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Egypt’s unemployment rate drops to 7.5 percent
Egypt
August 13, 2019
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
July 25, 2019
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
July 25, 2019
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
July 18, 2019
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
July 16, 2019
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
July 9, 2019
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
June 28, 2019
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
June 21, 2019
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
June 18, 2019
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
June 14, 2019
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…