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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…
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…
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