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LOS ANGELES: Olympic medalist and former 100m world champion Tori Bowie died due to complications from childbirth, an autopsy report has found, multiple US media outlets reported on Monday (Jun 12). Bowie, 32, was found dead at her home in…

Stock markets gained ground on Wall Street and in Europe on Thursday as US labour market data gave investors more confidence the Federal Reserve would hold back on further interest rate hikes in its battle against inflation.Worries about…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Amazon.com Inc. repeatedly violated federal labor law by unilaterally changing policies and terminating…

Abul Basar has been in Saudi Arabia for 14 years now. After failing to find a suitable job in Bangladesh, he tried his luck as a migrant worker in the oil-rich desert state in order to support his family in Bangladesh, first in Riyadh,…

WASHINGTON: Applications for US unemployment benefits rose to the highest level since October 2021, adding to evidence that the labor marketis gradually cooling.Initial unemployment claims increased by 22,000 to 264,000 in the week ended…

Weeks after revelations that migrant children are being regularly exploited for cheap labor in the United States prompted bipartisan outrage and calls to action on Capitol Hill, Congress has moved no closer to addressing the issue, which…

In recent years, experts have debated whether most birthing individuals would benefit from labor induction once they reach a certain stage of pregnancy. But a new statewide study in Michigan suggests that inducing labor at the 39th week of…

The Labor Department's closely watched employment report on Friday also showed the unemployment rate falling back to a 53-year low of 3.4%. Though data for February and March were revised sharply lower, the labor market is…

For years, German companies have been warning of a ticking time bomb at the heart of Europe's biggest economy: a shortage of skilled workers. It has long been a source of anxious debate but it has intensified recently. Companies across…

A shopper carries a bag of Nike merchandise along the Magnificent Mile shopping district on December 21, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — A House committee examining the U.S. government's economic…