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And planning to rein in spending on the workforce, which grew enormously under former mayor bill de blasio. in the long run he is hoping to shave that workforce by at least 10,000 workers. so that is going to really help offset the citys long-term expenses, because workers in new york are expensive because it is a union town. those are renegotiated and they include pensions and other expensive things for taxpayers. i think it makes sense to keep spending at a robust level at a time when so many ...

Waiting at the bottom is five—year—old rayan. he fell in on tuesday evening. he was playing whilst his father was repairing the well. translation: the closer we get, the hole gets more narrow, i and hard to pass through, which makes it very hard to save the child through volunteers. this is why we had to come up with another technique, which is digging. rescuers have been able to send oxygen and water to rayan through pipes. its a tricky, painstaking manoeuvre. it is a long way down, and the...

During this award season. its also cinema from around the world. talking movies has picked five films that we think will earn a best international feature film oscar nomination. adventurous filmmaking is really on display in denmarks flee, an animated documentary that tells the plight of a refugee fleeing afghanistan 20 years ago. willingly conceived and put together byjonas poher rasmussen, it should be shortlisted. he really wanted to use animation as opposed to making a conventional documenta...

Painstaking manoeuvre. its a long way down, and the diameter of the well is less than 45 centimetres. rayan�*s plight has touched the hearts of moroccans. there has been an outpouring of sympathy online, with the hashtag #staystrong going viral across north africa. crowds have gathered at the site, anxious to hear the latest on the rescue. translation: rayan is very much loved here in the village, - notjust at home. i miss him, its been three nights. but rescuers are working against the clock ...

Five—year—old rayan, whose plight touched a nation and reverberated around the arab world. hundreds of mourners came to the village in morocco�*s rural northern province to pay tribute. among them, rayan�*s father. the community coming together to give support. social media across the arab world has been flooded with messages of support for the community. grief, and praise for rescue workers. we will neverforget ourson, rayan. he will always be in our hearts. little rayan is not only the...

So many problems downstream. in some ways, its a simple idea. butjoining the dots between the many parts of the music industry attracted the legendary bjorn ulvaeus of abba to invest in the project, as he believes it could become a lot more important. i think that theres no reason why not every song that is injected into the digital system shouldnt have the relevant codes and the identifiers. when that happens then everyone will get paid — as simple as that. and i realised i understand the pli...

Aru na iyengar reports. the final journey for five—year—old rayan, whose plight touched a nation and reverberating around the arab world. hundreds of mourners came to the village in morocco�*s rural northern province to pay tribute. among them, rayan�*s father. the community coming together to give support. social media across the arab world has been flooded with messages of support for the community. grief and praise for rescue workers. grief and praise for rescue workm— grief and pra...

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Excuses" to "defend the indefensible". in a speech, sirjohn insisted deliberate lies to parliament should always be "fatal" to political careers all abandoned wells in morocco will be surveyed following the tragic death of a young boy earlier this week. rayans plight at the bottom of a narrow thirty—two metre deep borehole gripped millions in morocco and beyond. a water ministry official said the survey was designed to prevent a repeat of the tragedy. he said those who dug wells that flouted r...

Most which is the top of the ranks in terms of coaches and in terms of ownership. >> yeah. and were in this situation where a talented, winning coach is risking more to potentially not have that much impact. what do you make of the sort of lonely plight of people trying to change something in the league? >> it gives us some indication that courage is still present in our world. often times it takes one or two people to step out there and to risk everything, to inspire others. we hope this will b...