Britain's ruling Conservatives suffered high-profile losses as results poured in Friday (5) from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's first major electoral test since he took office last year
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Opposition parties filed two no-confidence motions against President Emmanuel Macron’s government Friday (17) after his decision to push a widely unpopular pension bill through Parliament without a vote, even as protesters blocked roads and…
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South Korea said on Monday (6) that it had proposed a resolution to one of its ​thorniest historical disputes with Japan,​ in hopes of mending fractured ties​ between the key American allies​
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French trade unions are heading for what is expected to be a decisive showdown with President Emmanuel Macron over pension reform, with massive strikes from Tuesday (7) aiming to bring the country "to a standstill"
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Sri Lanka's government said Tuesday (28) it was banning strikes in several key sectors, a day ahead of a planned one-day national stoppage called by unions to protest against painfully high taxes and utility bills
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Classrooms in France were empty, trains were still, and the Paris metro was heavily disrupted Thursday (19) as hundreds of thousands of workers around the country went on strike and protested President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the…
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A two-day regional conference on recognizing unpaid care work and women’s labour in South Asia concluded in Colombo on October 21, highlighting the importance of recognizing women’s work in Sri Lanka and in the region
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British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday (20) announced her resignation just six crisis-filled weeks after taking office, becoming the shortest-lived premier in UK history
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According to the World Migration Report 2022, the number of international migrants has grown from 84 million globally in 1970 to 281 million in 2020, representing 3.6% of the world’s population
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Qatar has deported migrant workers for staging a rare protest against unpaid wages less than three months before the football World Cup, a labour rights group said Monday (22)
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