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Canada failing migrant farmworkers on COVID-19 inspections: audit

As the COVID-19 pandemic raged, Canadian government inspectors frequently deemed the employers of migrant workers compliant with health and safety rules despite a lack

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Goldman Sachs cuts U.S. GDP growth forecast for 2022 over Omicron fears

Goldman Sachs on Saturday cut its outlook for U.S. economic growth to 3.8 percent for 2022, citing risks and uncertainty around the emergence of the Omicron variant of

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U.S. admits 10 civilians were mistakenly killed in Kabul drone strike

The U.S. Department of Defense admitted that a deadly U.S. drone strike in Kabul in late August mistakenly killed 10 civilians and not an ISIS-K member who posed an ‘im

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EXPLAINER: 4 will circle Earth on 1st SpaceX private flight

For the first time in 60 years of human spaceflight, a rocket is poised to blast into orbit with no professional astronauts on board, only four tourists.SpaceX’s first

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DoorDash workers protest outside CEO Tony Xu’s home demanding better pay, tip transparency and PPE

California DoorDash workers protested outside of the home of DoorDash CEO Tony Xu on Thursday, prompted by a recent California Superior Court Judge ruling calling 2020’s Proposition 22 unconstitutiona

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Memphis Grizzlies to retire jerseys of Zach Randolph, Tony Allen

Zach Rnadolph (#50) and Tony Allen (#9) of the Memphis Grizzlies look on in the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, U.S., January 27, 2017. /CFP The Mem

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Delta still dominant variant in South Africa: scientists

A healthcare worker briefs people queueing for their vaccines about the different vaccines available to administer outside the Transvaco COVID-19 vaccine train stationed at the Springs Train Stat

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Afghan airport bombing survivors say civilians killed by U.S. bullets

People injured in the Kabul airport attacks receive medical treatment at a local hospital in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Aug. 27, 2021. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua) After the deadly s

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South Africa rolls out free transport to vaccination centers

A healthcare worker prepares a jab of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine inside the Transvaco COVID-19 vaccine train stationed at the Springs Train Station outside of Johannesburg, on Augus

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Hurricane Ida: Power outage, post-Katrina levee system tested

The category-four Hurricane Ida made a landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana on Sunday, lashing the coast with 150 mile-per-hour winds, torrential downpours and pound

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Live music returns to Turkey's Ankara amid vaccination drive

People wearing face masks party at a concert as the Covid-19 pandemic continues in Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 26, 2021. (Xinhua/Mustafa Kaya) "It's great to be back to concerts, for a long time ther

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Over 14 mln fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Morocco

A medical worker administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a recipient in Sale, Morocco, on Aug. 26, 2021. The total number of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Morocco reached 14,0

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A California judge just struck down Prop 22: Now what?

Every time you turn around, someone new is winning the war in California around organizing workers in the sharing economy.Labor struck first when California legislators passed Assembly Bill 5, requiri

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It’s time for the VC community to stop overlooking the childcare industry

Square. Uber. Zillow. Airbnb. Besides being some of the biggest technology companies, what else do these titans have in common? They all operate in entrenched, highly fragmented, geographically locali

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Hackers leak security footage of abuse inside Iran's notorious Evin prison

The surveillance video shows inmates fighting, being hit by guards and dragged along the floor, and in one scene smashing a bathroom mirror in an attempt to use the glass to self-harm.

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Afghan immigrants grab low-pay jobs, including shepherding, in Turkey

Afghan shepherds are in demand in Turkey. /CGTN Afghan immigrants or refugees fleeing the Taliban takeover have been scrambling to take up whatever jobs are available in Turkey in order to sur

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California’s gig worker Prop 22 ruled unconstitutional by superior court

In a late Friday night blow to Uber, Lyft and other gig worker-centered companies, a superior court judge ruled that California’s Proposition 22, which was passed in 2020 and designed to overrule the