Workers at Exclusive Montana Resort Reach $1 Million Wage Settlement
A group of guest workers from Jamaica had accused the Yellowstone Club and Hospitality Staffing Solutions of shortchanging their wages and tips.
The Yellowstone Club near Big Sky, Mont. Bill Gates and Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have been identified as members who own property at the resort.Credit.Erik Petersen/Bozeman Daily Chronicle, via Associated Press
April 27, 2021Updated 12:05 p.m. ET
Dozens of guest workers from Jamaica have reached a $1 million settlement in a lawsuit that accused an exclusive Montana ski resort home to business titans and Hollywood celebrities of shortchanging their tips and wages and discriminating against them, court records show.
Xinhua | Updated: 2021-04-22 14:44 Share CLOSE Russia is a hospitable country that is open to our real friends, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.[Photo/Xinhua]
Russia will issue electronic visas with a streamlined application procedure to attract more foreign tourists, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
It will be possible for tourists from most countries to obtain electronic visas remotely without unnecessary formalities within just four days, Putin said in his annual state-of-the-nation address to the Federal Assembly. Russia is a hospitable country that is open to our real friends, the president said. As soon as the epidemiological situation allows, we will definitely remove existing restrictions and millions of tourists from all over the world will be able to come, he added.
UAE Lends Pakistan Billions, Competing with China
21 Apr 2021
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), told his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday that the UAE will roll over a $2 billion loan and “extend every possible support” in an effort to improve relations between the two countries.
Qureshi responded by saying the UAE’s gesture “reflected the warm and brotherly ties” between the UAE and Pakistan, while Qureshi’s office hailed the loan rollover as “yet another manifestation of the close cooperative relations between the two countries.”
The interest-free loan of $2 billion was made in January 2019 by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), which is essentially the UAE’s foreign aid program. The Pakistani government was struggling to pay its debts at the time, little knowing its economic situation would soon be made even worse by the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
India to grant visas to Pakistani players for ICC World T20
Sun Online Desk
Pakistan cricket team, led by Babar Azam, will have no difficulty in travelling to India for the ICC World T20 in October as the Indian government is set to grant visas to the players.
It has been learnt that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah has informed the Apex Council about government’s decision on giving visas to the Pakistan players.
“The visa issue of Pakistan cricket team has been sorted. However, whether the fans can travel across the border to watch matches is still not clear,” an Apex Council member said.
Ukraine – Joint statement by France and Germany at the OSCE (Vienna, 10 Apr. 2021) Share
Statement by Germany and France on the occasion of the meeting of OSCE participating States under the Vienna Document Article 16 on unusual military activities on the Ukrainian-Russian border, at the invitation of Ukraine in Vienna on 10 April 2021
For several days, we as well as other partners have been observing large-scale Russian troop movements on the border with Ukraine.
Such activities near the border are always a cause for concern.
On our part, but especially on the part of Ukraine, this concern can be defused if appropriate explanations are provided. Chapter III of the Vienna Document was especially created for this purpose.