Devastated the worlds labor force with new n numbers showina dramatic reduction in work hours. The International Labor organization suggests that 17 of the worlds working hours were wiped out in the Second Quarter of this year. The Un Agency Says thats the equivalent of nearly 500 million fulltime workers losing their jobs. It compared the hours worked with last years october to december quarter. North and south america saw the largest drop at 28 . Working hours contracacted 17. 5 in europe and central asia. Other regions had hours shrink by around 15 . The ilo projects global labor income between january and september decline by 10. 7 from thee same period last year, a decrease worth 3. 5 trillion. It is clear that suppoport f jobs and labor income will need to be maintained and sustainine and continue into next year. Thats required to keep employment, businesses and incomes afloloat. He ilo director general stressed the need to continue economic measures over the long term. Japan cou
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War of the windsors. Reaction pours in after the stunning decision by prince harry and Meghan Markle to step away from royal duties the queen reportedly blindsided and shocked. The move raising questions about the futures of the couple and the entire royal family. A live report from Windsor Castle just ahead. Those stories, plus new fire fears. Overnight, more evacuations in australia amid growing concerns those historic wildfires are about to get even worse. Winters wrath a powerful storm takes aim at tens of millions over a nearly 2,000mile stretch from the south to new england als got the forecast. What is evening the score . Evens the second match in our greatest of all time jeopardy tournament a dominating performance by jeopardys James Holzhauer kicking the show of champions into high gear, today, thursday, january 9th, 2020. From nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody. Welcome to today on this thursda
Huge Police Presence as this investigation and the hunt for the driver continues. Reporting from barcelona, im teri okita. Allen, back to you. One thing were hearing is the van attack may be linked to an explosion. What can you tell us about what happened on wednesday . Reporter there was a house explosion. And one, possibly two people, were reportedly killed, several other injured. It happened in a town called altanar, 125 miles south of barcelona. At this point, police are still investigating so they have not elaborated. But it is somehow related to this terrorist attack today. All right. Teri okita in barcelona, thank you so much. President donald trump denounced the terror attack on twitter writing Vice President mike pence also weighing in. On this dark day, our prayers and the prayers of all the American People are with the victims, their families and the good people of spain. The news in barcelona sent the market tumbling. The dow fell more than 270 points. Stocks were already h
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