United Nations: In a new framework released Monday as a roadmap to support countries’ path to social and economic recovery, the United Nations called for an extraordinary scale-up of international support and political commitment to ensure…
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Adults at home during the coronavirus lockdown, including millions furloughed from their jobs, are being offered free online courses in digital skills. The Department for Education is launching a collection of job-related online courses, teaching…
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FRANKFURT: Politicians in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government on Sunday signaled further support for struggling businesses and consumers in the coronavirus crisis, focusing on hotels, restaurants and pay for short-time workers. Dehoga, an industry…
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A lecturer from the Hà Nội University of Science and Technology holds an online class. VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Tùng HÀ NỘI – Almost half of all universities nationwide are turning to online tutoring to make…
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DUBAI: Jordan will shoulder part of private sector workers’ salaries while employers will pay 50 percent of the wages in accordance with the Defense Order No.6 of 2020, labor minister Nidal Bataineh said, in a…
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MANILA – The Department of Tourism (DOT) has launched an online training program for the country’s tourism stakeholders to stay relevant and learn to cope with the difficulties arising from the global pandemic coronavirus disease 2019…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Tuesday that 9,282 health care professionals had contracted the coronavirus in the United States as of April 9 and that 27 had died from it. The…
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Amazon fired three of its employees over the last few days who criticized the company’s handling of warehouse worker safety during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The company terminated the jobs of Bashir Mohamed, a warehouse worker…
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SINGAPORE: Singapore is preparing to house hundreds of foreign workers in accommodation vessels typically used for offshore and marine industry staff as it races to find alternatives to dormitories where the novel coronavirus has been…
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Washington: US employers cut 701,000 jobs in March, and the unemployment rate soared to 4.4 per cent, ending a decade-long streak of job gains, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The latest data, however,…
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