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Migrants on a boat that originated in Libya encounter an Italian naval vessel taking part in a search-and-rescue missionMassimo Sestini鈥擯olarisBy Charlotte McDonald-Gibso stanley cup nNovember 20, 2014 10:15 AM ESTIn the aftermath stanley cup of the drowning on Oct. 3, 2013, of over 360 migrants off the coast of Italyrsquo Lampedusa island, the Italian navy initiated a search-and-rescue operation it named Mare Nostrum. In the year that followed the tragedy, Italian sailors rescued more than 100,000 migrants and refugees trying to cross the Mediterranean in unsafe boats.But Italyrsquo repeated pleas for more financial assistance for the program from the E.U.rsquo 27 other member states have largely been ignored, and the Italian government is now winding down Mare Nostrum, saying Italy has done its duty.As the Italian operation approaches its end, the E.U. this month has begun a separate maritime effort, called Operation Triton. But the E.U.rsquo initiative is not just belatedmdash;coming 13 months after the Lampedusa tragedymdash;itrsquo so limited as to be an embarrassment to the humanitarian traditions and ethos of the E.U.Tritonrsquo geographic scope is c stanley cup onfined to a limited stretch of the sea 30 nautical miles off the coast of Italy. That potentially leaves migrants and refugees in overcrowded boats to drown should their vessels capsize outside that small zone as they try to cross from North Africa in search of safety and a better life.The operation has less than a third of Mar Vric Osama Bin Laden s Son-in-Law Recalls Terror Leader s 9/11 Boasts
Larry Ellison attends the Rebels With A Cause Gala 2019 at Lawrence J Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC on October 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.Phillip Faraone鈥揋etty ImagesBy Nico Grant / BloombergFebruary 20, 2020 10:22 PM ESTWhile a wave of employee activism marked by walk-outs and protests has rippled through Silicon Valley the past few years, Oracle Corp. glided along unscathed.Now, a symbol of techrsquo old guard is facing the stirrings of a worker uprising as well. People left their desks Thursday at Oracle offices around the world to protest Chairman Larry Ellisonrsquo fundraiser a day earlier for President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter. The protest, called No Ethics/No Work, involved about 300 employees walking out of their offices or stopping work at remote locations a salomon t noon local time and devoting the rest of the day to volunteering or civic engagement, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified for fear of retribution.Ellison drew employee ire that most didnrsquo;t know existed at Oracle. N air max ews of the fundraiser for Trumprsquo re-election campaign at Ellisonrsquo home in Rancho Mirage, California, spurred a petition at Change.org from some of the companyrsquo 136,000 employees. The workers argued the chairmanrsquo public support for Trump violated Oraclersquo diversity, inclusion and ethics policies, and harmed the image of the wor salomon ldrsquo second-largest software maker.The pet
Migrants on a boat that originated in Libya encounter an Italian naval vessel taking part in a search-and-rescue missionMassimo Sestini鈥擯olarisBy Charlotte McDonald-Gibso stanley cup nNovember 20, 2014 10:15 AM ESTIn the aftermath stanley cup of the drowning on Oct. 3, 2013, of over 360 migrants off the coast of Italyrsquo Lampedusa island, the Italian navy initiated a search-and-rescue operation it named Mare Nostrum. In the year that followed the tragedy, Italian sailors rescued more than 100,000 migrants and refugees trying to cross the Mediterranean in unsafe boats.But Italyrsquo repeated pleas for more financial assistance for the program from the E.U.rsquo 27 other member states have largely been ignored, and the Italian government is now winding down Mare Nostrum, saying Italy has done its duty.As the Italian operation approaches its end, the E.U. this month has begun a separate maritime effort, called Operation Triton. But the E.U.rsquo initiative is not just belatedmdash;coming 13 months after the Lampedusa tragedymdash;itrsquo so limited as to be an embarrassment to the humanitarian traditions and ethos of the E.U.Tritonrsquo geographic scope is c stanley cup onfined to a limited stretch of the sea 30 nautical miles off the coast of Italy. That potentially leaves migrants and refugees in overcrowded boats to drown should their vessels capsize outside that small zone as they try to cross from North Africa in search of safety and a better life.The operation has less than a third of Mar Vric Osama Bin Laden s Son-in-Law Recalls Terror Leader s 9/11 Boasts
Larry Ellison attends the Rebels With A Cause Gala 2019 at Lawrence J Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC on October 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.Phillip Faraone鈥揋etty ImagesBy Nico Grant / BloombergFebruary 20, 2020 10:22 PM ESTWhile a wave of employee activism marked by walk-outs and protests has rippled through Silicon Valley the past few years, Oracle Corp. glided along unscathed.Now, a symbol of techrsquo old guard is facing the stirrings of a worker uprising as well. People left their desks Thursday at Oracle offices around the world to protest Chairman Larry Ellisonrsquo fundraiser a day earlier for President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter. The protest, called No Ethics/No Work, involved about 300 employees walking out of their offices or stopping work at remote locations a salomon t noon local time and devoting the rest of the day to volunteering or civic engagement, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified for fear of retribution.Ellison drew employee ire that most didnrsquo;t know existed at Oracle. N air max ews of the fundraiser for Trumprsquo re-election campaign at Ellisonrsquo home in Rancho Mirage, California, spurred a petition at Change.org from some of the companyrsquo 136,000 employees. The workers argued the chairmanrsquo public support for Trump violated Oraclersquo diversity, inclusion and ethics policies, and harmed the image of the wor salomon ldrsquo second-largest software maker.The pet