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‘Several countries’: Iran says it has built weapon factories abroad; missile development ‘a priority’ says defence minister

Image: X@/iranmilitaryeng Iran’s defence minister, Aziz Nasirzadeh, has said in a televised interview that Tehran has built infrastructure to produce weapons in “several countries”, though he did not disclose the names of the nations involved. The remarks come amid heightened tensions triggered by Israeli and US strikes against Iran earlier this summer.Nasirzadeh stated that “missile […]

Poisoning tragedy update: Kuwait shuts down 10 illegal methanol factories after 23 deaths | World News

Police arrested 67 suspects and shut down 10 illegal methanol factories/Representative Image Kuwait‘s Ministry of Interior has dismantled a major criminal network linked to the production and distribution of toxic methanol, following a spate of poisoning incidents that left at least 23 people dead and more than 160 hospitalized, most of them Asian workers. The […]

Why Trump’s Tariffs Are Closing Factories in Lesotho

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Saudi Arabia in June issues 83 new industrial licenses and opens 58 factories worth SR2.85 bn | World News

June saw Saudi Arabia add more than 3,000 new industrial jobs through factory openings and newly issued licenses/ Representative Image In a robust signal of Saudi Arabia’s accelerating industrial transformation, the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources announced the issuance of 83 new industrial licenses in June, amounting to over SR950 million ($253.3 million) in […]

‘Far too many still toiling’: 138 million children working in factories and fields; UN says end could take ‘hundreds of years’

The United Nations said on Wednesday that around 138 million children around the world are still working in factories and fields. Given the slow pace of progress, the organisation has warned that eliminating child labour could take “hundreds of years.”Nearly 40 per cent of these children were reported to be engaged in hazardous work in […]

China’s Garment Factories Face a Tipping Point After New Tariffs

Liu Miao has sold clothing on Amazon to wholesale buyers in the United States for the past five years. That trade has come to an abrupt stop. Mr. Liu owns a small factory in Guangzhou, long the center of China’s highly competitive garment industry. He and other factory managers, already dealing with tight profit margins, […]

‘American customers won’t buy anything this year’: Trump’s 104% tariffs dim festive cheer for China’s Christmas factories

Chinese producers of plastic Christmas trees and other holiday items say they’ve yet to receive any orders from their US clients – and they fear they may not get any at all, reports news agency Reuters. The delay comes amid soaring US import tariffs, with US President Donald Trump ramping up levies on Chinese goods […]