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Business
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Tech
1/18/2023 6:30:32 PM
Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5 percent of its workforce, joining other tech companies that have scaled back their pandemic-era expansions.
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World
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International
1/16/2023 10:06:13 AM
Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday, a day after a plane crashed while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people aboard.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/15/2023 6:48:18 PM
The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 29 Sunday, the regional governor reported as rescue workers scrambled to pull survivors from the rubble.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/12/2023 10:19:42 AM
Around some of their precious transformers - the ones that still work, buzzing with electricity - the power plant workers have built protective shields using giant concrete blocks, so they have a better chance of surviving the next Russian missile bombardment.
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World
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International
1/9/2023 6:31:40 PM
UK trade unions branded talks Monday with the government to discuss pay rise demands across the public and private sector "disappointing", as workers prepare to stage the latest in months of damaging strikes.
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Life & Style
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Region
1/3/2023 3:27:53 PM
Morocco's argan oil is highly prized by the cosmetics industry, yet it is now mostly produced by elderly workers, raising questions about how long the artisanal practice can continue.
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Egypt
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Society
1/2/2023 8:26:15 PM
Sunday 8 January will be a paid day off for public sector workers on the occasion of Coptic Orthodox Christmas, which falls on 7 January, according to a decree issued by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly.
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World
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Region
1/2/2023 5:28:36 PM
Tram and bus workers in the Tunisian capital staged a strike over delays in salaries and the lack of an end-of-year bonus Monday, creating traffic jams across Tunis.
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Business
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Economy
12/29/2022 4:43:00 PM
Egypt’s National Wages Council (NWC) has set the minimum wage for private sector workers at EGP 2,700 ($109) per month, up from the previous EGP 2,400, starting January 2023.
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World
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International
12/29/2022 1:50:41 PM
G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to "urgently reverse" a ban on women working in Afghanistan's aid sector.
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World
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Region
12/28/2022 12:22:21 PM
With foreign workers making up the vast bulk of private sector jobs in the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf's second-largest economy wants to boost opportunities for its own citizens.
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World
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International
12/25/2022 7:56:29 PM
King Charles III evoked memories Sunday of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, as he broadcast his first Christmas message as monarch in a speech that also paid tribute to the ``selfless dedication'' of Britain's public service workers, many of whom are in a fight with the government over pay.
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World
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International
12/23/2022 12:57:04 PM
Passengers at UK airports on Friday faced long delays as Border Force officers walked out in the latest of a string of strikes by public sector workers over pay.
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World
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International
12/21/2022 12:18:08 PM
UK ambulance workers went on strike Wednesday, widening a dispute with the government over its refusal to increase pay above inflation after recent walkouts by nurses.
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World
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International
12/17/2022 6:52:42 PM
The deadliest year in at least three decades for Mexican journalists and media workers is nearing a close, with 15 slayings _ a perilous situation underlined by a brazen near-miss attack this week on one of the country's most prominent journalists.
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World
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International
12/16/2022 4:48:45 PM
Starbucks workers around the U.S. are planning a three-day strike starting Friday as part of their effort to unionize the coffee chain's stores.
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World
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International
12/15/2022 2:59:27 PM
Thousands of nurses walked off their jobs in England on Thursday, escalating a wave of industrial unrest in the U.K. this month as ambulance and postal workers, bus drivers and airport baggage handlers all stage strikes to demand better pay amid a cost-of-living crisis.
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World
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International
12/13/2022 8:21:57 PM
UK rail workers on Tuesday began a two-day national strike, kicking off a month of walkouts involving professions from nurses to passport control workers that could spell Christmas misery for millions.
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Business
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Tech
12/8/2022 11:02:20 PM
The purge initiated by Elon Musk at Twitter when he took over the company left more than half of its 7,500 employees on the sidelines and now many of them are taking the SpaceX and Tesla tycoon to court.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
12/8/2022 3:27:55 PM
Twelve workers were injured in a road accident on Sokhna-Katameya road after a microbus rolled over in front of a cement company on Katameya road.
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