
Dreams of wealth turn to dust for Qatar migrant workers
Hundreds of thousands of people have flocked to Qatar in recent years to work on giant construction schemes as it boosted its infrastructure ahead of the World…
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Hundreds of thousands of people have flocked to Qatar in recent years to work on giant construction schemes as it boosted its infrastructure ahead of the World…
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Protesters in southern China clashed with police in a rare display of public opposition to anti-Covid measures, videos posted online showed, after lockdowns in…
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At Amazon's robotics laboratory on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts, the company's newest automaton "Sparrow" picks out items to be shipped to…
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China's exports shrank in October, the first such decline since mid-2020, customs authorities said Monday, as a domestic slowdown and the threat of global…
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Chinese authorities imposed lockdowns on 600,000 people in the area surrounding the world's largest iPhone factory on Wednesday after workers fled to avoid a…
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Unpaid wages dominate a growing number of complaints by migrant workers in Qatar, the UN labor agency said Tuesday, 19 days from the start of the football…
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The war raging in Ukraine and other overlapping crises are taking a toll on labor markets worldwide, the UN said Monday, suggesting a "sharp"…
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Millions of people in China were under tight Covid restrictions on Wednesday as sporadic outbreaks across the country prompted business closures and disruption…
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Hungary's failing schools are becoming the focus of swelling protests, with pupils and parents backing teachers sacked for rebelling over…
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Chinese censors on Friday scrubbed reports that a teenager had died in a quarantine facility, after the case sparked anger and prompted citizens to question…
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The declining number of Chinese tourists in the country is not related to the controversial move to ban the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations, but with…
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The Department of Labor and Employment on Friday said that some of their agencies and allotment classes will experience budget cuts, as reflected in their…
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More jobs in the garment industry are in peril in the coming months, as the Confederation of Wearable Exporters of the Philippines forecasted that about 3.5 to…
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A House leader on Wednesday urged the Philippine government to give fair and equal treatment to foreign workers, including those employed by controversial…
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Dozens of people have taken part in a rare protest in the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, social media footage shows, after officials announced a snap…
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The International Monetary Fund has projected the Philippines' gross domestic product to grow by 6.5 percent in 2022 but to slow to 5 percent in 2023 as the…
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Despite the normalization of policy settings, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' policy rate is still accommodative, BSP Governor Felipe Medalla said on Thursday.
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China's "inflexible" and "inconsistent" zero-Covid policy is crippling European business operations in the country, a major business lobby…
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