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Australian state lawmaker changes name to ‘Aussie Trump’

Australian state lawmaker changes name to ‘Aussie Trump’

Australian state lawmaker Aussie Trump (left), formerly known as Ben Dawkins, and US President Donald Trump. — Facebook/ @Ben Dawkins MLC/ AFP/ File SYDNEY: An Australian state lawmaker has legally changed his name to ‘Aussie Trump’, in what he said was a protest against the country’s ruling centre-left Labor Party. Trump, formerly known as Ben Dawkins, is an independent lawmaker in Western …

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Bill Gates defends USAID’s work after meeting with Trump and White House chief of staff

Bill Gates defends USAID’s work after meeting with Trump and White House chief of staff

WASHINGTON — Billionaire Bill Gates, a philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, said he met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to advocate for continuing foreign aid disbursements from the U.S. Agency for International Development. “I went by the White House because there’s a lot in this transition, what we keep, in terms of foreign aid, what …

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DEI: Google joins US firms abandoning diversity recruitment goals

DEI: Google joins US firms abandoning diversity recruitment goals

Google has become the latest big US firm to scrap its goals to recruit more workers from underrepresented groups, BBC News understands. The decision to abandon the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) recruitment targets comes after the company carried out an annual review of its corporate policies. The technology giant is also reviewing some of its other DEI programmes. US …

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