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THE BROAD VIEW

Holding the line between people and algorithms

(From left) US President Donald Trump and SaudI Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in Washington, D.C., Nov 18, 2025.

Trump defends Saudi prince over journalist Khashoggi’s murder

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk pointed out seven or eight big tech companies now boast more wealth than the entire economies of even industrialised nations.

Concentration of corporate power a ‘huge’ concern: UN rights chief

US President Donald Trump had said in September that Vice-President JD Vance would attend the G20 summit instead of him.

Trump says no US officials will attend G20 in South Africa

Foxconn’s pay structure, which holds back a second portion of wages until the following month, left some dispatch workers without weeks’ worth of overtime pay if they resigned before a particular cutoff date, China Labor Watch said.

Foxconn workers faced tough conditions in rush to make iPhone 17: labour group

The Human Rights Council has a long history of including members with checkered records on the very issue it’s supposed to help oversee.

UN members reject Saudi bid to join its Human Rights Council

Rosmarie Wydler-Walti (left) and Anne Mahrer, of the Swiss elderly women group KlimaSeniorinnen, attend the hearing for the ruling in their case against the Swiss government.

Climate court ruling could set precedents in Europe and beyond

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Department of State is announcing that it is taking steps to impose new visa restrictions on multiple Hong Kong officials.

US to impose new visa curbs on Hong Kong officials over rights crackdown

Goodyear faces allegations of labour abuse in Malaysia

Goodyear faces allegations of labour abuse in Malaysia

Workers from Indonesia, Bangladesh and Nepal account for over 70 per cent of Malaysia’s migrant labour, with the remainder coming from countries including India, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Thailand.

Malaysia to review migrant labour deals to stamp out exploitation