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• En la contienda por el Concejo Municipal de la Ciudad de Nueva York, el respaldo de Zohran Mamdani enfrenta dudas mientras el titular lucha contra bajos resultados en las encuestas y una base dividida. • El candidato desafiante se niega a retirarse en favor de un rival centrista a pesar de las malas cifras. • Esta contienda local señala un cambio en las dinámicas demócratas dentro de la política urbana con implicaciones nacionales.

• Los votantes de Virginia aprobaron por un estrecho margen un plan de redistribución de distritos para el Congreso respaldado por los demócratas que pone en peligro a varios titulares republicanos. • La medida rediseña los límites para favorecer a los demócratas en distritos clave, alterando el equilibrio para las elecciones de mitad de período de 2026. • Esta batalla de redistribución de distritos costeros destaca las tensiones nacionales sobre los mapas justos y la ventaja partidista.

Las firmas informaron la semana pasada que reducirán la licencia parental y otros beneficios para los empleados a partir del próximo año. Las medidas recientes de las empresas estadounidenses Deloitte y Zoom para reducir la cantidad de licencia parental remunerada que ofrecen a sus empleados podrían señalar una reducción mayor de los beneficios en el sector corporativo de Estados Unidos, según expertos del mercado laboral. Ya se considera que los trabajadores estadounidenses tienen menos beneficios y protecciones laborales que muchos de sus homólogos en todo el mundo, especialmente en Europa. Siga leyendo...

Former prime minister says policies will lose support without continued lower prices, while Malcolm Turnbull points to some progress in USGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKevin Rudd has described Donald Trump’s cuts to support for green industries as “unfortunate”, warning that Australians would conclude the clean transition was “bullshit” if it did not offer tangible benefits to their lives.But – in some of his first comments since finishing his term as Australia’s ambassador to the US – the former prime minister said climate policies would have staying power if they delivered affordable prices, a reliable energy supply and new job opportunities. Continue reading...

Roberts-Smith, who has denied five charges of war crime murder, says he was always going to attend: ‘I never thought about not coming’Booing has marred Anzac Day commemorations in Melbourne and Sydney, while on the Gold Coast, the Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith attended the dawn service at Currumbin Beach.One man was arrested at the Sydney dawn service at Martin Place, where there was a small but noisy interjection of booing during the Indigenous acknowledgement of country. Continue reading...

Former soldier says he will ‘pay my respects’ at commemoration in Queensland where he has been living since being released on bailGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBen Roberts-Smith will attend an Anzac Day service in Queensland on Saturday morning, describing the day as “sacred” to him, the first commemoration since he was criminally charged.Roberts-Smith, the recipient of the Victoria Cross and once one of Australia’s most lionised soldiers, faces five charges of the war crime of murder, allegedly committed during his service with the SAS in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012. Continue reading...

Partner of soldier accused of war crimes says the couple discussed possibility of moving overseas to ‘create some normalcy in our lives’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBen Roberts-Smith was planning to leave Australia to live overseas and had a business class flight out of the country booked in four days’ time when he was arrested at Sydney airport this month, court documents allege, with investigators telling a court “his willingness to return to Australia to face prosecution cannot be judged”.Roberts-Smith was ultimately granted bail last week under strict conditions, a move opposed by prosecutors who said there was potential concern he was a flight risk and might try to avoid ever having to face trial for a series of alleged murders he committed in Afghanistan. Continue reading...