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(2 Jan) - For some low-wage workers, everyday tasks like spending money for bus fare to get to and from work also involve deciding which bill to pay or delay, or what to give up. Rita Diaz, 26, who works two low-wage jobs, sometimes walks the three miles home from her job serving chicken at a Popeye’s fast-food restaurant... 

Aleksei A. Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, spoke after a judge suspended Mr. Navalny’s jail sentence, but ordered his younger brother to serve a prison term of three and a half years. (Photo: AP) (30 Dec) - On Tuesday, a court in Moscow convicted Russia’s top opposition blogger, Aleksei A. Navalny, of criminal fraud.... 

At least 35 dead, 42 injured in Shanghai New Year's stampede. (Photo: Instagram) SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A stampede killed at least 35 people and injured 43 during New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai, on the city's famed waterfront tourist strip known as the Bund, authorities said. The Shanghai government said that large...