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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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World
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Africa
12/10/2022 8:05:17 PM
German aid worker Jorg Lange was freed Saturday more than four and a half years after Islamic extremists kidnapped him in the West African country of Niger, according to Help, the German aid organization where he works.
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World
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Africa
12/10/2022 3:59:46 PM
A German humanitarian worker held hostage in the Sahel for more than four-and-a-half years has been freed, his organisation said on Saturday.
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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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World
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Region
12/3/2022 8:55:25 PM
A Turkish court on Saturday jailed a convicted member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) a day after Sweden extradited him, state media reported.
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World
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International
11/30/2022 9:31:13 PM
The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on Wednesday, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved.
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World
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International
11/30/2022 9:20:00 PM
A suicide bomber blew himself up near a truck carrying police officers on their way to protect polio workers near Quetta, Pakistan on Wednesday, killing a police officer and three family members traveling in a car nearby.
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