Colombia raises the minimum wage
Colombians saw a significant hike in the monthly minimum wage this year.
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Read More...AreĀ gunĀ controlĀ lawsĀ inĀ the United States biased against BlackĀ Americans?
Read More...A female bus driver in Colombia is breaking barriers within the industry. Some say she is a welcome-addition to the male-dominated profession in the country.
Read More...Scams amounting to an estimated 60 billion dollars or more, stolen from U.S. COVID-19 relief programs, were laid bare in a congressional inquiry on Wednesday.
Read More...Samsung has released its latest line of mobile devices.
Read More...After nearly seven weeks of unrest inĀ Peru, shortages of basic products, including increasingly expensive fuel and food, are mounting.
Read More...One of the newest lawmakers in the U.S. Congress has started another week of fending off more accusations that heās lied about much of his past. Republican George Santos was elected in Novemberās midterm elections.
Read More...U.S. border officials are on the lookout for a new type of contraband at the U.S. southern border: eggs.
Read More...Some of the biggest names in tech are cutting tens of thousands of jobs as they pay the price for expansion too fast for revenues to keep up.
Read More...CGTN covers all things Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival.
Read More...As the annual World Economic Forum opens this Monday amid warnings of a global recession this year, the International Monetary Fund added another layer of pessimism.
Read More...If you are in college, youāve probably already heard of ChatGPT – the new artificial intelligence-powered chatbot that is generating university-level papers. Some professors say they canāt tell the difference between their studentsā work and the botās. Itās raising concerns of cheating and plagiarism – […]
Read More...2022 saw an increase in artificial intelligence globally. What does that mean for 2023? CGTN explores how AI will impact the future.
Read More...The U.S. inflation crisis is easing up, but the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is concerned about the mismatch between low unemployment and record numbers of unfilled vacancies.
Read More...Visitors to China will no longer be required to undergo lengthy quarantines. It comes after China officially downgraded its COVID-19 management policy. And that shift in strategy is expected to have wider business implications around the world. CGTNās Dan Williams reports.
Read More...The worldās largest personal electronics show, CES, wrapped up this past weekend.
Read More...The nationwide death toll is rising ā with lives lost across at least nine states.
Read More...2022 was the year the world got a rude awakening by something that had largely disappeared from many countries: inflation.
Read More...Nowhere more so than on Wall Street which has been wrestling with inflation, rising interest rates and the collapse of the latest asset class ā cryptocurrency.
Read More...Raising that benchmark rate by half a percentage point instead of three quarters, as the Fed has done four times this year may look tiny.
Read More...Despite multiple interest rate hikes in the U.S., the job market continues to show signs of strength. Total employment increased by 263,000 in November, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7%. Find out more.
Read More...As new independent breweries enter the market, theyāre doing so with sustainability in mind.
Read More...Bargain hunters spent more than $9.1 billion online this yearāa new record.
Read More...U.S. investors remain wary of investing in Chinese companies that trade on New Yorkās stock exchanges.
Read More...The concept of purchasing pre-owned goods has been growing in popularity.
Read More...Colombiaās currency depreciated 1.6% on Tuesday and closed at a record low below 5,000 against the dollar. Over the past month, the peso has lost 8% of its value. Find out what affected the value of peso.
Read More...While some state residents are grateful for the one-time payments, others say it wonāt be enough.
Read More...Food waste is on the increase and so too is hunger in New York City.
Read More...If you are a coffee snob, you probably wonāt consider trying a cup of coffee made by a robotic arm.
Read More...The International Monetary Fund is warning that the “worst is yet to come” for global economies and the financial impact on people. The IMF has released its latest World Economic Outlook at the IMF-World Bank meetings in Washington. CGTNās Caroline Malone reports.
Read More...Sales of electric vehicles doubled in 2021 to a record 66 million.
Read More...Nearly a quarter of all the electricity generated in the U.S. for the first half of this year came from hydropower, solar and wind.
Read More...New figures out this Thursday added more fuel to a divisive question: is the U.S. in a recession?
Read More...One of the worldās largest chipmakers has released a new desktop computer processor at the Intel Innovation conference.
Read More...A third consecutive three-quarter point hike means another jump in the cost of most types of credit.
Read More...This year, Cuba and China signed an agreement to boost tourism between the two countries.
Read More...Hereās what #quitequitting means and how the trend started on social media.
Read More...Total U.S. employment increased by 315,000 in August, and the unemployment rate rose to 3.7 percent. The figures signal that the U.S. central bankās plan to solve the inflation crisis could be paying off.
Read More...See how new technologies are changing farming at the Farm Progress Show.
Read More...Trying to increase renewable energy, large investments are being made in the electric vehicle industry in the U.S. There are more than 45,000 charging stations across the country. But data from consumer research firm J.D. Power shows thatās not nearly enough.
Read More...Each August, the worldās central bankers, including members of the U.S. Federal Reserve, gather in the state of Wyoming for an economic symposium. How to curb inflation is the main topic of discussion this year.
Read More...The heat waves have put plenty of stress on power grids in California. As CGTNās Mark Niu reports, the Silicon Valley community has temporarily lost power at least five times in the past two months.
Read More...Healthcare costs are one of the most hotly contested issues in the U.S. But despite the pandemic, theyāve been somewhat sidelined by the immediacy of the inflation crisis and its impact on rocketing fuel and food prices. As CGTNās Owen Fairclough reports, theyāre all contributing […]
Read More...Tesla has been the dominant player in the U.S. electric vehicle market, but some analysts speculate that this could change in the coming years.
Read More...Mexico City has a metro area population of more than 22 million people. Itās a place where demand for electric energy rises dramatically each year. Itās also a place where most days of the year are sunny.
Read More...Back-to-back quarterly contractions are the typical definition of a recession.
Read More...The U.S. central bank has raised benchmark interest rates by 75 basis points again, to try and tame soaring inflation. The Federal Reserveās hike is designed to make credit more expensive, and so cool economic activity.
Read More...The average cost of rent in parts of New York has hit record highs as demand continues to outweigh supply. The Covid-19 pandemic sparked an exodus from the city and slowed residential construction but people are flocking back to the city once again. And […]
Read More...The global economic climate became even bleaker this Tuesday after another dramatic revision in growth forecasts. The International Monetary Fund released another set of further downgraded predictions just months after a similar pessimistic assessment. And the numbers were released during a critical week for […]
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