Singaporean workers can now request more work-from-home days and 4-day work weeks. They can also have flexible work schedules and spaced-out work hours at the end of the year. The Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices has released this new guideline.
Iran launches strikes Israel: Following Iran's attack, world leaders respond on social media.
Leaders of several nations, including the US, UK, France, and Germany, denounced what they described as an act of destabilization for the area shortly after Iran claimed to have launched a direct drone and missile attack on Israel. The attack puts tensions at their highest point since the start of the Israel-Hamas war six months ago and carries a risk of intensifying into a broader battle in West Asia.
Six months of Israel-Gaza war: Israeli attacks in Gaza's Jabalia devastated businesses
A large number of Arabs and pro-Palestinian activists have boycotted prominent American companies because they are believed to have supported Israel's military operations in Gaza. What is the local business community doing with this social wave? See to learn more.
Russia and Ukraine aim their energy sectors at each other.
According to officials from both nations, Russia and Ukraine resumed their attacks on energy infrastructure overnight, resulting in plant damage and fires. In its routine situation report on Saturday, the Ukrainian army reported that Russia had launched a "massive missile attack" against Ukraine. In a Facebook post, German Galushchenko, Ukraine's energy minister also claimed that the "enemy" had assaulted the country's energy infrastructure once more. Additionally, Ukraine reported that in Russia's most recent round of strikes, 21 out of 34 drones were shot down. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that 35 attacks against Ukrainian energy facilities, defense companies, railway infrastructure, air defenses, and ammunition supplies had been conducted by Russian forces in the past week. Meanwhile, on Saturday morning, Ukraine attacked the Ilsky and Sloviansk oil refineries in Russia’s Krasnodar region with drones, causing fires at the facilities, a Ukrainian intelligence source told the Reuters news agency.
Gaza's al-Shifa hospital was surrounded by Israeli forces when they started shooting.
Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City is surrounded by Israeli forces. Within the medical facility, there have been reports of fatalities and injuries. A video that has been posted online depicts a large number of Palestinians leaving the facility. Hundreds of displaced people, medical personnel, and patients are taking refuge. The health ministry in Gaza issued a statement in which it declared that the lives of medical personnel, patients, and internally displaced persons within the medical complex were the responsibility of the Israeli occupation. Using made-up stories to "deceive the world and justify the storming of al-Shifa," it goes on to declare that the Israeli operation is a blatant breach of international humanitarian law.
Nepalese protests calling for the restoration of monarchy
Royalists in Nepal are staging protests to reinstate the late King Gyanendra Shah. They aim to restore the monarchy and restore Hinduism as the official state religion. Following violent riots, the same king was overthrown sixteen years ago. Why do the people of Nepal want him back?
Israel bombs a mosque in northern Gaza, leaving one killed and eleven injured.
In the al-Fakhoura neighborhood of the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, an Israeli bombing destroyed a mosque and damaged nearby homes. Rescuers are now retrieving survivors and remains from the debris. Israeli airplanes had struck the mosque, according to a civil defense worker on the scene, and many women and children were among the injured.
Brazil: A week-long demonstration by indigenous people in favor of land and cultural rights occurs in Brasilia.
Thousands of Indigenous people have assembled in the Brazilian capital for a five-day protest to support their rights to their land and culture. It goes against what they claim are President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's unmet pledges to defend reserves and drive out land-grabbers from their lands.
Memorial demolished: In St. Petersburg, mourners placed flowers for Alexey Navalny
In Russia, a flower memorial to opposition leader Alexey Navalny was destroyed. Overnight, unidentified individuals took flowers that had been placed at the monument honoring victims of political repression in Saint Petersburg. There are also reports of other tributes being destroyed. Around the country, Russians attempting to grieve were detained by police. According to prison officials, Navalny passed away on Friday in an Arctic prison colony from what they refer to as "sudden death syndrome."
Dupe Killa-Kafidipe tells how her fishery is a sustainable way to reduce imports and combat overfishing. She raises fish on her two-hectare plot and has trained over a hundred people in sustainable fishing methods as an alternative to overfishing in the wild.
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