CAIRO, April 29 (Reuters) – Israeli airstrikes on three houses in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed at least 25 Palestinians and wounded many […]
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Race to save 40 trapped workers
Authorities in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand are racing to rescue around 40 workers who are trapped inside a tunnel. The workers were building […]
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Actis backs ‘move out of the dark ages’ and offsite construction
Actis has backed calls by two industry heavyweights to move construction ‘out of the dark ages’ if it is to address the housing crisis and tackle […]
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Amazon workers in Staten Island, N.Y., file for union election
Amazon workers at a cluster of warehouses in Staten Island filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board’s regional office in Brooklyn on Monday […]
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Rising Prices, Once Seen as Temporary, Threaten Biden’s Agenda
Container ships wait to enter the Port of Los Angeles on Oct. 17, 2021. WASHINGTON — At least once a week, a team of President […]
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Why American workers are quitting in record numbers
The number of Americans quitting their jobs has hit record highs over the past several months in a phenomenon economists have been calling the “Great Resignation.” In […]
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‘Vaccine mandates are proving to work,’ doctor explains
A growing number of employers across a wide array of industries in the U.S. are issuing COVID-19 vaccine mandates, and early evidence shows they are quickly increasing inoculation […]
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Hollywood faces new crisis in strike threat from off-screen workers who keep productions running
LOS ANGELES – They never appear on-screen, but Hollywood couldn’t function without the set builders, costume designers, video engineers and other behind-the-scenes workers who keep […]
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In Rural Afghanistan, War Remnants Everywhere, but No Shooting or Checkpoints
A destroyed Afghan police pickup and Humvee next to a grave along Highway 1 just outside Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2021. CHAK-E WARDAK, Afghanistan — […]
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That time America almost had a 30-hour work week
The nature of work has undergone a lot of changes during the pandemic. Millions of office workers began working from home; the service industry has […]
