Migrant workers who helped build modern China have scant or no pensions, and can’t retire

BEIJING — At 53, Guan Junling is too old to get hired at factories anymore. But for migrant workers like her, not working is not an option. For decades, they have come from farming villages to find work in the cities. Toiling in sweatshops and building apartment complexes they could never afford to live in, … Read more

Israel soldiers search Gaza’s Shifa with scant evidence of Hamas

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — The presence of Israeli forces inside Gaza’s largest hospital stretched into its second day Thursday, amid the wait for more concrete evidence of extensive Hamas infrastructure at the facility that precipitated the raid. Israel also said no further evidence of Hamas activities in the hospital … Read more