Day: March 8, 2017

High heels not required at work in New Zealand, recruiters say

New Zealand employers would struggle to attract staff if they said women had to wear high heels at work, a recruitment expert says. Lawmakers in the United Kingdom have debated whether companies there should be able to make heels part of a dress code after a petition against the practise gained over 150,000 signatures.

Double strike from Neil Wagner, Jeetan Patel brings Black Caps back…

The key dismissals of centurion Dean Elgar, Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma reduced South Africa to 279-7 on day two, leaving the match evenly poised with the tourists losing 3-27. Just when New Zealand needed it, a pinpoint Neil Wagner bouncer got them back on track as he removed his former South African schoolboy rival Elgar caught behind for 140.

ECB to sit tight ahead of potential election upsets in France, the Netherlands

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi is likely to keep arguing that the inflation surge is temporary, growth is fragile and the outlook is clouded with risks, most notably forthcoming elections. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi is likely to keep arguing that the inflation surge is temporary, growth is fragile and the outlook is clouded with risks, most notably forthcoming elections.

Female Artists in Rio Promote Women’s Rights Via Painting

Before leaving her home each day to teach art to children, Mariluce Maria de Souza must factor in extra time to account for the shootings and other eruptions of violence that occur daily in Alemao, Rio de Janeiro’s largest complex of slums, or favelas. The 35-year-old mother sometimes has to cancel a session teaching painting to children because the journey to class is just too dangerous.

Child Labor Rising Sharply in India’s Cities, Report Says

Urban India is employing an increasing number of children – many under 9 years old – in producing everything from pickles to fireworks, working in tourism and laboring on building sites, a U.N. children’s agency report and campaigners said. The State of Child Workers in India report by UNICEF, based on the latest Indian census data, says the proportion of child workers in the 5-to-9-year age group jumped to 24.8 percent in 2011 from 14.6 percent in 2001.

Stephen Fuhr, the Liberal chair of the defence committee, said…

Canadian MPs visiting Washington this week said they kept hearing a familiar message in the U.S. capital: that Canada and other NATO partners will be expected to pony up more money for the military. It’s something members of the parliamentary committee on national defence said they would take home after three days of meetings at the Pentagon, the U.S. Capitol and think-tanks that concluded Wednesday.

Mount Joy hosts state titles

Rock star: Tasmanian expert Chris Bayles, pictured at the 2014 trials, will compete in the top class at at Mount Joy, Powranna, this weekend. Mount Joy, Powranna, will ring with the sounds of motorcycles on the weekend as more than 70 local and national riders compete in the Tasmanian Moto Trials.

Why North Korea doesn’t trust China an inch

People walk past portraits of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. Photo / AP The assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the older brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who had been under Chinese protection and living in Macau, was followed by another round of missile launches by Pyongyang, stirring vocal anger from Seoul and Tokyo and quiet fury from Beijing.

US Marines have arrived in Syria for Raqqa battle

US Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit attach a concrete barrier to a CH-53E Super Stallion during helicopter external load training at Arta Beach, Djibouti. Photo / Marine Corps Marines from an amphibious task force have left their ships in the Middle East and deployed to Syria, establishing an outpost from which they can fire artillery guns in support of the fight to take back the city of Raqqa from Isis.

Barcelona inspired by Super Bowl comeback – Rakitic

Barcelona’s remarkable Champions League comeback to beat Paris St Germain 6-1 at the Nou Camp and snatch a place in the quarter-finals will take some time to sink in, according to midfielder Ivan Rakitic. Trailing and wounded from a 4-0 humiliation from the opening leg of the last-16 clash in France, Luis Enrique’s men were looking to make history and also avoid their earliest exit from the competition in a decade.

Detention decision pending for Mexican jailed near Seattle

Theodore Boutrous Jr., left, and Mark Rosenbaum, right, attorneys for Daniel Ramirez Medina, talk to reporters at the federal courthouse in Seattle, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, following a hearing for Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested in February and detained by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate said Wednesday that he expects to rule early next week on whether to release Medina.

Canada has adequate resources to deal with asylum-seekers: Goodale

Several federal agencies are planning for the possibility that warmer weather will bring even more people trying to cross the border A woman walks towards the border to cross at the U.S.-Canada border after arriving in a taxi with a group that claimed to be from Syria into Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada March 2, 2017. OTTAWA – Canada’s national police force and border watchdog say they have the resources they need – for now – to deal with the influx of people entering the country illegally in search of asylum, the federal minister in charge said Tuesday.

U.S. general says Russia has deployed banned missile

A senior U.S. general on Wednesday accused Russia of deploying a land-based cruise missile in violation of “the spirit and intent” of a nuclear arms treaty and charged that Moscow’s intention is to threaten U.S. facilities in Europe and the NATO alliance. “We believe that the Russians have deliberately deployed it in order to pose a threat to NATO and to facilities within the NATO area of responsibility,” Gen.

Crude oil is plunging as US inventories swell to a record

West Texas Intermediate crude oil trades down 4.2% at $50.95 per barrel as of 1:54 p.m. ET after the latest inventory data from the Department of Energy showed supplies rose by 8.21 million barrels to 528.4 million barrels. That’s the highest since record keeping began in 1982 , according to Bloomberg.

Iran starts construction of gas pipeline to Chabahar port

News selected on topics and regions – oil and gas, business, politics, IT, the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea region, Central Asia Ranking of the Azerbaijani banking sector Baku, Azerbaijan, Mar. 7 By Emil Ilgar – Trend: Iran has started construction of the first phase of pipeline project from Iranshahr to Chabahar port, which is close to Pakistan border, the Governor of Iranshahr Nabi Nakhsh Davoudi told IRNA Mar.7. The total length of 56-inch pipeline is 280 km, but the first phase of that with 32 km has already began, and it is expected to be completed in 6 months. Last week, Iran inaugurated Iranshahr-Zahedan gas pipeline.

Doctors want kids banned from quad bikes after 6yo killed

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons is urging the New Zealand and Australian governments to implement a ban of children on quad bikes. Photo / 123RF The death of a 6-year-old girl in New South Wales has prompted Australian surgeons to call for a ban of children on quad bikes on both sides of the Tasman.

Japanese lawmakers demand new weapons to take on N Korea

Any weapon Japan acquired with the reach to hit North Korea would also put parts of China’s eastern seaboard within rang Influential Japanese lawmakers are pushing harder for Japan to develop the ability to strike preemptively at the missile facilities of its nuclear-armed neighbour North Korea. Japan has so far avoided taking the controversial and costly step of acquiring bombers or weapons such as cruise missiles with enough range to strike other countries, relying instead on its U.S. ally to take the fight to its enemies.

Norfolk family has SIX generations of women

The only family in the UK to have SIX generations of women alive at the same time put their incredible achievement down to good genes and hard work The incredible achievement was reached with the birth of youngest family member Meiche Hume, who is the great-great-great-granddaughter of 100-year-old Ruby Snowling. Earlier this year the Hanson family from Bradford, West Yorkshire, were reportedly believed to be the only one in Britain with six living generations.

Thai boy with cancerous growth on head WON’T have surgery

Boy, 2, WON’T have surgery to remove huge cancerous tumour because his parents hope alternative medicine will offer a cure instead The 23-month-old was reportedly diagnosed with the disease nine months ago following a biopsy at Srinakarin Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. Khondej has since undergone a series of chemotherapy treatments and now surgeons want to operate to remove part of his brain, cheekbone and jaw.