As healthcare costs soar, it’s not only individual Americans feeling the financial pain and looking to make trade-offs. Employers are scouring for ways to cut back and generous paid parental leave is among the employee benefits on the chopping block. Zoom Communications announced tweaks to its parental leave policy to bring the benefit more in…
The family of Celeste Rivas Hernandez is in “unfathomable pain” and is pushing back on rumors after prosecutors laid out a chilling account this week of how the 14-year-old California girl was allegedly murdered and dismembered by platinum-selling singer D4vd. In a statement Friday, Celeste’s father, Jesus Rivas, flatly rejected online speculation that the musician…
Facebook has begun experimenting with charging for one of its most basic features, link sharing. In a new test spotted by users, Meta is limiting how many links certain Facebook accounts can post unless they pay for a subscription. Users who are part of Facebook’s professional mode or who run Pages can only post two…
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Shorouk Express Sara* is 43 years old and works as a freelancer in Italy. Like many of her colleagues, she regularly participates in European funding opportunities for journalism, such as JournalismFund Europe or Investigative Journalism for EU. Sitting at a table in a park in northern Paris, Sara tells me about a highly instructive episode:…
Shorouk Express Unofficial sites offering to obtain Electronic Travel Authorisations (ETAs) to enter the UK have been charging upwards of £80, despite being no easier or quicker to use than the official site that charges only £10. If you’ve already paid, can you get your money back? The UK government in March launched a website…
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Join the every day Inside Washington e-mail for unique US protection and evaluation despatched to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington e-mail Get our free Inside Washington e-mail A leaked report from the Home Ethics Committee reveals damning information particulars concerning the long-running investigation into Matt Gaetz’s alleged sexual misconduct and illicit drug use,…
