Violent clashes have broken out at China’s biggest iPhone factory with angry workers protesting against brutal Covid rules and dismal living conditions. Hazmat-wearing officials could be seen viciously beating one man with sticks while cops desperately attempted to convince workers to return to their accommodation amid on-running protests at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou. According to livestream... 

A fatal shooting that left two men dead at a Mercedes-Benz factory in Germany may have been the result of political differences between Turkish citizens, according to reports. The shocking incident unfolded just before 8 a.m. on Thursday in Sindelfingen, a city in the state of Baden-Württemberg known for a large plant owned by the Daimler Group. Police were called to the facility after a male suspect... 

Debris are seen on the site of a blast which occured in a dairy plant on April 23, 2012 in Fredrikstadt, some 100km south of Oslo A huge explosion has rocked a dairy plant in Fredrikstad in south-east Norway. At least one person was killed while three others were seriously injured. A number are unaccounted for and are feared to have perished. Police have confirmed one person has died in the blast,... 

China is set to become the world's biggest manufacturer next year The US remained the world’s biggest manufacturing nation by output last year, but is poised to relinquish this slot in 2011 to China – thus ending a 110-year run as the number one country in factory production. The figures are revealed in a league table being published on Monday by IHS Global Insight, a US-based economics consultancy. Last... 

Companies found hiring hundreds of under-aged, unregistered workers, and forcing them to work overtime Two Guangdong-based factories contracted to global giant Microsoft have been found guilty of illegal labor practices, including the employment of more than 300 16- to 18-year-old workers without registration. The companies will face administrative penalties if they do not change their work practices...