The Daily Populous

New Zealand is raising its minimum wage to $20 an hour and increasing the top tax rate for the country’s highest earners to 39%.

OECD data shows that New Zealand’s previous minimum wage, as of 2019, was already among the top five highest in the world.

The opposition National party opposed the minimum wage increase: “Sharply increasing the minimum wage during a period of extreme uncertainty for small businesses is economic vandalism,” said its workplace relations spokesman, Scott Simpson. »

Leonardo DiCaprio was eyed to play Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels, but the Hollywood superstar passed on the opportunity.

After taking a meeting with George Lucas years ago, DiCaprio didn't feel he was the right fit, he said in a recent interview with ShortList magazine.

Ford reprised his role for the latest Star Wars installment, which is on its way to becoming the highest-grossing film of all time. »

Companies then raised the price per milliliter $2.28 in the quarter after a potential competitor cleared stage-four trials.

There was no significant effect when drugs cleared first- and second-stage trials — likely because they were still far from approval, the authors suggested.

Rather, they're insulin drugs that do the same thing existing insulins do, in a biologically different way. »

The International Olympic Committee's Rule 50 is an ongoing source of friction across the globe.

Many U.S. athletes have led the call for more freedom in using their platform at the Olympics to advance social justice causes.

Their raised fists on the medals stand in Mexico City led to the seminal snapshot of social protest in sports history. »