Eight months after voters approved it, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the repeal of a law Thursday that had guaranteed paid sick leave to workers and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage. The move marked a major victory for the state’s largest business group and a frustrating defeat for workers’ rights advocates, who had spent years — and millions of dollars — building support for the successful ballot measure. The repeal will take effect Aug. 28. Kehoe, who also signed a package of tax breaks Thursday, described the paid sick leave law as an onerous mandate that imposed burdensome record-keeping. “Today, we are protecting...
FIFA Unveils Latest Men’s World Rankings: Portugal Rise, Senegal Breaks Into The Top 20
FIFA has released the latest update of the Men’s World Rankings, revealing the top 20 national teams. There were no changes at the very top, with Argentina, Spain, and France holding firm in the top three. Portugal moved up to sixth place after winning the UEFA Nations League, overtaking the Netherlands. Only two African nations feature in the top 20. Morocco remains in 12th position, while Senegal climbs to 18th after their 3-1 victory over England last month. FIFA Men’s World Rankings – Top 20
State Department Is Firing Over 1,300 Employees Under Trump Administration Plan
The State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganization plan initiated by the Trump administration earlier this year. The department is sending layoff notices to 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers with domestic assignments in the United States, said a senior State Department official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters ahead of individual notices being emailed to affected employees. Foreign service officers affected will be placed immediately on administrative leave for 120 days, after which they will formally lose their jobs, according to an internal notice obtained by The...
Study Finds Premenstrual Disorders May Indicate A Higher Risk For Heart Disease
Premenstrual disorders are associated with a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, a large, long-term study has found. New research analyzing patient health data from more than 3 million women in Sweden over a 20-year period found that those who were diagnosed with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) had an 11% higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease at some point, compared to women who did not have a diagnosis. Younger women who experienced a premenstrual disorder before age 25 had an even stronger risk of developing heart disease, 24%. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in...
Morocco And Senegal Lead Latest African FIFA Rankings As Nigeria Slip Further
The latest FIFA rankings have just been released, and CAF has made a list of the top ten African ranked teams according to FIFA, according to the list Morocco and Senegal continuing to dominate the continent. Morocco remains the highest-ranked African team, sitting at 12th in the world, while Senegal follows closely in 18th place. Both nations are comfortably ahead of the rest of the continent in terms of global standing. Nigeria, however, has dropped to 44th in the world and fifth in Africa—an indication of the country’s declining football structure and mismanagement at the top level. South Africa complete...
Anisimova Inflicts More Grand Slam Heartbreak on Sabalenka, Denies Her Wimbledon Final Spot
Amanda Anisimova defeated world number one Aryna Sabalenka to book her place in the Wimbledon final, securing a hard-fought 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory. After the match, the American said: “This doesn’t feel real. I was absolutely dying out there. I don’t know how I pulled it out. To come out on top today and be in the final of Wimbledon is so incredibly special.” It was another frustrating afternoon for Sabalenka, whose poor run of results at Grand Slams this year continues. The Belarusian has now lost two major finals in 2025—at the Australian Open and the French Open—and falling...
U.S. Singer Chris Brown Pleads Not Guilty To Lesser Assault Charge In U.K. Court
U.S. singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm by allegedly attacking a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub two years ago. Brown last month denied a more serious charge of attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm in what prosecutors said was an “unprovoked attack” on Abraham Diaw in a London nightclub in 2023. The 36-year-old appeared at London’s Southwark Crown Court on Friday, where he spoke only to confirm his name and enter his pleas of not guilty to causing actual bodily harm and a further charge of possessing an offensive weapon in...
ICC Believes War Crimes And Crimes Against Humanity Are Taking Place Now In Sudan’s Darfur Region
The International Criminal Court believes war crimes and crimes against humanity are continuing to take place in Sudan’s vast western Darfur region where civil war has raged for more than two years, the tribunal’s deputy prosecutor said Thursday.Nazhat Shameem Khan told the U.N. Security Council that the depth of suffering and the humanitarian crisis in Darfur “has reached an intolerable state,” with famine escalating and hospitals, humanitarian convoys and other civilian infrastructure being targeted.“People are being deprived of water and food,” she said. “Rape and sexual violence are being weaponized. Abductions for ransom or to bolster the ranks of armed...
Bangladesh Tribunal Indicts Ousted Prime Minister Hasina Over Deaths Of Protesters
A special tribunal indicted Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday by accepting charges of crimes against humanity filed against her in connection with a mass uprising in which hundreds of students were killed last year. A three-member panel, headed by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, indicted Hasina, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on five charges. Hasina and Khan are being tried in absentia. The tribunal opened the trial June 5. Authorities published newspaper advertisements asking Hasina, who has been in exile in India, and Khan to appear before the tribunal. Hasina has been in exile...