By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES New York- Pret A Manger agreed to cough up nearly $1,000,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the U.K.-based sandwich chain of underpaying staff at its stores in New York. A lawsuit was filed last month accusing the sandwich
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Supersonic Concorde epitomized beauty and power. Some described the plane as a giant swan flying and many referred to it as the greatest and most glamorous civilian aircraft ever built. The plane’s technology was decades ahead of its time when it made
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France’s ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights and called on the country to review the legislation. The U.N. body
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The French Judicial Police (DCPJ) and the Italian Carabinieri Corps, with support from Europol and Eurojust, arrested 23 individuals and dismantled 2 criminal networks suspected of producing and distributing counterfeit banknotes in France and Italy. The networks produced various
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller reminded European Allies that without the right resources, the military alliance “cannot guarantee our security.” Gottemoeller laid out the importance of defence spending at a time of unprecedented security challenges in a
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Amid an international outcry, Israel put on hold its planned eviction of the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar, in the West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday postponed the forced eviction of a Bedouin village in
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Trump’s top diplomat Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was all smiles with a look of determination on his face as he met with members of Saudi Arabia’s leadership Tuesday. Pompeo was dispatched to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Tuesday in Riyadh to discuss the disappearance of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi. President Trump dispatched Pompeo to Saudi Arabia’s
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES In an apparent effort to keep U.S.-Saudi relations intact, President Trump Monday backed away from statements he made over the weekend threatening Riyadh with “severe punishment” if the Kingdom were found to be involved in the killing