China's job fairs are making a comeback after being forced online by COVID-19 for three years, but subdued wages and less abundant offerings in sectors exposed to weakening external demand point to an uneven and guarded economic recovery.

The legal problems continue to pile up for the club, just days after their referee scandal was revealed.

Virgin Media O2 has outlined the impact its 350 apprenticeships in 2023 could have in crafting greater career pathways and helping the UK's economic state.

"Not only are staff struggling but students feel the effects when universities are short-staffed," said UNISON head of education Mike Short.

Zoom Video Communications chief executive Eric Yuan is also taking a 98 percent cut in salary this year.

A number of people living in the UK have moved towards smaller towns or places with higher perks and salaries.

Google's parent company Alphabet announced about 12,000 job cuts globally on Friday citing a changing "economic reality", becoming the latest US tech giant to enact large-scale restructuring.

Officials have said that as of Wednesday, 480 million people have travelled across the country since January 7.

Lewis Hamilton is keen to extend his stay in Formula 1 and is expected to agree a new long-term deal with Mercedes before the start of the 2023 season.

The main nursing union accuses the government of failing to negotiate seriously on improving their pay deal for the current year.

The former Barcelona captain left the club to join PSG after they failed to offer him a contract renewal in 2021.

The UK government will on Tuesday introduce proposals mandating "minimum safety levels" during strikes, angering unions which have branded it "undemocratic" and threatened legal challenges.

The union has organised unprecedented walkouts by nurses in recent weeks -- the first in its 106-year history.

One in every five patients picked up by an ambulance in England last week took more than an hour to be admitted to emergency care.

Al-Nassr is struggling to keep up with the demand after signing the Portuguese superstar over the weekend.

With foreign workers making up the vast bulk of private sector jobs in the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf's second-largest economy wants to boost opportunities for its own citizens.

Japanese retail sales rose for a ninth straight month in November, data showed on Tuesday, as the lifting of COVID-19 border controls and the government's domestic travel subsidy helped consumer demand.

Health Secretary Steve Barclay, writing in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, accused the unions of making a "conscious decision" to "inflict harm" on patients.

The Portuguese star is seeking new employment after parting ways with Manchester United.

UK nurses on Tuesday staged a second one-day strike amid an increasingly acrimonious fight with the government for better wages and warnings that patient safety could be jeopardised.

British nurses will go on strike this week, hitting already stretched hospitals and cranking up pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to quell the biggest wave of industrial action to hit the country in decades.

Germany is becoming a key destination for disillusioned young Tunisians despite a language barrier and the North African nation's long history of ties with France.

Universal free school meals would put money back in the pockets of parents who are either currently purchasing school meals or preparing packed lunches.

Wage increases are usually set by collective bargaining between the Austrian Economic Chambers and unions representing different branches.

Italy's new far-right government unveiled its 2023 draft budget on Tuesday, with most of the nearly 35 billion euros in spending going on the energy crisis rather than flashy electoral promises.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's first budget, due to be approved by her cabinet on Monday, will focus on curbing sky-high energy bills and cutting taxes for payroll workers and the self-employed, government officials said.

Tesco, one of Britain's largest private-sector employers, is offering its staff advances on their pay in the latest sign of the distress arising from a worsening cost-of-living crisis.

European workers squeezed by the soaring cost of living went on strike in Belgium and Greece on Wednesday, with stoppages threatening to paralyse parts of Britain, France and Spain in coming days.

The recent crisis in Britain's government bond market means smaller UK pension schemes may fork out more money for a bespoke liability-driven investment (LDI) strategy in future to ensure better protection, industry sources say.

The exact nature of the strike is yet to be determined, but is likely to disrupt operations and appointments even as patients are already facing record waiting lists.