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Saudi Arabia ranks first in annual labor force growth rate

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has ranked first in the labor force growth rate, outperforming other G20 countries, during the period 2012 – 2021, according to the labor market benchmarking report issued by the National Labor Observatory (NLO). This report keeps track of the international indicators issued by the International Labor …

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UK must focus on growth as well as inflation: Business lobby

London, United Kingdom: The UK’s recent austerity budget may avert a deeper recession, but the government must focus more on growth to improve the country’s long-term prospects, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) will say Monday. The business lobby group’s director general, Tony Danker, will tell its annual conference that the government …

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UK faces fresh wave of strikes over pay

LONDON The Communication Workers Union in the U.K that said postal workers had voted overwhelmingly for more strikes this year and next, affecting deliveries in the run-up to Christmas and opening hours at post offices.   class=’cf’> The CWU said those in charge of Royal Mail, which employs delivery workers, …

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Brits are being hit by a wave of bad news

Pensioners protest over rising fuel prices at a demonstration outside Downing street called by The National Pensioners Convention and Fuel Poverty Action on February 7, 2022 in London, England. Guy Smallman | Getty Images LONDON — “The brains of humans and other animals contain a mechanism designed to give priority …

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Questions fit for a new King

The Red Ensign at the stern of Scillonian III hangs limply at half-mast as she chugs out past Land’s End into the Atlantic. It is a hot, windless, sun-kissed September morning. We are heading for the Scillies. The United Kingdom is burying its Queen today. At Westminster Abbey, 290 miles …

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