Workers Suspended Threatening

Two nurses in Australia suspended for reportedly making antisemitic comments

Two nurses in a Sydney hospital have been suspended from work for threatening to kill Jewish patients and refusing to treat them, triggering a police investigation, officials said.

NBC News - 1h

Australian Health Workers Suspended After Threatening Israeli Patients

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia denounced the comments, caught on video amid a spate of antisemitic incidents, as “sickening and shameful.”

The New York Times - 10h

Too few tents entering Gaza threatens the truce. Here’s what’s happening

Three weeks into the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the number of tents and temporary homes entering Gaza risks falling short of the goals set for the deal’s first phase

ABC News - 19h

Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments

The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges’ plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by making those ...

ABC News - 19h

Wednesday Briefing: Israel Threatens to End the Cease-Fire

Plus, New York Fashion Week.

The New York Times - 20h

Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz

Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].

Wired - 1d

USAID workers battle Trump administration in court

Trump administration officials are accusing USAID workers of insubordination, according to recent legal filings. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson has more.

CBS News - 16h

Record-breaking growth in renewable energy in US threatened by Trump

Surge in solar, wind and battery capacity comes as president pledges to halt federal support for clean power. The US had record-breaking growth in renewable-energy capacity last year, new research ...

The Guardian - 23h

Climate change is threatening cacao crops, researchers say

Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in West Africa, which supplies around 70% of the world's cacao, are disrupting the crop, affecting both the quantity and quality of beans — and ...

CBS News - 1d

Intense heatwave in southern Brazil forces schools to suspend return

Record highs delay start of classes in Rio Grande do Sul, where floods linked to climate crisis left 180 dead last May. During historic floods last May that left more than 180 dead in Brazil’s ...

The Guardian - 1d

Australian nurses suspended over 'vile' antisemitic video

The footage appeared to show the pair threatening to kill and refuse to treat Israeli patients.

BBC News - 1d

Labour suspends 11 councillors over WhatsApp group

The group, which is being investigated by the party, has already led to the suspension of two Labour MPs.

BBC News - 1d

U.N. Suspends Humanitarian Work in Yemeni Area Over Houthi Hold More Staff

The total employees arrested since 2021 has risen to 24, a U.N. spokesman said. The Iran-backed Houthis have held them on murky charges of espionage and foreign intervention.

The New York Times - 1d

Winter storms threaten snow, extreme cold and travel warnings across the U.S.

Heavy snow, freezing rain and temperatures as much as 35 degrees below seasonal averages are set to hit large parts of the United States as a string of storms confirm that winter is far from over.

NBC News - 1d

Israel threatens to resume war against Hamas if it fails to release hostages by Saturday

PM Benjamin Netanyahu orders IDF to mass around Gaza as Donald Trump holds meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah

Financial Times - 1d

Trump threatens Hamas over hostage pause in fragile ceasefire

President Trump said Palestinians would not be allowed back into Gaza under his proposal for the area, while Hamas has paused the release of Israeli hostages. NBC News’ Aaron Gilchrist reports on ...

NBC News - 1d

Western Union suspends money transfers to Cuba

Among the affected entities is FINCIMEX, the Havana-based financial company that processes money transfers to the island.

CBS News - 1d

Trump's proposed buyout plan for federal workers in limbo

A federal judge is weighing extending the pause on President Trump's "deferred resignations" for federal workers. Weijia Jiang is following the latest developments at the White House.

CBS News - 2d

Trump threatens end of ceasefire if Israeli hostages not released by noon Saturday

President Trump announced that the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas will be canceled if Israeli hostages are not released by noon on Saturday, February 15. NBC News' Yasmin Vossoughian ...

NBC News - 2d

Trump sued over order suspending refugee admissions

A coalition of refugee resettlement organizations sued President Trump on Monday over an executive order from the first day of his administration that indefinitely suspends the U.S. Refugee ...

The Hill - 2d

Bird flu confirmed in Nevada dairy worker

A dairy worker in Nevada is the state’s first human case of bird flu after the employee was exposed to infected dairy cattle. In a release Monday, the Central Nevada Health District confirmed the ...

The Hill - 2d

Hamas suspends release of Israeli hostages over ‘violations’ of ceasefire

Israeli military on alert as mediators fear a breakdown in three-week-old truce as Hamas says ‘door remains open’. Hamas has said it is delaying the release of Israeli hostages indefinitely over ...

The Guardian - 2d

Manchester theatre suspends Dolly Parton musical over homophobic abuse

Actor in Here You Come Again says cast left stage because ‘a woman was so disgusted there was a gay character’. A Dolly Parton-themed musical had to be suspended mid-show in Manchester because of ...

The Guardian - 2d

Oliver Ryan suspended as Labour MP over WhatsApp messages

Ryan had been summoned to a meeting with his chief whip after the Mail on Sunday published the texts.

BBC News - 2d

UN suspends its humanitarian work in Houthi rebels' stronghold in Yemen after more staff abductions

The United Nations says it has suspended its humanitarian operations in the stronghold of Yemen’s Houthi rebels after they detained eight more U.N. staffers

ABC News - 2d

Hamas suspends hostage release, says Israel is not following ceasefire agreement

Hamas said Monday it was suspending the upcoming hostage release in the Gaza Strip, blaming Israel for not following the terms of a ceasefire agreement that paused the 15-month war in the ...

NBC News - 2d

Second Labour MP suspended from party over WhatsApp messages

Oliver Ryan was a member of the same message group as former health minister Andrew Gwynne

Financial Times - 2d

USAID cuts threaten global women's program championed by Ivanka Trump

Five years ago, Lillian Achom stood with President Trump as he backed her women's development work - work she says is threatened by his USAID cut.

CBS News - 2d

Chinese chip champion’s ‘snowballing’ growth threatens Korean dominance

CXMT develops AI products and rapidly erodes market share of Samsung and SK Hynix

Financial Times - 3d

U.S.A.I.D. Workers Brace for the Worst

A judge halted parts of the Trump administration’s plan to shut down the agency. A verdict might not come for weeks or even longer as thousands are left in limbo.

The New York Times - 4d

CFPB Workers Protest New Leadership

Russell Vought is now at the helm of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Inc. - 4d

What's next for USAID workers amid Trump changes

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from putting 2,200 U.S. Agency for International Development employees on leave. However, the White House still has the agency ...

CBS News - 5d

Judge blocks Trump's plan to put thousands of USAID workers on leave for now

A federal judge has blocked, at least temporarily, drastic cuts at USAID, but the impact of what the Trump administration is doing is already having serious ripple effects. Margaret Brennan explains.

CBS News - 5d

Judge pauses Trump’s efforts to put thousands of USAID workers on leave

The agency earlier told staff only several hundred employees would remain as the administration cuts foreign aid

Financial Times - 5d

Trump administration suspends $5bn electric vehicle charging program

Highway agency ordered states to no longer spend funds allocated under Biden’s EV charging station program. The Trump administration has ordered US states to suspend a $5bn electric vehicle ...

The Guardian - 5d

DOGE Builds ‘Firewall’ Between Musk’s Team and Legacy USDS Workers

“As far as I can tell, they’re hiding,” one USDS employee said about the DOGE team.

Wired - 5d

USAID Turmoil Threatens Key Aid Supplies to Gaza, Officials Say

Washington has funded roughly a third of the aid sent to the enclave since the war began. With most agency workers set to be put on leave, officials say that those supplies are under threat.

The New York Times - 5d

'Border czar' threatens military action if cartels target troops at border

"Border czar" Tom Homan said he expects to use the U.S. military if Mexican cartels target American troops on the border.

ABC News - 6d

Trump's aid freeze will worsen Sudan famine and cost lives, workers say

Some of the humanitarian aid USAID provided went to the African nation of Sudan. For two years now, its people have been caught in the middle of a civil war between two warlords. Debora Patta got a ...

CBS News - Feb. 5

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