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Michael Caine retirement: actor confirms ‘The Great Escaper’ will be his last film
CNN — Michael Caine, the British film star whose career has spanned eight decades and featured movies from “The Italian…
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Thai death toll spotlights poor agricultural workers from Asia who toil in Israel’s fields
Bangkok CNN — Like his father Chumporn and dozens of other able-bodied men from their village in northeast Thailand, Manee…
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Social Security: Senior citizens will see a much smaller COLA increase for 2024
CNN — Social Security recipients will receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment of 3.2% for 2024, a much smaller increase than…
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Canadian autoworkers go on strike at GM plants
New York CNN — General Motors’ labor problems have spread north of the US-Canadian border, as more than 4,000 autoworkers…
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Josh Kruger: Journalist and advocate killed in Point Breeze home
CNN — Philadelphia journalist and advocate Josh Kruger was shot and killed at his home early Monday morning, according to…
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Canadian autoworkers approve labor deal with Ford
CNN — Members of Canada’s autoworkers union, Unifor, ratified a tentative three-year agreement with Ford on Sunday after the union…
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France’s Macron pulls out all the stops for King Charles III’s rescheduled state visit
Paris CNN — Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla will finally arrive in France for a state visit Wednesday, six…
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UAW could target key plants as negotiators rush to avoid GM, Ford and Stellantis walkouts
Detroit CNN — With just hours to go before labor contracts expire at America’s three unionized automakers, thousands of autoworkers…
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In a rare win, a migrant worker sued his bosses in Singapore. And won
CNN — A manual laborer from India has successfully sued his employers in Singapore for negligence after he fell off…
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Is it time to worry about stagflation?
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