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A shopper wearing a face mask carries an H&M branded shopping bag in Barcelona, Spain, in August. Photo: BloombergSwedish clothing giant ends relationship with yarn producer Huafu Fashion Company says it does not work with any garment factories in Xinjiang and will no longer source cotton from region Topic |   XinjiangPublished:…

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. Daniel Finkelstein in The Timeson a bad ally for BritainWhy Tories should hope that Trump loses“Donald Trump is not — he cannot be — the Conservative candidate in November’s presidential…

Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada, holds up some of the 31,000 letters as they call on Saudi Arabia to free Raif Badawi as protesters take part in a rally outside the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Ottawa on Monday, November 2, 2015. A prominent human rights organization…

From windows and rooftops through the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions around the world cheered essential workers on the front lines who daily risked contracting this highly contagious disease. Janitors, grocery store workers, drivers, warehouse workers, letter carriers, food delivery people, teachers and transit workers, along with the doctors,…

NurPhoto/Getty Employment in the UK dropped by the most since 2009, signalling that more pain may lay ahead for British-based workers, data released Tuesday showed. The number of UK employees on payrolls fell in July by 730,000 from March, when the COVID-19 crisis had just begun. "The alarm bells couldn't…

A child worker pushes a cart with bricks in Meerut city, India. File photo: EPAIndia has more than 56 million children out of school, according to a 2018 study Activists fear children may be used as a stopgap measure to fill jobs left vacant by migrant labourers who returned to…

It's been almost five months since provincial and territorial governments closed child-care services. Now they are allowing them to reopen. Reopening -- like shuttering -- has been chaotic, anxiety-producing and inequitable for families, service providers and the child-care workforce alike. Child-care programs and parents (particularly mothers, who have been picking up a…

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Trump pays tribute as Republican dies of Covid-19 Herman Cain, a former Republican presidential candidate, has died from coronavirus. “Herman Cain - our boss, our friend, like a father to so many of us - has passed away,” a message posted on his official website said. Donald Trump paid tribute…

Dear rabble visitors, Can you believe rabble is leaving its teens and turning 20 next April?  With physical distancing as a result of the pandemic, you may remember that we had postponed any 19th anniversary celebration parties back in April (though we may have tossed back a few drinks online!)…