YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators held a protest Sunday in the center of the capital of Armenia, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan after Armenia agreed to hand over control of several border villages to Azerbaijan. The demonstration was the latest in a weekslong series of gatherings led […]
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Armenians throng to the capital to demand prime minister’s resignation
Tens of thousands of demonstrators held a protest on Sunday in Yerevan, Armenia’s capital, to call for prime minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation after the European nation agreed to hand over control of several border villages to Azerbaijan. The demonstration was the latest in a weeks-long series of gatherings led by a high-ranking cleric in the […]
Sandra Doorley faces investigations, calls for resignation after traffic incident. Where things stand
Two weeks after Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley’s speeding ticket — and the subsequent viral video of her contretemps with a Webster police officer — there are several investigations and continued calls for Doorley’s resignation. Doorley has apologized in a video, an interview with WHEC-TV (Channel 10) and a column in the Democrat and […]
Miss USA’s resignation letter accuses organization of ‘building a culture of fear and control’
Days after announcing she is stepping away from the Miss USA 2023 crown, Noelia Voigt‘s official resignation letter has surfaced. In it, she accuses the organization of creating a toxic and unbearable work culture. In the letter, obtained by NBC News on May 9, Voigt accused the pageant’s CEO of failing to take an incident […]
A Kentucky mayor wrote his resignation note on the back of an envelope
Workers are eyeing the exit in 2024 as LinkedIn and Microsoft study warns more people want to quit their jobs now than during the Great Resignation
The cost of living has spiraled, the threat of layoffs (thanks to AI and overhiring) looms, and flexible working arrangements won before bosses started issuing return-to-office mandates are now like gold dust. That’s why, after three years of workers quitting their jobs at a record pace—about 47 million Americans left their jobs in 2021 alone—experts have […]
Foxx renews calls for Cardona’s resignation
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona condemned campus demonstrations upending colleges this spring as the top Republican on the House education committee called for his resignation. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) once again pressed Cardona to step down over his response to antisemitism and campus demonstrations which have led to hundreds of […]
SNP hunting for new leader in the wake of Humza Yousaf’s resignation
The SNP is beginning the search for a new leader after a day of drama in Scottish politics saw Humza Yousaf announce his resignation as the country’s first minister. Facing two votes of no confidence at Holyrood, and without the support of the Greens whom he had angered when he terminated the powersharing agreement between […]
New York special election will fill vacancy in Congress created by resignation of Democrat Higgins
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Voters in an upstate New York congressional district will choose between a Democrat regarded by many as the natural successor to the longtime congressman who vacated the seat earlier this year and a Republican with crossover appeal in a special election Tuesday. Democratic Rep. Brian Higgins, who arrived in Congress in […]
Supervisors to accept Skalberg resignation
Apr. 29—OTTUMWA — The Wapello County Board of Supervisors will accept the resignation of employment and release agreement with county engineer Jeff Skalberg during Tuesday’s meeting at the courthouse. Skalberg, who has been with the county since March 2019, can resign anytime before June 30 by giving two weeks notice, and will be paid a […]
Security breach leads to firing, resignation of 5 Panama City Police Department employees
PANAMA CITY − A security breach led to the firing or resignation of five Panama City Police Department employees. In an emailed statement, Chief Mark Smith said he learned on March 18 that an internal affairs investigation folder was found in an internal agency directory, where it could be read by unauthorized employees. This led […]
Scotland’s First Minister Yousaf to make statement as resignation expected
Humza Yousaf is to make a statement as he is expected to resign as First Minister of Scotland. He is holding a press conference at Bute House, his official residence in Edinburgh at noon. He is expected to announce he is standing down from the post, the PA news agency understands. It comes as he […]