Here's where the jobs are for March 2024 — in one chart
The U.S. labor market surprised economists with its strength once again, adding more than 300,000 jobs in March, with a few key sectors continuing to fuel its growth.
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U.S. job growth blows past expectations as Fed weighs rate cut timing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. employers hired far more workers than expected in March and continued to lift wages at a steady clip, suggesting the economy ended the first quarter on solid ground and potentially delaying anticipated Federal Reserve interest rate cuts this year.
South Korea’s president meets leader of doctors’ strike as he seeks to end their walkouts
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met the leader of a strike by thousands of junior doctors on Thursday and said that the government is open to talks about its contentious push to sharply increase medical school admissions.
Singapore jails drunk man for threatening to cut sick wife’s throat with fruit peeler
In a separate incident, the same man, a butcher, threatened a member of the public with a meat chopper at a Bedok coffee shop.
Nepal’s traditional healers vow to preserve ‘secret and sacred’ indigenous knowledge even as climate change bites
When a patient visits Tsewang Gyurme Gurung’s clinic, he reaches for their wrist first.
As Doctors’ Walkout Drags On, Some South Koreans Are Losing Patience
Six weeks after thousands of residents and interns at South Korean hospitals walked off the job, frustration is rising.
Violent storms kill 7 people in eastern China including 3 who fell from their apartments
BEIJING (AP) — Violent rain and hailstorms have killed seven people in eastern China’s Jiangxi province this week, including three people who fell from their apartments in a high-rise building.
Three 12-year-olds wounded in Finland school shooting, child suspect held
A 12-year-old child shot and wounded three other 12-year-olds at a school in Finland on Tuesday and the suspect was taken peacefully into custody, police said.