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200 UK Companies Permanently Move To 4-Day Work Week Without Loss Of Pay (www.ndtv.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/17862588

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In a landmark move reinventing the working week in the United Kingdom, at least 200 British companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees without any loss of pay.

Together, these 200 companies employ over 5,000 people, and among these charities, marketing and technology firms are the best-represented, a report by The Guardian said quoting the 4 Day Week Foundation.

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The change was first adopted by around 30 marketing, advertising and press relations firms. The suit was followed by 29 charity, NGO, and social care industry-based organisations, and 24 technology, IT and software firms. Later, another 22 companies in the business, consulting and management sectors also joined the bandwagon and permanently offered four-day weeks to staff, according to The Guardian report.

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Nearly 100 companies in Ukraine quietly change Russian ownership in 6 months, monitoring service reports (kyivindependent.com)
 

Within the last six months, 93 companies in Ukraine have removed signs of Russian ownership and continue to do business in the country, despite a moratorium on altering the registration of companies with Russian owners, the monitoring service Opendatabot reported.

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In response to an inquiry from the Kyiv Independent, the Justice Ministry said it had checked all 621 companies and found violations in the registration of 14 companies, two of which were related to non-compliance with restrictions on Russian assets.

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Russian oligarch Abramovich underpays $1.2 billion to UK in taxes, media investigation says (kyivindependent.com)
 

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich owes up to 1 billion pounds ($1.2 billion) to the U.K. after attempting to evade taxes on hedge funds investments in a scheme involving Chelsea Football Club, according to a joint investigation by the BBC, The Guardian, and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism published on Jan. 29.

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Abramovich's net worth is estimated to be around $9 billion, and he has Russian, Israeli, and Portuguese citizenship. He and other top Russian oligarchs were sanctioned after the beginning of the full-scale invasion in February 2022. The oligarch now resides alternatively in Tel Aviv, Istanbul, and Russia's Sochi.

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NATO on track to send Kyiv over $40 billion in 2025 (kyivindependent.com)
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Russia's February oil exports from its western ports drop by 8% due to sanctions (www.pravda.com.ua)
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Ukrainian border guards sink Russian boat in country's south – video (www.pravda.com.ua)
Snowbirds rush to sell Florida homes as loonie tanks in c/canada
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Putin says there is a way to organise talks with Ukraine, but Kyiv not willing (www.reuters.com)
 
  • Putin claims Zelenskiy lacks legitimacy for talks
  • Zelenskiy says Russian leader afraid of negotiations
  • Ukraine cites martial law for Zelenskiy's legitimacy
  • Putin suggests Western allies could facilitate talks

MOSCOW, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine could find a legal way to hold peace talks with Russia on ending their nearly three-year-old war, but Moscow sees no willingness on Kyiv's part to engage. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy immediately dismissed Putin's statements questioning his legitimacy, saying that the Kremlin chief had shown he was afraid of talks and sought to prolong the war.

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Waves of Ukrainian drones target Russian power, oil facilities (www.reuters.com)
 
  • Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant operating normally amid attack, RIA reports
  • Defence ministry says 104 drones detected
  • Oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod on fire, media report

Jan 29 (Reuters) - A nuclear power plant was among the targets of a massive Ukrainian drone attack against Russian oil and power facilities, Russian officials and media outlets reported on Wednesday.

Chinese mercenary in the Russian army begins to regret his life choices. in c/[email protected]
NATO: There was officially a Russian plot to kill European weapons chief in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once." (Shakespeare)

NATO: There was officially a Russian plot to kill European weapons chief in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (3 children)

So, one of government's undisputed obligations is the protection of its population from hostile nations. NATO better be willing to step up and proactively protect the member states and their population.

At what point do 'minor' transgressions become actionable? Like, if Russia was told by NATO reps that the next time any citizen gets assassinated and it is proven they are responsible, or that a Russian damaged NATO cables or whatever that an immediate response will be enacted. Notice I didn't say 'proportional'.

Cable snapped and Russian captain who did it? Tomahawk to an airbase near St. Petersburg. Don't want to go to war? Cut the shit. Period.

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Russia faces surge in corporate bankruptcies, experts close to the Kremlin say (www.themoscowtimes.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/18216216

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Russia’s economy is facing a potential surge in corporate bankruptcies, the Vedomosti business daily reported, citing experts from the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting (CMASF). The CMASF is a government-aligned think tank that is headed by the brother of Defense Minister Andrei Belousov.

[Combat] Rapid transfer of a Russian soldier from Army to Air Force. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"Отсюда я вижу свой дом!"...

Did you really think nobody would notice your wraps are the same size as your tortillas used to be, Old El Pashite? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (7 children)

That's what makes it mildly infuriating.

This is in-your-face pending shrinkflation. Once they run out of old packaging they will use new with reduced mass and count but same price. Also, you assume they've actually increased the number to keep the mass valid. I would not be shocked at all to learn they didn't making this potential lawsuit material.

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Ukraine’s defence forces strike drone warehouses in Russia’s Oryol Oblast, destroying over 200 Shaheds (www.pravda.com.ua)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/30794185

Ukraine’s defence forces have targeted storage sites for Russian forces’ attack drones in Russia’s Oryol Oblast, reportedly destroying over 200 Shahed drones.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250126211705/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/01/26/7495359/

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

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Transfer of Air Force personnel to infantry continues despite scandal (kyivindependent.com)
Netflix won the streaming wars, and we’re all about to pay for it in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 74 points 4 days ago (3 children)

yaarrr! "all" is a bit of an exaggeration...

2025 Razzie nominations [Full List]: 'Joker 2' up for Worst Picture, Lady Gaga & Joaquin Phoenix nab nods for Worst Actor & Actress in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Joaquin Phoenix for Worst Actor>. /doubt

Haven't seen the movie but he's always been more than adequate with his performances. My guess is it's either bad directing, editing, or both that he's taking the rap for.

Meta Unveils Ministry of Truth, Says It's "Totally Different" from Censorship in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

JFC. I read the title and said 'they cannot be serious', then saw the community

Is there a better sequel than Terminator 2? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 94 points 5 days ago (13 children)

Aliens

Is there a way to have a less depressing Lemmy experience? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's just a bad joke about 'the out of the box experience not being great'.

Is there a way to have a less depressing Lemmy experience? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

[user banned for having an opinion that diverges from the group]

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Zelensky offers Ukrainian coal to ease energy crisis in Transnistria (www.rfi.fr)
 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/31670259

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Ukraine was prepared to send coal to fuel a major power plant in the Moldovan breakaway region of Transnistria, hit by an unprecedented energy crisis.

The territory, wedged between Ukraine and Moldova, has suffered heating and electricity cut-offs since the start of the year when a Kyiv-Moscow gas transit contract, which had allowed Russian gas to flow there, expired.

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