The heads of Georgia's public safety and criminal justice agencies will have to furlough employees, cut pay and freeze vacant positions to meet the 14 percent budget reductions requested by lawmakers, ... ( read original story ...)
Government says Georgia wrongly denied state employee sick leave to care for child after coronavirus shut schools
The employee will receive $848 in back wages from when they were denied sick leave and instead given telework options. ( read original story ...)
Turtle Blows Its Way Into Moving Car’s Window In Georgia, Smashes Windshield
TV that she was driving in Savannah, Ga., on May 12 when the turtle flew through the air before striking the car’s windshield, which was left partly smashed in the impact. Lark said she initially ... ( read original story ...)
First responder furloughs, accountability courts closures among proposed Georgia agency cuts
The heads of Georgia's public safety and criminal justice agencies will have to furlough employees, cut pay and freeze vacant positions to meet the 14 percent budget reductions requested by lawmakers, ... ( read original story ...)
Kuwait Airways to lay off 1,500 foreign employees
State-owned Kuwait Airways said Thursday it will lay off 1,500 expatriate employees due to "significant difficulties" caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Kuwait Airways announces the termination of ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Oman records 636 new coronavirus cases, 40 deaths
The total case count in Oman now stands at 9,009, and health officials announced 2,177 recoveries. Of the new cases, 345 newly infected are Omanis, and 291 are non-Omanis. The Ministry of Health ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Officials Lay Out Course to Reopen Ahead of Schedule
Singapore officials began laying out some benchmarks the country will need to hit in order to reopen its economy sooner than planned. ( read original story ...)
Turkmenistan, OSCE discuss measures to combat terrorism financing
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 28 By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend: Turkmenistan and OSCE discussed measures to counter terrorism financing, Trend reports with reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of ... ( read original story ...)
One of Turkmenistan’s top actors has cruelly been jailed for two years for the simple crime of being gay
A well-known actor has been sentenced to two years in prison in Turkmenistan for the simple crime of being gay. The actor – who has not been publicly named – was first arrested in March of this year ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon removes banking secrecy rules to fight corruption
Lebanon's state news agency says parliament has approved a law to remove decades-old banking secrecy rules in order to better fight corruption ... ( read original story ...)