A worker assembles light trucks at a production line in east China's Shandong Province. /CFP China's equipment manufacturing sector saw rapid expansion in the first quarter of this year amid b
01:59 Over the past 60 years, the Cuban people have staged massive May Day marches on local plazas like Havana's Revolution Square in support of the International Day of the Worker and
For most of this month, intensive care units across Brazil were at or near capacity amid a crush of COVID-19 patients, and sedatives needed to intubate patients dwindle
A worker at a port in Ningbo, southeast China's Zhejiang Province, April 30, 2021. /XinhuaChinese President Xi Jinping on Friday extended greetings to working people na
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Friday reported its first local transmission of the COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa.Health author
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 29, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Jonathan Arnott is a former member of the European Parliament. The article reflects the author's opinions and not ne
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 29, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Jonathan Arnott is a former member of the European Parliament. The article reflects the author's opinions and not ne
The number of children attempting or committing suicide in north-west Syria has surged, according to Save the Children,with almost one in five of all recorded cases inv
Biden Labor Secretary Marty Walsh charged into the white hot issue of the gig economy Thursday, asserting that many people working without benefits in the gig economy should be classified as employees
The chance that I am ever willing to commute on a regular basis again in the future is zero. It’s too inefficient. And while workers and employers are somewhat split on where they stand on the q
Today’s app-based or “gig” economy is frequently dressed up in talk about “modern innovation” and the “21st century of work.” This facade is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.Precarious, contingent work is n
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UK aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe served a five-year prison sentence after being convicted of plotting to overthrow the clerical establishment in Iran. /AFP An Iranian Revolutionary cour
A health worker checks a passenger's temperature and pulse at a railway station platform amid the spread of COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, April 7, 2021. /Reuters Bangladesh has imposed a ban on t
VCG As the world commemorated World Malaria Day on Sunday, dozens of riders in Uganda, including young and old, rode over 30 km to raise awareness against the disease.The commemorations were h
A worker moves exhibits at the Hainan International Convention and Exhibition Center, in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, April 24, 2021. /CFP More than 800 homegrown brands f
The killing of a female police employee in a Paris commuter town on Friday was an attack on the French Republic, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Saturday.The attacke