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AS IT IS 2014-12-26 US Politics Could Affect Iran Nuclear Talks 美国政治将影响伊朗核谈判 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he will continue to try to negotiate an end to the dispute between Iran and Western nations over Iran's nucle

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's taken years, but in 2016, wages finally started to go up. NPR's Yuki Noguchi explains. YUKI NOGUCHI, BYLINE: The Great Recession ended seven and a half years ago, and job gains have been steady since. But the greater demand

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Millions of Americans are getting raised today. Not you, Jon. The federal minimum wage's increasing by 70 cents. The jump from $5.85 to $6.55 an hour is the second of three annual increases that were required by law. Next year's boost will bring the

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NOEL KING, HOST: A basic principle of economics is that when demand for something goes up, the cost of it goes up, too. So economists wonder why today's high demand for workers isn't translating into bigger increases in pay. Even Federal Reserve Chai

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The government will bring back a lower starting wage for young people between the ages of 16 and 19. For the first 6 months of a new job, they will be paid $10.80 an hour. This is 80% of the adult minimum wage which is $13.50. In 2008, the Labour gov

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CAIRO, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The draft law limiting protests in Egypt, which is currently being studied after recently being announced by Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki, stirred up an overwhelming debate in the Egyptian political arena. Contradictory repo

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North Korea has presented South Korea with sharply elevated rent and wage demands for running a joint industrial facility just inside the North Korean border. At the same time, Pyongyang is refusing to release a detained executive it has held with n

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There is a consensus among the delegates and world leaders attending the climate change conference in Copenhagen on the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions and shift to cleaner/more efficient energy. But a research center in Britain is espousing a d

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The lower house of Russia's parliament, the Duma, passed legislation Friday limiting the ability of foreigners to invest in industrial sectors considered as strategic. This came shortly after the Russian government announced the arrest of two Russian

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A number of years ago, I had the rather unique experience of being backstage in Madison Square Garden, in New York, during the Ringling Brothers Barnum Bailey Circus. To say the least, it was a fascinating experience. I was able to walk around lookin

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While China is further opening up its economy to the world, the United States is gradually turning itself into the Man in the Case, a character created by Russian literary giant Anton Chekhov, the China Radio International (CRI) commented in an artic

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