Korean immigrant champions cause of Aurora’s global residents

Editor’s note: The 2025 Global Fest festival will take place on Saturday,  June 14. The City of Aurora is working with South Korea to establish a consulate here. It would serve the more than 41,000 Korean immigrants in Colorado, and hundreds of Korean immigrant-owned businesses in the city. A key figure in these efforts is …

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Aurora Ethiopian leader set on writing his community’s story

Editor’s note: The 2025 Global Fest festival will take place on Saturday,  June 14. The City of Aurora says it is “Open to the World. With immigrants speaking 160 languages, it is the most diverse city in Colorado. One of the largest immigrant groups, numbering in the thousands, is from Ethiopia. Samuel GebreMichael is a …

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Amazon faces lawsuit over Ring facial recognition software

A Virginia resident is suing Amazon for privacy violations after the e-commerce company’s Ring video doorbell camera allegedly used facial recognition technology to record and store images of his face without his consent. Charles Sigwalt, who filed a lawsuit on Monday in Seattle federal court, where Amazon has one of its headquarters, alleges that Ring’s …

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Rubio Says at Least Five Countries Are Open to Taking in Stranded Afghans

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) – ⁠U.S. ⁠Secretary of ⁠State Marco Rubio ​told lawmakers on Tuesday ‌that the Trump ‌administration does ⁠not ⁠want to force Afghans currently stranded ​in Qatar to return to Afghanistan and ​has spoken with at least ⁠five ⁠countries who ⁠are open ​to receiving them. More than 1,100 ​people ⁠have been held at …

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US Treasury Issues New Iran Sanctions Targeting Crypto Exchanges

June 2 (Reuters) – ⁠The ⁠United States ⁠issued new ​Iran-related sanctions on ‌Tuesday, targeting individuals ‌and ⁠crypto ⁠exchanges, a notice on the ​Treasury Department website showed. The ​U.S. sanctioned four ⁠Iranian nationals ⁠and ⁠four Iran-based ​digital asset exchanges Nobitex, Bitpin, ​Ramzinex ⁠and Wallex, the Treasury said. Foreign ⁠financial institutions and individuals may also ⁠be sanctioned if …

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This is the main reason some college grads are struggling to find work — and it’s not AI

Remote work, once seen largely as a pandemic-era perk, is hurting young workers’ employment prospects, economists say. Work-from-home arrangements account for 64% of the jump in unemployment among young college graduates since the pandemic, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It’s harder for managers to train and mentor young workers when …

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Argentina Seeks to Join Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty, Minister Says

June 2 (Reuters) – Argentine ⁠Foreign ⁠Minister Pablo Quirno ⁠said on Tuesday the ​country intends to join the Comprehensive ‌and Progressive Agreement for ‌Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and ⁠will ⁠present its application on Wednesday in Paris. The ​CPTPP is a free trade accord among 12 countries. It was ​first established in 2018 among Australia, ⁠Brunei, Canada, …

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