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Labour orders MP Nadia Whittome to remove Rishi Sunak tweet

Labour orders MP Nadia Whittome to remove Rishi Sunak tweet

A tweet from MP Nadia Whittome has been removed. She claimed that Rishi Sunak being prime minister “isn’t a gain for Asian representation”. Mr. Sunak was confirmed this week as the first British Asian prime minister of the UK by Conservative MPs. A tweet from MP Nadia Whittome claiming that Rishi Sunak being prime minister … Read more

50 million forced into labour after pandemic, climate crisis

modern slavery

Forced labour and forced marriage are examples of modern slavery. 50 million people are believed to be victims of forced marriage and forced labour worldwide. The number of people who are forced to work has climbed by 11% to 28 million since 2016. Disasters during the past five years, from pandemics to the climate crisis, … Read more

Kylie Jenner is spilling the beans on her labour and delivery experience

Kylie Jenner
  • Kylie Jenner’s mother Kris Jenner delivered her.
  • Kylie revealed on The Late Late Show that she had scrubs, gloves and sterilisation.
  • She shares a baby boy with boyfriend Travis Scott.

Kylie Jenner is dishing out details about her labor room experience with daughter Stormi.

The 25-year-old revealed to James Corden on The Late Late Show that her mother, Kris Jenner, delivered her kid.

ylie revealed: “You know she delivered my first child?”

She added: “Fully took my baby out of the vagina.”

Kris, 66, nodded before saying, “Yeah, I delivered Stormi.”

The momager then added: “I had scrubs, I had gloves, I scrubbed up, I was sterilised and I pulled that baby out of my child.”

“She is great, she’s really great, she’s calm. She’s had six kids and I wouldn’t want to have anyone else by my side.”

Kylie welcomed Stormi in 2018. She also shares a baby boy with boyfriend Travis Scott.

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Stephanie Beatriz talks about recording Encanto while in Labour

Stephanie Beatriz

Stephanie Beatriz revealed she was in labour while recording a tune for her film ‘Encanto’. The actress was singing her lines in between contractions. Despite going into labour, she persevered with a studio session for the song ‘Waiting On A Miracle.‘ Stephanie Beatriz noted on Giovanna Fletcher’s new Disney podcast, ‘Journey to the Magic,’ that, … Read more

The Tories are accused of being “soft on crime” by Labour

Los Angeles

Labour has criticized the Conservatives for being soft on crime in the wake of revelations that serial knife criminals are often spared jail. In certain counties, the percentage of serial knife offenders evading incarceration was greater than 30% during the past five years. The party said it demonstrated that a 2015 Tory vow to sentence … Read more

UK sex-assault MP quits, triggering by-election

by-election

The UK’s ruling Conservative Party faces a hard via-election check after former MP Imran Ahmad Khan end parliament on Thursday following his conviction for sexually assaulting a fifteen old boy. Khan 47, who represents the northern English town of Wakefield, stated he would surrender with a view to. “focus entirely on clearing my name”. “While … Read more

Climate change and poverty: the perfect storm

climate change

We often hear that climate change disproportionately impacts the poor and the scenarios are worrisome. For example, climate change will lead to up to a 300 per cent increase in extreme poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by 2030. Beneath this alarming headline, we know that climate-related losses will fluctuate across time and … Read more

‘No choice’: Burkina miners toil in Ouagadougou quarry

ouagadougou

OUAGADOUGOU: Dust and toxic fumes billow from a cavernous, ashy granite quarry in the centre of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou. A giant crater located among the roads, houses and administrative buildings of the city’s Pissy neighbourhood, the mine has been dug by hand over 40 years. Artisanal miners toil in the bowels of the earth, … Read more

Startups bringing Pakistan’s farming into digital arena

digital arena

Agriculture entrepreneurs are bringing the digital age to Pakistan’s farmers, helping them plan crops better and distribute their produce when the time is right. Until recently, “the most modern machine we had was the tractor”, Aamer Hayat Bhandara, a farmer and local councillor behind one such project told AFP in “Chak 26”, a village in … Read more

Playing by the book

Mian Nauman Kabir

LAHORE: Volatile exchange rate and higher inflation are the key challenges for the businesses, said Mian Nauman Kabir, president of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry. “Volatile exchange rate is a big challenge. Usually, shipments are received months after placing import orders. Change in the exchange rates squeezes profit margins and in many cases … Read more

French bakers fume at cut-price supermarket baguettes

French bakers

PARIS: French bakers have taken aim at a major supermarket chain that is offering inflation-busting low prices for baguettes, saying the move would undermine competition in one of the country’s prized industries. The Leclerc group said in newspaper ads on Tuesday that “because of inflation, the average price of baguettes could increase significantly. That’s unthinkable,” … Read more

Minister inaugurates e-balloting for annual audit of firms

Ansar Majeed Khan

LAHORE: Minister for Labour Ansar Majeed Khan has inaugurated the electronic balloting for annual audit of businesses establishments, a statement said. The Punjab Employees Social Security Institution (Pessi) arranged the event at its head office. The minister said 18,269 enterprises and factories have been included in the balloting, which choose a self-assessment scheme. Through this … Read more

US businesses advertised near-record 11 million open jobs

US

WASHINGTON: The US employers posted 11 million open jobs in October, nearly matching a record high reached in July and a sign that companies were confident enough in the economy to expand, Arab News reported. The government report on Wednesday also showed that the number of people quitting their jobs dropped slightly in October to 4.2 million, … Read more

Pakistan’s labour laws to be updated: official

Pakistan labour

LAHORE: Pakistan’s labour laws would be updated for safeguarding the interests of the labourers and employers, a government official said. Speaking at a consultative workshop of labourers, industrialists and the government on labour laws at a local hotel, provincial Minister for Industries and Trade Mian Aslam Iqbal said that the labour laws would be updated … Read more

Battle the algorithms: China’s delivery riders on the edge

China

BEIJING: Handing over a piping hot meal at exactly the time promised, Chinese food delivery driver Zhuang Zhenhua triumphantly tapped his job as complete through the Meituan app — and was immediately fined half of his earnings. A glitch meant it inaccurately registered him as being late and he incurred an automatic penalty — one … Read more

Agricultural market reforms in progress: official

LAHORE: The agricultural markets across Punjab are being reformed to give farmers a fair return for their labour. These reforms will benefit all the stakeholders and reduce market problems, an official said on Monday. During a visit to the Badami Bagh Fruit Market, Provincial Punjab Minister for Agriculture Syed Hussain Jahanian Gardezi said that the … Read more