Trump’s new Medicaid rule prohibits automatic payment of union dues
Critics of the new rule view it as an attack on the workers’ right to unionize and as a move to diminish the unions’ influence by targeting their funds.
“A fight is on to save Assange’s life”
Actor Pamela Anderson and WikiLeaks editor Kristinn Hrafnsson met the organization’s founder, Julian Assange, at Belmarsh prison on May 7
Center-left candidate Laurentino Cortizo wins presidential elections in Panama
Cortizo won with a margin of 2% over center-right candidate Rómulo Roux. He has promised to check corruption and deal with increasing unemployment
Hondurans defeat privatization measure with massive mobilizations
The measure would have privatized education and healthcare services in a country where access to these services is already highly limited
Yellow Vests hit the streets for the 25th consecutive week
In the city of Metz, thousands of yellow vests and environmentalists joined forces to protest at the venue of the meeting of environment ministers of the G7 countries
25 killed, 1,500 injured in three days of Israeli attacks on Gaza
Reports suggest that a ceasefire agreement has been reached between Hamas and Israel
Black Colombian leaders survive assassination attempt
The leaders were in a meeting to prepare for dialogues with the National Government when they were attacked by a group of armed men with firearms and grenades
Activists condemn Assange’s prison sentence, demand his release
Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in jail on May 1 for jumping bail. He faces an extradition hearing to the United States towards the ends of May