After hitting 8.1% in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the average annual unemployment rate fell to 5.3% in 2021. In both 2022 and 2023, the annual jobless rate hit its lowest level ...

The high rate of visa overstays by immigrants from Chad, which has a population just under 20 million, showed a “blatant disregard for United States immigration laws”, the proclamation read.

Seven African countries were included on Trump’s first list of 12 countries completely banned from entering the US from June 4. They are Somalia, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Libya, Eritrea ...

Explore the top 10 countries with the lowest literacy rates in 2025, including Chad, Niger, and South Sudan, facing challenges like poverty and conflict. Learn about global literacy gaps.

President Donald Trump’s order banning the citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States has come into force on Monday. The directive, signed on Wednesday last week, is part of an ...

US president Donald Trump's new administration has added Ireland to its "monitoring list" of countries warranting close attention for currency manipulation. In the first semi-annual currency ...

The U.S. has added Ireland to a list of countries it is keeping tabs on owing to a large and growing trade surplus that has stoked the ire of President Donald Trump. As part of the U.S. Treasury ...

According to the Office for National Statistics, the jobless rate rose to 4.6% in the three months to April, as expected, up from the 4.5% seen in February. This was the highest level since July 2021.

In April, the US economy added 177,000 jobs while the unemployment rate held flat at 4.2%. Those figures were revised lower on Friday to reflect that the economy added 147,000 jobs that month.

WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump has issued a full travel ban blocking the entry of foreign nationals from 12 countries into the United States, reviving a controversial policy from his first ...

Their unemployment rate is usually double that of the general population and often as high as 80% or more. Debra A. Perry, ‘Disability issues in the employment and social protection’, ILO ...

The countries that start with the letter ‘A’ are Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, and Azerbaijan.