After failing to block from the ballot a measure that would enact a billionaire tax in his state, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is now proposing a national wealth tax of his own. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. In a lengthy Substack post and video…
Eskom’s Kendal coal-fired power station. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Two of South Africa’s major labour unions have accepted state power utility Eskom’s 7% wage increase offer, while a third has rejected it and declared a deadlock, demanding a higher raise, union representatives said on Thursday. Eskom began pay talks last year with the National Union of Mineworkers…
Two of South Africa’s biggest trade unions have rejected an improved 6% salary increase offer from state-owned power utility Eskom, their representatives said on Tuesday. Eskom has dragged on the economy for years, owing to power cuts and the company’s financial troubles, but improved performance from its coal-fired power stations has halted outages and brought…
NewsFeed Fears are growing in Latin America over a US military build-up in the Caribbean, as Washington expands airstrikes and designates alleged drug networks as terrorist groups. Al Jazeera’s Hassan Massoud reports from Bogota, Colombia, where tensions are rising over the largest US show of force in the region in decades. Published On 17 Dec…
Social platform co-founder Abigail Limuria talks about the anger in Indonesia, where politicians are getting a wage hike
