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Afghan government seeks to hold capital as Taliban takes Jalalabad


The loss of Jalalabad, which the Taliban captured without a fight, brought the total area controlled by the government to less than Kabul.
There have been no violent confrontations in Jalalabad since the governor of the area surrendered to the Taliban, an official said.
El rápido ascenso al poder del grupo Estado Islámico en Afganistán ha conmocionado a Occidente, con la salida del país de la coalición liderada por Estados Unidos. Los militantes también se han extendido por el este y el sur del país, amenazando la estabilidad de la nación.
In addition to the 5,000 troops already deployed to help evacuate citizens, President Joe Biden authorized the deployment of 1,000 additional troops to support the drawdown of the US military.
The Taliban entered the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday after security forces fled the highway to Uzbekistan, officials said.
Abdul Rashid Dostum y Atta Mohammad Noor, que eran partidarios del gobierno, abandonaron el país. Afirmaron que los talibanes se habían apoderado de la provincia de Balkh.
Los talibanes afirmaron que sus rápidos avances en Afganistán fueron ampliamente aceptados por la población y les aseguraron que estarían a salvo.
The Islamic Emirate said it would protect its citizens and diplomats and create a peaceful environment for them.

New York City vaccine mandate presents new challenges for restaurants
New York City will become the first major U.S. city to require proof of vaccination to eat indoors, starting Monday.
Restaurant operators will face a host of new challenges, like training and assigning their staff to enforce the mandate.
The policy could also help restaurants keep their workforce healthy and make customers feel more comfortable dining indoors.

Google employees who opt to work from home may earn less than they did before
Before the pandemic, Google employees who worked in the same office may see changes in their pay due to them working from home permanently.
Salaries for remote workers in Silicon Valley are being adjusted based on the cost-of-living in the area. This experiment shows how employers can adjust their pay scales more effectively.
Twitter and Facebook pay less to remote employees who live in less expensive areas. However, these companies have shifted to location-based pay models.
Working from home could affect pay for some
But in practice, some remote employees, especially those who commute from long distances, could experience pay cuts without changing their addresses.
"Our compensation packages have always been determined by location, and we always pay at the top of the local market based on where an employee works from," a Google spokesperson said, adding that pay will differ from city to city and state to state.
Un empleado de Google, que pidió no ser identificado por temor a represalias, generalmente viaja a la oficina de Seattle desde un condado cercano y dijo que probablemente vería recortado su salario en aproximadamente un 10 por ciento si trabaja desde casa a tiempo completo, según las estimaciones. por la herramienta de ubicación de trabajo de la empresa, lanzada en junio.
El empleado estaba considerando trabajar a distancia, pero decidió seguir yendo a la oficina, a pesar del viaje de dos horas, diciendo que el recorte salarial habría sido una cantidad similar a su último ascenso.



"I didn't do all that hard work to get promoted and then take a pay cut," they said.
Calculator shows extent of pay cuts
Screenshots of Google's internal salary calculator seen by Reuters show that an employee living in Stamford, Conn. — an hour from New York City by train — would be paid 15 percent less if she worked from home, while a colleague from the same office living in New York City would see no cut if they worked from home.
Screenshots showed five and 10 per cent differences in the Seattle, Boston and San Francisco areas.
Interviews with Google employees indicate pay cuts as high as 25 per cent for remote work if they left San Francisco for an almost-as-expensive area of the state such as Lake Tahoe.
In its statement to CBC News, Google said it received 10,000 requests from employees to either transfer to a new office or work remotely, and 85 per cent of those requests were granted in the first round of such requests.
"We have always provided top-of-market compensation to our workforce, across salary, equity, leave, and a suite of benefits — this isn't changing as we shift to a hybrid model."



The Most Powerful People In Podcasting - 2021



#1 Conal Byrne - CEO of iHeart’s Digital Audio Group
Under the direction of Heart Digital Audio Group CEO Conal Byrne – who took on expanded duties earlier this year – iHeart has scored a string of high-profile deals and alliances with producers ranging from the NFL and NBA to Bloomberg and ViacomCBS. And backed the Black Effect Podcast Network and My Cultura para hacer que el contenido sea más atractivo para las audiencias afroamericanas y latinas.

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