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Key findings include:

  • 41% percent of workers report being injured while working at an Amazon warehouse; 51% at the company for more than three years have been injured

  • 69% have had to take unpaid time off due to pain or exhaustion from working at the company in the past month; 34% have had to do so three or more times

  • 52% feel burned out from their work at Amazon. Among those working at the company for more than three years, 60% report feeling burned out

  • 41% always/most of the time feel a sense of pressure to work faster, and another 30% sometimes do

  • Injury (53%) and burnout (78%) are elevated among those feeling pressure to work faster always/most of the time

  • 60% experience more workplace monitoring at Amazon than at previous jobs, 9% experience less monitoring, and 17% say the level is about the same

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Almost every child in the Gaza Strip has been exposed to deeply distressing events and trauma, marked by widespread destruction, relentless attacks, displacement, and severe shortages of essential necessities such as food, water, and medicine.

"The killing and maiming of children, abduction of children, attacks on hospitals and schools, and the denial of humanitarian access constitute grave violations of children's rights,” said Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa.

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The world's second largest economy is dealing with a real estate slump that has crippled massive developers like Country Garden and Evergrande.

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As the war between Israel and Hamas intensifies, so have attacks against both communities in the US.

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Dutch flag carrier KLM posts only occasionally on Twitter nowadays, and its pinned post is a warning that it no longer provides customer service there. The result, though, is scammers pretending to…

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Costs are slashed, entire departments of doctors are laid off, and patients’ bills go up. I would know

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Visitors will dine at themed restaurants and participate in immersive experiences

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The UN Human Rights Council-mandated Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, called on Israel, the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas which controls Gaza, to support its ongoing investigations into “serious crimes” including murder, rape and other forms of sexual violence.

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In Bush’s naïveté about the magic of elections, he ignored a crucial point about democracy.

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India also called for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine issue at the UNSC.

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UNICEF is calling for an immediate ceasefire and for sustained and unimpeded access for humanitarian assistance

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In rare comments on an active foreign policy crisis, Obama said any Israeli military strategy that ignores the human costs of the war "could ultimately backfire."

"The Israeli government's decision to cut off food, water and electricity to a captive civilian population (in Gaza) threatens not only to worsen a growing humanitarian crisis; it could further harden Palestinian attitudes for generations, erode global support for Israel, play into the hands of Israel's enemies, and undermine long-term efforts to achieve peace and stability in the region," Obama said.

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Spain's Socialist Party and the hard-left Sumar have reached an agreement in an effort to form a new government after an inconclusive election three months ago left the country with a hung parliament.

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Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, who was released by Hamas fighters, said she was beaten when abducted but later treated 'gently'

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The fact that Palestinian fighters committed unspeakable war crimes against Israeli civilians does not justify Israeli authorities committing war crimes against Palestinian civilians, says Sari Bashi, program director at Human Rights Watch.

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As prosecutors prepare war crimes case, victims reveal how they were beaten and made to dig own graves in Balakliia

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This will have a significant impact on Europe’s health systems, top professor says.

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An Alaska Airlines flight was diverted late Sunday after a "credible security threat related to an authorized occupant in the flight deck jump seat."

Joseph David Emerson was taken into custody, the Port of Portland confirmed.

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Many migrant workers in Israel want to return home yet they say they were unable to because of the high recruitment fees – sometimes tens of thousands of dollars – they were made to pay by recruitment agencies before travelling to work in Israel.

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Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi were sentenced to 13 and 12 years in prison respectively. Hamedi was detained after she took a picture of Amini's parents hugging each other in a Tehran hospital where their daughter was lying in a coma and Mohammadi after she covered Amini's funeral in her Kurdish hometown Saqez, where the protests began.

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The most immediate need right now is for a deescalation, says Tareq Baconi Palestinian writer, president of the board of the Palestinian Policy Network and former senior analyst for the International Crisis Group on Israel/Palestine. "The next step needs to be an acknowledgment that Israel is an apartheid regime that is maintaining a system of domination against millions of Palestinians," he adds.

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An Associated Press analysis of more than a dozen videos found that the deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital Tuesday was likely caused by a rocket fired from inside Palestinian territory that veered off course and broke up in the air before crashing back to the ground.

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