Wilmot pointed to their gender-neutral names in explaining their use of pronouns. A university spokesperson told The Times said the institution has never "solely" terminated anyone over pronoun usage. Zelaya and Wilmot told The Times they had a reason for choosing to utilize pronouns in their emails, pointing to their gender-neutral names that sometimes cause people to misgender. The firings at Houghton University are the latest flashpoint amid an onslaught of anti-LGBTQ legislation and movements across the country.
[1/3] Benjamin Castro, a 26-year-old non-binary Argentine musician and teacher, poses for pictures during an interview in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 4, 2023. Argentina is the latest country in Latin America to green light the drug, part of a two-pill abortion regimen, which now faces the threat of a ban in the United States. "Having mifepristone available is key for ensuring abortions that are safe and high quality," she said. For Benjamin Castro, a 26-year-old non-binary Argentine musician and teacher, mifepristone access came too late. Castro, who was assigned female at birth and uses male pronouns, sought an abortion in 2020 during the pandemic, before mifepristone was available, receiving only misoprostol pills.
Bed Bath & Beyond will cut another 1,293 jobs in its home state of New Jersey, public records show. New rules in the state mean the company will need to pay severance to those employees. Cryan sponsored legislation, which took effect on April 10, requiring large employers to pay severance to more employees than is required under federal law. New Jersey law broadens severance coverageMark Diana, a management-side employment lawyer with Ogletree Deakins, previously told Insider the new law requires employers to:Give 90 days' notice of a mass layoff. Pay mandatory severance of one week's earnings per year of service, with no cap on the number of weeks.
Top moments from the White House Correspondents Dinner
  + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
Washington CNN —President Joe Biden joked about a range of topics at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday but struck a serious tone as he called for the release of wrongfully detained Americans abroad. In attendance Saturday evening was Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was freed from Russia late last year after being wrongfully detained. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden held a pull-aside meeting with Griner and her wife at the event, per the White House pool. During the event, identical twin brothers Drew and Jonathan Scott, who host “Property Brothers” on HGTV, drew big laughs as their sketch-style video showcased how they would renovate the White House. “We’ve been doing this a long time and we think we know how to turn the White House into the White Home,” the pair said in video.
But undoubtedly, a White House official told CNN, his speech will address the issue of wrongfully detained Americans abroad. US President George W. Bush, left, waves with impressionist Steve Bridges at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2006. Roger L. Wollenberg/Pool/Getty Images The White House Correspondents' Dinner is held in 1923. It was started two years earlier by the White House Correspondents' Association, the organization of journalists who cover the president. Roosevelt was congratulating Brandt for winning the first Raymond Clapper Memorial Award, which was given by the White House Correspondents' Association for distinguished reporting.
Amid the slew of recent layoff headlines, a question lingers: when a company cuts jobs, who is first on the chopping block? According to new data from BambooHR, a human resources software company, 65% of HR professionals typically approach layoffs by eliminating newly hired workers first. The report surveyed over 1,500 employees and human resource professionals from December 19 to January 4. Overall, it found that employees believe that in a wave of job cuts, the likelihood of getting laid off is 62% for recent hires and 20% for longstanding employees. She says laid-off new hires need to be smart about how they get back into the job hunt.
Salesforce is scrutinizing overtime, especially for workers who log more than 10 overtime hours a week. Overtime policies were laid out earlier this month in an internal document viewed by Insider. Salesforce is taking a stricter approach to overtime pay, according to an internal document viewed by Insider. It isn't clear how many Salesforce employees qualify for overtime pay, but most large tech companies do have a percentage of their workforce that qualifies. The document reminding employees that overtime pay must be approved and limited comes during a time when the software giant is executing major cost-cutting initiatives.
Congress basically barred states from terminating Medicaid coverage during the pandemic through the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Congress slipped a provision in federal spending legislation in December that allows states to start disenrolling people on April 1. Although some states will start terminating coverage in April, others are waiting until May, June, July and October before they do so. A list of when all 50 states will start ending coverage is below. Click here for a list of when states will have their first round Medicaid coverage terminations.
NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters) - A New York judge rejected a bid by the former Lehman Brothers' bankrupt European unit to claw back $485 million from bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd (AGO.N) over transactions that were canceled amid the global financial crisis. In a decision on Wednesday, Justice Melissa Crane of a New York state court in Manhattan said Assured's AG Financial Products unit instead deserved to recover about $20 million from Lehman Brothers International (Europe). "Meanwhile, Assured's valuation was reasonable and calculated in good faith." The Sept. 15, 2008 bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc - once Wall Street's fourth-largest investment bank - was one of the major triggers of that year's financial crisis. The case is Lehman Brothers International (Europe) v. AG Financial Products Inc, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No.
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