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Automation, teen pregnancies affect women’s lifelong earning potential
World

Automation, teen pregnancies affect women’s lifelong earning potential

Delegates at the recently concluded Women Deliver Conference, the world’s largest gathering for gender equality, concluded that teen pregnancies and automation…
Relief at US-Mexico border after tariff climbdown
World

Relief at US-Mexico border after tariff climbdown

Businesses and workers at the US-Mexico border in California expressed relief Saturday over the scrapping of planned tariffs which had…
Strike by Tunisian fuel workers leads to queues and empty pumps
Middle East

Strike by Tunisian fuel workers leads to queues and empty pumps

TUNIS (Reuters) – Fuel distribution workers in Tunisia began a three-day strike on Thursday to demand higher wages, leading to…
46th Arab Labor Conference concludes Wednesday
Egypt

46th Arab Labor Conference concludes Wednesday

The 46th session of the Arab Labor Conference, which kicked off in Cairo on Sunday, concluded on Wednesday. Manpower Minister…
Amazon’s ‘collaborative’ robots offer peek into the future
Technology

Amazon’s ‘collaborative’ robots offer peek into the future

Hundreds of orange robots zoom and whiz back and forth like miniature bumper cars — but instead of colliding, they’re…
By the bootstraps: Handmade Zimbabwe shoes an unlikely global hit
Life & Style

By the bootstraps: Handmade Zimbabwe shoes an unlikely global hit

In a tiny factory producing handmade boots and shoes in southwestern Zimbabwe, leather cutter Misheck Sibanda is on another hectic…
After a month of shutdown, US federal workers turn to food banks
World

After a month of shutdown, US federal workers turn to food banks

  Most never needed help from a food pantry. But a month since the US government shutdown began, dozens of…
Bricked in by poverty, Cambodia’s farmers fight debt bondage
World

Bricked in by poverty, Cambodia’s farmers fight debt bondage

  Bopha should be in school but instead toils seven days a week in a searing brick kiln on the…
Five workers die in Monufiya ferryboat sinking
Egypt

Five workers die in Monufiya ferryboat sinking

Five people drowned and 17 others were injured on Sunday in the sinking of a ferryboat between Monufiya and Beheira…
3 workers dead, 9 injured in silo in West Alexandria
Egypt

3 workers dead, 9 injured in silo in West Alexandria

  Three workers have died and nine others are injured when they were working in silo for storage of grains…
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