BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's government plans to increase the daily minimum wage to 400 baht ($10.84) from October, a spokesperson said on Thursday, a policy that could help lift consumption in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy.
A committee will meet this month to assess which industries are prepared for the increase and what assistance could be offered to those that are not ready, spokesperson Chai Wacharonke said.
The... (continue reading...)
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LADANYBENE, Hungary (Reuters) - Laszlo Kemencei lives as sustainably as possible on his small farm in eastern Hungary. He believes the land is effectively borrowed from his young daughter, so he must do all he can to preserve it for the future.
Kemencei, 28, wife Cintia and Boroka, almost two, moved to the farm outside Ladanybene three years ago. They keep horses, pigs and chickens on an area of 4.5... (continue reading...)
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Latin America's highest-income countries, with the exception of Argentina, will grow moderately this year and next because external demand will remain weak, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) forecast on Thursday.
In its semiannual outlook for the region, the Paris-based organization said the seven main Latin American economies will grow on average by 1.4% this year... (continue reading...)
DUBAI (Reuters) - At least 34,596 Palestinians have been killed and 77,816 injured in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since Oct.7, the health ministry in the enclave said in a statement on Thursday.
(Reporting by Nidal al Mughrabi in Cairo; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
LONDON (Reuters) - The ongoing downturn in euro zone manufacturing activity deepened in April due to crumbling demand despite factories cutting prices, pushing firms to reduce headcount again, a survey showed on Thursday.
HCOB's final euro zone manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global, fell to 45.7 in April from March's 46.1, below the 50 mark denoting growth in activity for a 22nd month. However, it was just ahead of a... (continue reading...)
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