Archive du mois : avril 2018

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Zimbabwe tobacco farms: Baby labour, abuse rife, HRW says

Malpractice in Zimbabwe’s tobacco growing industry is rampant, an international human rights organisation has reported after an investigation. In a report launched in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, on Thursday, Human Rights Watch said cases of child labour, worker exploitation and low pay are rife on the farms around the Southern African country. Farm workers, the…

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Child killer Mick Philpott’s surviving son says he used to be abused by stepmum at 14

As the funeral cortège for his six brothers and sisters passed the lines of mourners, Mikey Philpott cut a forlorn figure. Few can forget the horse-drawn ­procession carrying the coffins of the kids whose lives were stolen by their own parents. Brave Mikey, 14, was a pall bearer ­carrying his 10-year-old sister Jade’s white, princess-decorated…

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‘We wanted to coast first.’ Here’s what’s assorted in the decade since Delta’s merger with Northwest upended the airline industry

The two companies had little route and fleet overlap, and vastly different cultures. « Northwest was an analytical powerhouse…but labor relations and passenger service were lacking, » said Jamie Baker, a senior airline analyst at J.P. Morgan Chase. « Pre-merger Delta, on the other hand, was arithmetically challenged and did little in the way of financial analysis, but…

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Hungarians vote in parliamentary elections in ‘check for Europe’

Hungarians are heading to the voting booth to cast their ballots in elections that have been billed as a test for the country and Europe, with opposition parties hoping to remove the ruling Fidesz party. Polls opened at 6am local time (04:00GMT) on Sunday and will close at 7pm (17:00GMT). Sunday’s elections have been highly…

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150 ineffective in Syria gas attack, rescuers speak

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Footage on social media purported to show children being treated for the effects of the attack At least 70 people have died in a suspected chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, rescuers and medics say. Volunteer rescue force the White Helmets tweeted graphic images…