Topic: Labour & Workers — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-22 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2025-12-22 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
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[2025-12-22 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Labour Minister and Finance and Planning Deputy Minister, Prof.Anil Jayantha Fernando stated that Sri Lanka has been granted a repayment period of three to five years for the US$ 206 million received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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[2025-12-21 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Ευχάριστα νέα για τους θιασώτες της ευρωπαϊκής ενοποίησης: Από τον Ιανουάριο του 2026 η Βουλγαρία υιοθετεί το κοινό ευρωπαϊκό νόμισμα και γίνεται το 21ο μέλος της Ευρωζώνης, που εξελίσσεται σταθερά σε «σκληρό πυρήνα» της Ευρώπης. Αναβιώνει για λίγο το όραμα της «ever closer union», της ευρωπαϊκής οικογένειας που συνεχώς εξελίσσεται, που βλέπει μπροστά και όχι πίσω, που κάνει βήματα προόδου και όχι αποδόμησης (Τεράστιο βήμα αποδόμησης ήταν το Brexit, έστω κι αν το έχουν μετανιώσει οι Βρετανοί σύμφωνα με νεότερες
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[2025-12-21 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is not happy about a new protest stunt that has appeared on its doorstep.
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[2025-12-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ding leaves a thriving career in gaming industry as art director with an annual salary of US$43,000
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[2025-12-21 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Supreme People’s Court highlights ruling that a restaurant did not have to pay compensation to a worker dismissed for harassing colleague
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[2025-12-21 15:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2025-12-21 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2025-12-20 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fish Akiko grew up with a chauvinistic father; she is determined not to replicate her mother’s sacrifices
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[2025-12-20 19:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The TikTok owner has announced higher bonuses, wider pay bands and faster equity payouts as it seeks to stay competitive in the global talent race
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[2025-12-20 18:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: "We have to turn away women and families almost every day," says Navina Reichardt, social worker with a women's shelter in the western city of Bonn. "Not because they don't need protection, but because we don't have any more space," she told DW.
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[2025-12-20 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India’s Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel held a cordial and constructive meeting with of Health and Mass Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa in New Delhi, on the sidelines of the second WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit yesterday. The interaction underscored the strength of the India-Sri Lanka partnership, with discussions on ongoing health cooperation, avenues to further deepen collaboration in the coming years and India’s enduring commitment to stand with Sri Lanka as a trusted
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[2025-12-20 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The world's wealthiest economies are crying out for foreign workers, despite rising anti‑immigration sentiment, particularly in the United States and Europe. Yet a little-discussed report released last month shows labor migration is falling globally, even as ageing societies face mounting shortages.
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[2025-12-20 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: In der Europäischen Union gibt es nach den Worten von Deutschlands Kanzler Friedrich Merz und EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen jetzt eine Mehrheit für die Unterzeichnung des Mercosur-Freihandelsabkommens.
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[2025-12-20 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: यह तो हम सब देखते आए हैं कि औरतें घर में ज्यादा काम करती हैं. वे खाना बनाने, सफाई करने, घर संभालने और बच्चों की देखभाल करने में पुरुषों से कहीं ज्यादा समय बिताती हैं.
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[2025-12-19 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The scheme increases guaranteed workdays but shifts funding to states, as opposition cries foul over the changes
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[2025-12-19 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lawmakers voice ‘significant concerns’ that tighter residency criteria could undermine efforts to safeguard Hongkongers’ settlement pathway
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[2025-12-19 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: National Games gold medallists must finish in the top two in eight-team tournament in Dubai to progress to next stage in February
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[2025-12-19 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Die Staats- und Regierungschefs der Europäischen Union haben sich nach monatelangem Streit auf einen Kompromiss zur Finanzierung der Ukraine für die kommenden zwei Jahre verständigt. Deutschlands Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz kündigte nach dem Gipfeltreffen in Brüssel an, das von Russland angegriffene Land bekomme von der EU einen zinslosen Kredit in Höhe von 90 Milliarden Euro.
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[2025-12-19 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Nach monatelangem Streit hat sich der EU-Gipfel in Brüssel in der vergangenen Nacht auf einen Kompromiss zur Finanzierung der Ukraine für die nächsten zwei Jahre verständigt. Die Regierung in Kyjiw soll von der Europäischen Union einen zinslosen Kredit über 90 Milliarden Euro erhalten. Damit soll das von Russland angegriffene Land seine militärischen Kosten und den Staatshaushalt für die nächsten zwei Jahre decken können.
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[2025-12-19 18:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2025-12-19 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Poland's Constitutional Tribunal has breached core principles of European Union (EU) law, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Thursday.
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[2025-12-19 14:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ho Wai-ho given full honours as hearse travels past site of fire in Tai Po en route to final resting place in Gallant Garden
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[2025-12-19 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2025-12-19 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Minister Vijitha Herath told Parliament yesterday that there will be no LP Gas shortage in the country in the future.
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[2025-12-19 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2025-12-19 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The European Union has allocated Euro 2.35 million of financial assistance to Sri Lanka. This includes Euro 500,000 through IFRC and Euro 1.85 million through DG-European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) partners, WFP and UNICEF as humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka, in response to the impact of tropical Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-19 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Under-15 Development Rugby Squad left the island to participate in an intensive high-performance training and exposure programme organised by the Korean Rugby Football Union (KRU). The tour, scheduled from 15th to 22nd December 2025, marks a historic first for the Junior Tuskers under the new Sri Lanka Rugby administration led by President Pavithra Fernando.
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[2025-12-19 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Les dirigeants des pays de l'Union européenne, réunis jeudi (18.12) en sommet, discutent d'une utilisation des avoirs gelés russes afin de garantir leur soutien à l'Ukraine, une opération inédite rejetée par la Belgique où est déposé l'essentiel de cet argent du Kremlin.
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[2025-12-19 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: We've heard it all before: Women do more in the home. They spend more time cooking, cleaning, planning, and caring for children.
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[2025-12-19 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Frozen assets are financial funds or property that the owner cannot access or use for any transaction or transfer because of restrictions imposed by a government — or bloc such as the European Union.
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[2025-12-18 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lawyers for US newspaper claim ex-employee Selina Cheng is taking legal action only after her ‘extortionate’ demand for HK$3 million was rejected
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[2025-12-18 20:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City leader says opening of Aircraft Engineering Training Centre is ‘major step’, adds hub will create ‘better-paid and high-skill jobs’
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[2025-12-18 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The European Union has allocated more than €2.35 million in humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka in response to the impact of Tropical Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-18 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2025-12-18 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The European Union's planned Mercosur trade agreement with four Latin American countries appeared at risk of yet another delay, or possibly even collapse, on Wednesday, a day before leaders were set to discuss it at an end-of-year summit in Brussels.
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[2025-12-18 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Job market remains plagued by a mismatch between skills and vacancies, pushing more graduates towards blue-collar jobs or gig work
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[2025-12-18 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
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[2025-12-18 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A meeting was held between the officials of the Government Translators’ Service Union and Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya at the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday (16), to discuss the issues faced by the officers of the Government Translators’ Service.
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[2025-12-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Embassy in Bangkok, in collaboration with the Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Ministry of Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka’s Embassy in Myanmar, facilitated the rescue and repatriation of 25 Sri Lankans who had been trafficked in cybercrime centers in Myawaddy, Myanmar.
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[2025-12-18 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Die Abgeordneten des Europäischen Parlaments haben in Straßburg dafür gestimmt, dass die Europäische Union spätestens zum 1. November 2027 kein Gas mehr aus Russland importieren soll - weder Flüssiggas (LNG) noch Gas über Pipelines. Der Ausstieg ist als schrittweiser Prozess über die kommenden zwei Jahre angelegt.
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[2025-12-18 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: FIFA slashed the price of some World Cup tickets for teams’ most loyal fans following a global backlash and some will get $60 seats for the final instead of being asked to pay $4,185.
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[2025-12-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Outcome of ex-media tycoon’s Hong Kong trial poses stern test for Labour government’s balancing act with Beijing, observers say
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[2025-12-17 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The United Kingdom is set to rejoin the European Union's Erasmus program in 2027, following its Brexit departure in 2021, a joint UK-EU statement confirmed on Wednesday.
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[2025-12-17 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-17 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2025-12-17 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Cabinet of Ministers on Monday (15) approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency (Pvt) Ltd (SLFEA) and Japan’s Enterprise United Cooperative (EUC) to expand employment opportunities for Sri Lankan youth in Japan.
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[2025-12-17 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Romania, led by Ambassador Madurika Joseph Weninger, recently held a strategic meeting with the Chief of Police, General Inspectorate for Immigration (IGI), Tiberiu Giurea, to address critical concerns affecting Sri Lankan migrant workers. The discussions focused on illegal recruitment, fraudulent visa practices, work-permit and residence-document compliance, repatriation, and overall worker protection.
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[2025-12-17 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Police Media Spokesperson ASP F. U. Wootler said that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has received several complaints about fake currency notes being circulated during the present festive season and cautioned the public to pay special attention to this matter.
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