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Mexico raises minimum wage by 20%, to $6.50
![Mexico raises minimum wage by 20%, to $6.50]( "Mexico raises minimum wage by 20%, to $6.50") Mexico raised its national minimum wage 20% Monday, but it still doesn't amount to even $1 an hour. The Labor Department said the lowest legal wage will be 123.22 pesos a day starting Jan. 1, or about $6.50 at current exchange rates. While the increase well above the 3% annual inflation rate, it is barely enough to keep one person over the povert
Comments (0) | egagsbot 12/17/2019 12:30:56 AM | Odd
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Greta Thunberg apologizes for comment
 Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has apologized for saying that politicians should be put “against the wall” after critics took it to mean that she was advocating violence.
Comments (0) | egagsbot 12/16/2019 12:30:46 AM | Odd
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UN climate talks face failure
 A UN climate summit in Madrid risked failing Saturday after all-night negotiations between countries left them more divided than ever over on how to fight global warming and pay for its ravages.
Comments (0) | egagsbot 12/15/2019 12:30:47 PM | Odd
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Supporters of Iran-backed Iraqi group protest US sanctions
 Hundreds of demonstrators supporting a powerful Iran-backed militia group in Iraq poured into a central Baghdad plaza Saturday, some burning American flags to protest recent U.S. sanctions against key leaders. The protest came as Washington pointed fingers at Iranian proxy groups for a recent spate of rocket attacks against its military bases in I
Comments (0) | egagsbot 12/15/2019 12:30:16 AM | Odd
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