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Thousands in Yemen have turned to motorbike taxis after the years-long civil war has deprived them of jobs, land, and homes and pushed the country to the brink of starvation. "There isnt much choice in the war," a local motorbike taxi driver laments.

Weekly jobless claims hit a pandemic-era low for the fourth consecutive week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, with 498,000 Americans filing for initial unemployment benefits during the week ended May 1.

Erika Rose was shocked this month when she sat down to do her taxes and realized she owed $600 to the federal government. She's been unemployment since April and has spent much of the winter stretching every penny to pay rent and to keep the lights on. On a recent trip to the grocery store, she only had $20 in her bank account.

Asian Americans who lost their jobs during the pandemic have found it harder than most to get them back.

It's a bold forecast that some say borders on fantasy: Wall Street banks and Federal Reserve officials see powerful employment gains over the next three years that evade the curse of past recessions.

The total number of unemployed people in the country was around 2 to 3 million, according to the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council, compared to 7 to 8 million feared, Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said on Friday (August 14).

U.S. jobless claims rose last week for the first time since the initial pandemic-induced surge in March, signaling a labor-market stall just as federal aid winds down for people and companies.

A woman who was driving from Nong Bua Lumphu to Bangkok to find work decided to stop and take a dip in a canal outside Nakhon Nayok’s Cholapruek Resort and think about where her life was taking her. She had lost her job in Prachinburi due to the Covid-19 fallout.

Local rescue staff stepped in to help a jobless couple who had embarked on a 300km journey on foot from Nakhon Ratshasima to Phetchabun province, to visit the husband’s sick mother.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has organised 50 online courses to enable jobless people or those who are seeking part-time work to earn an income in this “new normal” situation brought about by the Covid-19 crisis.

WASHINGTON - Roughly 3 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to unleash widespread economic havoc on an already depleted U.S. workforce.