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Egypt’s unemployment rate drops to 7.5 percent
Egypt

Egypt’s unemployment rate drops to 7.5 percent

Egypt’s cabinet released an official statement announcing the decline of the unemployment rate in Egypt, which fell from 9.9 percent…
Mired in poverty, Afghans bring their children to work
Middle East

Mired in poverty, Afghans bring their children to work

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Every day before dawn, 10-year-old Kamran goes to work with his father and other relatives at…
Tokyo Olympic construction race raises worker safety questions
World

Tokyo Olympic construction race raises worker safety questions

As Tokyo 2020 Olympics preparations enter their final stage, officials are touting the city’s readiness, but activists and workers groups…
Minya Textile Factory workers continue strike for 4th day
Egypt

Minya Textile Factory workers continue strike for 4th day

Workers at the Minya Textile Factory continued their strike on Thursday for the fourth day in a row to demand…
Amazon workers strike as ‘Prime’ shopping frenzy hits
World

Amazon workers strike as ‘Prime’ shopping frenzy hits

Amazon workers walked out of a main distribution center in Minnesota on Monday, protesting for improved working conditions during the…
Nineteen workers suffer injuries in Wadi al-Natrun accident
Egypt

Nineteen workers suffer injuries in Wadi al-Natrun accident

Nineteen workers were injured on Tuesday in a vehicle rollover on Dabaa road at Wadi al-Natrun in Beheira Governorate. Major…
Banks to suspend work on July 1, 2 on occasion of June 30 revolution: CBE
Egypt

Banks to suspend work on July 1, 2 on occasion of June 30 revolution: CBE

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has decided to suspend work in their local and foreign banks on June 30…
Painting and scraping: An Afghan refugee’s hopes for German residence
Middle East

Painting and scraping: An Afghan refugee’s hopes for German residence

BERLIN (Reuters) – When Afghan asylum seeker Yar Mohammad Haiqar found a job as a painter in a small Bavarian…
Migrants in the Gulf see dreams of higher wages ruined
Middle East

Migrants in the Gulf see dreams of higher wages ruined

Migrants have always been tempted to the world’s biggest cities by tales of fortunes made and streets paved with gold. Similar…
Japan #beWhite campaign leaves firm red-faced
World

Japan #beWhite campaign leaves firm red-faced

A Japanese firm has shelved an advertising campaign intended to promote gender equity at home after its #beWHITE hashtag sparked…
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