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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…
Automation, teen pregnancies affect women’s lifelong earning potential
World
June 13, 2019
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
June 9, 2019
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
May 2, 2019
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
April 17, 2019
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
February 20, 2019
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
February 13, 2019
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
January 23, 2019
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…