News of work

Transgender sex workers welcomed by Pope Francis pray for his health

13-03-2025 14:13 Latin American transgender sex workers voice their support for the pope's health and the worry that is associated with their futures - if anything were to happen to the pope.

ART & CULTURE

Costantini pays US$11.4 million for Carrington sculpture

19-11-2024 13:49 Collector behind MALBA, Eduardo Costantini, pays more than US$11 million for ‘La Grande Dame,’ which now becomes artist Leonora Carrington’s second-most expensive work.

Beyond the headlines

Work in regress?

29-06-2024 04:27 How can having a job continue to be synonymous with making a living if there are around seven times as many people below the poverty line as jobless?

by Michael Soltys

Bloomberg

Tech giant with 30,000 employees has no return-to-office policy

12-04-2024 14:17 Software company Globant SA’s sleek office in downtown Buenos Aires are quite the attraction, but Chief Executive Officer Martin Migoya is choosing not to adopt a return-to-office policy for his nearly 30,000 employees across 33 countries.

ECONOMIC WOES

Suffering middle class continues to shrink under Milei

20-03-2024 13:44 Argentina's middle class is vanishing: amid fierce austerity, more and more people cannot afford schooling or medicine, even those holding down two jobs.

Ben Goertzel interview

Expert: AI could replace 80% of jobs 'in next few years'

08-05-2023 22:26 Artificial intelligence could replace 80 percent of human jobs in the coming year, predicts US-Brazilian researcher and AI guru Ben Goertzel.