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Brazil sues EV giant BYD over ‘slavery’ conditions at plant
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/05/2025
» SAO PAULO — Brazilian labour prosecutors are suing Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD (Build Your Dreams) Company and two contractors over allegations of slave labour and human trafficking at the construction site of a manufacturing plant.
Labour groups push May Day asks
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/05/2025
» A network of labour groups has made nine demands to mark Labour Day on Thursday, including an increase in overtime pay and a risk insurance fund for workers.
G-7 central banks prepare first responses to US tariff chaos
Published on 13/04/2025
» The first Group of Seven monetary policy decisions since President Donald Trump’s trade war unleashed global market turmoil may prompt diverging responses from either side of the Atlantic.
Govt keen to dangle debt relief
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/03/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's recent idea to solve the problem of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the household debt sector is just a further extension of two similar programmes introduced by a previous Pheu Thai-led government to ease the financial burden of small debtors and SMEs.
Weaponising data against democracy
News, Published on 17/02/2025
» For those who have witnessed the shock-and-awe tactics of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the past decade, the events unfolding in the United States since Donald Trump returned to the White House evoke a sense of déjà vu. In India, we have learned the hard way: authoritarian leaders are often far more dangerous in their second term than in their first.
Resisting digital feudalism in artificial intelligence
Oped, Mariana Mazzucato, Published on 13/02/2025
» This month's AI Action Summit in Paris comes at a critical juncture in the development of artificial intelligence. At issue is not whether Europe can compete with China and the United States in an AI arms race; it is whether Europeans can pioneer a different approach that puts public value at the centre of technological development and governance. The task is to move away from digital feudalism, the term I coined back in 2019 to describe the dominant digital platforms' model of rent extraction.
Are Russian sanctions working? Debate takes new urgency with Trump
Published on 02/01/2025
» LONDON — Thousands of far-reaching sanctions have been imposed by dozens of countries on Russian banks, businesses and people since Moscow ordered tanks to roll across the border into Ukraine in the winter of 2022.
Regional shares rise in thin year-end trading
Business, Published on 28/12/2024
» RECAP: Asian stocks nudged higher on Friday while the dollar was firm, keeping the yen rooted near five-month lows in thin year-end trading. China's plans for massive bond issuance in 2025 also bolstered investor sentiment.
Cabinet approves wage hike, next phase of handout
Published on 24/12/2024
» The Thai cabinet on Tuesday approved new minimum wage increases from January, tax breaks to boost spending and the second phase the government’s signature handout scheme, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said.
Thai Oil considers change in contractors
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 24/12/2024
» Thai Oil Plc, the country's largest oil refinery by capacity, will consider changing the contractors of its new oil refinery under the Clean Fuel Project (CFP) if the ongoing dispute over unpaid wages for construction workers cannot be settled, causing a further delay of the project.