Singapore’s newest university graduates are entering an increasingly difficult job market, with some turning to government-funded traineeships that pay less than half the median starting salary for degree holders as artificial intelligence
Most countries of the Middle East and the Global South operating under authoritarian regimes share a single structural crisis, one whose substance is the acute and chronic fragmentation and weakness that afflicts
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Warnings about artificial intelligence wiping out large segments of the workforce have become a familiar feature of public debate. Layoffs at major technology firms and rapid advances in generative AI systems have
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The promise that artificial intelligence will dramatically reshape the global workforce is no longer a distant Silicon Valley prediction. For years, technology executives and investors have argued that AI would unlock historic
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Saudi Arabia has halted the issuance of new contracts for Western consulting firms and delayed certain payments as it moves to tighten control over public spending amid a widening fiscal deficit and
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Even before the United States and Israel launched their war with Iran, life on the industrial outskirts of New Delhi was already a daily struggle for workers such as Kunta Devi and
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In a region long shaped by linguistic diversity and political complexity, a university department in northern Sri Lanka is quietly redefining the future of higher education and employment. Speaking in an interview
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Thousands of former Oracle employees are speaking out after the company reportedly rejected attempts to negotiate improved severance terms following sweeping layoffs that affected an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 workers worldwide on
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Cloudflare has announced the largest layoffs in its 16-year history, cutting approximately 20% of its global workforce — around 1,100 employees — while simultaneously reporting record-breaking quarterly revenue fueled by rapid adoption
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A growing labor dispute at Samsung Electronics has escalated into a high-stakes confrontation over how the spoils of the global AI boom should be distributed, with workers threatening an extended strike if
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For more than a century, the anthem of international workers’ solidarity—first written in French in 1871—has echoed across the world, calling on labourers to unite and fight for their rights. In Sri
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