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UK budget predicted to be a nightmare before Christmas
AFP, Published on 15/11/2022
» LONDON: Britain will Thursday hike taxes and slash public spending in a government budget that signals a return to austerity despite a cost-of-living crisis and recession headwinds.
Fire and rehire: Britain's new labour battleground?
AFP, Published on 09/05/2021
» LONDON - As coronavirus wreaks severe economic damage, some British employers stand accused of taking a highly controversial measure to stay afloat: fire and rehire.
From poaching to avocados, Kenya's elephants face new threat
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» KIMANA (KENYA) - Just after dawn, Tolstoy lumbers into view. A wandering giant, with tusks almost scraping the earth, this great elephant has roamed beneath Mount Kilimanjaro for nearly 50 years.
Food-share apps seeking to help environment
AFP, Published on 09/02/2020
» LONDON: Jack Convery pops into a London branch of Italian eatery Coco di Mama to grab a cut-price lunch ordered on his smartphone's food-sharing app Karma.
China denies allegations of forced labour at Shanghai prison
AFP, Published on 23/12/2019
» BEIJING: China Monday denied allegations that prisoners were being used for forced labour, after a British newspaper reported that a London schoolgirl found a message in a Christmas card claiming to be from inmates at Shanghai's Qingpu Prison.
Chinese prison in forced labour scandal unmasked
AFP, Published on 23/12/2019
» BEIJING: Shanghai's Qingpu Prison, the Chinese prison at the centre of a forced labour scandal, describes itself as a "first-class" facility, where inmates can learn about jade sculptures and receive therapy.
Going 'nude': UK supermarkets test plastic-free zones
AFP, Published on 21/08/2019
» LONDON: British supermarkets are starting to go "nude".
Britain blocks Sainsbury's/Asda supermarket merger
AFP, Published on 25/04/2019
» LONDON - Britain's Competition and Markets Authority watchdog on Thursday blocked the merger of supermarket giant Sainsbury's and Walmart-owned Asda, arguing it would result in higher prices and less choice.
Myanmar workers arrive debt-laden in Thailand
AFP, Published on 04/10/2018
» YANGON: A "mafia" of recruitment agents is trapping Myanmar migrants to Thailand in debt bondage despite a 2017 law meant to fight exploitation in the kingdom's notoriously shadowy job market, activists and workers say.
'Unforgettable' bag pays Malaysian shoppers to cut plastic waste
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 03/04/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - British supermarket group Tesco has launched a scheme in Malaysia based on bags with barcodes, giving customers discounts on their shopping every time they reuse the bags.