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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees has resigned, effective immediately, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) had announced earlier on Wednesd…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside No. 10 Downing Street, in central London, on Nov. 6, 2019. TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has formally kicked off an election campaign that he hopes will finally resolve …

The Tripura royalty has asked the State government to consider settling the displaced Bru people in the State instead of sending them back to uncertainty in Mizoram. Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma, the royal scion and former president of the Tripura unit o…

Around the world, there are more startups addressing the worlds most pressing social challenges. Theres Asaduru, a South Africa-based green building business; Skilllab BV in the Netherlands, which helps refugees better integrate into labor markets; and Limbic…

More than 1,000 Google employees published an open letter to chief financial officer Ruth Porat on Monday demanding the company take action on climate change. The Googlers are not alone in publicly putting pressure on upper management to take action on clima…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump mostly stuck to sports Monday while honoring the World Series champion Washington Nationals, who had a handful of players skip the White House visit. Amid an impeachment inquiry on Capitol Hill and Washington feting i…

Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.  Stephen Shankland/CNET Google employees on Monday called on company management to take action against climate change. More than 1,000 workers signed an open letter to Ruth Porat, Google's chief financial of…

1,100+ Googlers sign a letter asking Google to commit to eliminating its carbon footprint by 2030 and stop working with orgs harming climate change refugees (Lauren Kaori Gurley/VICE)

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump honored the World Series champion Nationals at the White House on Monday, though more than a half-dozen players skipped the ceremony on the South Lawn. Reliever Sean Doolittle, who along with his wife has worked with Syr…

Googlea company headquartered on Earthhas notalways been keen to cave to the demands of its increasingly vocal and organized staff. Nonetheless, 1,000 Googlers have now signed a letter seeking to force the company to reckon with its role in accelerating clima…