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[ad_1] Major retailer Aeon plans to introduce a system this year to compensate employees who take child care leave with 100% of their take-home pay until their child is up to 1 year old, sources said Thursday.The system aims to alleviate financial concerns and encourage male employees to take child care leave.The program, which has no age limit, will be gradually rolled out from March to some 150 companies in […]
[ad_1] This is the first time African music will have its own category at the prestigious Grammy awards. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Motsepe is proud that this Nations Cup has been so thrilling to watch. "For all of the nations in Africa, the quality of football has increased enormously," Motsepe said."We need to get the spectators to enjoy watching our football. It's got to be appealing, it's got to be attractive, it's got to be exciting - because then it has a commercial value."And we can use some of that commercial […]
[ad_1] Japan’s retail investors are pouring money into Indian stocks amid bets that the nation will be the next China.Total assets of India equity-focused investment trusts in Japan grew 11%, or ¥237 billion ($1.6 billion), in January, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Factoring in the gains of Indian stocks on a yen basis last month, the figures suggest inflows of about ¥140 billion into India equity funds, while Japanese […]
[ad_1] The Mattei Plan was drawn up without any input from African leaders and is named after the controversial founder of Italy's fossil fuels major. It is troubling that many African leaders who skipped the G77+China Summit in Uganda last week flocked to Rome this week to attend the Italy-Africa Summit. Summoned by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to the grand Palazzo Madama, they were presented with the Mattei Plan for Africa. The operative word there is for Africa. As Moussa […]
[ad_1] Fertile soils are the key to meeting the world's exploding demand for food. With Africa set to become the most populous continent by the end of the century, repairing degraded and eroded soils on the continent is ever urgent, says US Special Envoy for Food Security Cary Fowler. RFI: A year ago, the US launched the Vision for Suitable Crops and Soils (Vacs) programme, which promotes a return to traditional crops. What is it about? Cary Fowler: It aims […]
[ad_1] DNA tests have shown that a man who died earlier this week at a hospital is likely to be the person wanted for one of a series of terrorist bombings in Japan during the 1970s, investigative sources said Friday. The man confessed last month to being the alleged bomber, Satoshi Kirishima, who was a member of an extreme left-wing group. The DNA test results conducted on the suspect's relatives […]
[ad_1] Each diesel or petrol vehicle will incur up to $24 a year under a new law meant to curb emissions. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] KOFU, Yamanashi Pref. – The death sentence has been finalized for a 21-year-old man convicted of murders and arson he committed as a minor in 2021 after he withdrew an appeal, a Japanese court said Friday.The defense team for Yuki Endo filed the appeal at the deadline Thursday, but the defendant withdrew it later in the day, the Kofu District Court said.The ruling handed down last month became the […]
[ad_1] Taro Aso, a former prime minister and the current vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Friday retracted his sexist remarks regarding the appearance of the country's top diplomat.In a speech on Sunday, Aso, a heavyweight of the LDP headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, described Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa as an "obasan," which loosely translates as old lady and sometimes carries a negative connotation. At the […]
