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'I know it's immoral': Child labour still common in Pakistan
AFP, Published on 13/10/2025
» KARACHI - From the age of 10, Amina has been scrubbing, sweeping and cooking in a middle-class home in Pakistan's megacity of Karachi.
Migrant workers ‘face growing risk’ in Saudi Arabia
AFP, Published on 14/05/2025
» PARIS - Human Rights Watch on Wednesday said grave abuses were being committed on giant construction sites in Saudi Arabia and warned the risks to migrant workers could increase as the building of stadiums for the 2034 World Cup gathers pace.
World leaders seek elusive AI common ground at Paris summit
AFP, Published on 11/02/2025
» PARIS — World leaders were set to hold formal talks in Paris on Tuesday on artificial intelligence (AI), seeking elusive common ground on a technology subject to a global race for promised economic benefits.
Paris summit grapples with real-world impact of AI
AFP, Published on 10/02/2025
» PARIS - Artificial intelligence (AI) risks reinforcing gender disparities rather than immediate widespread job destruction, the International Labour Organization chief said Monday as a summit of national leaders and tech bosses opened in Paris.
Qatar minister picked to head UN labour conference
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» GENEVA - Qatar's labour minister was on Monday appointed without a vote to head the International Labour Organization's annual decision-making conference, despite union criticism amid concerns over labour conditions in Qatar.
Wretched life of migrants building Senegal's city of the future
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» DIAMNIADIO (SENEGAL) - When Mohamed was hired at the construction site for the United Nations' new West Africa headquarters in Senegal, he was proud to say he would be working "not only for Africa, but for the world."
UN agency seeks FIFA deal for World Cup labour rights role
AFP, Published on 05/12/2022
» DOHA: After fierce criticism of the Qatar World Cup, the head of the UN labour agency on Sunday pressed FIFA's president for a greater role scrutinising future World Cup hosts.
Somalia's Farmajo and Roble: leaders at loggerheads
AFP, Published on 28/12/2021
» MOGADISHU - When veteran diplomat Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed was elected president of Somalia in February 2017, supporters hoped he would provide stability in a failed state notorious for corruption and extremism.
Child labour swells for first time in two decades: UN
AFP, Published on 10/06/2021
» GENEVA: The world has marked the first rise in child labour in two decades and the coronavirus crisis threatens to push millions more youngsters toward the same fate, the United Nations said Thursday.
Working 55-hour week increases risk of death: UN
AFP, Published on 17/05/2021
» GENEVA - Working more than 55 hours a week increases the risk of death from heart disease and strokes, according to a United Nations study out Monday.