BERLIN, May 15 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday said he would advise his children against living or studying in the United States at the moment, citing a rapidly changing social climate and limited opportunities even for the highly educated. The remarks highlight tensions between the United States and its European allies under…
Hong Kong’s labour minister has dismissed calls to review the city’s immigration scheme for non-local graduates or to lower thresholds for talent schemes, despite a sharp decline in entry-level roles, arguing that the workforce is shrinking and the number of local degree holders is insufficient to meet demand. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun…
ZENICA, Bosnia, May 1 (Reuters) – Hundreds of workers marched through Bosnia’s central city of Zenica on Friday, protesting against the closure of the country’s last steel mill which they said marked the end of an era of heavy industry. Last week’s shutdown of the 130-year-old Zenica Steel Factory put thousands of jobs at risk…
Mainland China’s and Hong Kong’s birth rates fell to record lows last year, despite extensive government incentives to encourage larger families. In Hong Kong, registered births fell 14 per cent to a historic low of 31,714 in 2025. Notably, the increase in births in 2024 may have been due to the auspicious Year of the…
President Donald Trump has not introduced a three-day workweek, but searches for “Trump three day work week” have skyrocketed as social media has been inundated with claims that he did. Why It Matters Across the world, countries are experimenting with a four-day workweek following years of research into its benefits. The working world has also…
(Reuters) -Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a UK-based pricing and data research firm for energy transition minerals, has cut at least a fifth of its workforce in recent weeks, said three people familiar with the company. The 11-year-old firm had been rapidly expanding over the last couple of years alongside growing market interest in lithium, copper and…