分析：网传内地香港工资差距夸张失实 错误理解最低工资细节
中国大陆的社交媒体上广为流传一种说法，称在香港即使从事洗碗工一类的基层工作，也能获得高额工资。这种说法在中文社交媒体平台被过分夸大，流传的工资数额也时有不实。
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False: Chinese subtitles of Putin’s speech threatening Japan are fabricated
One video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin talking about historical memory with World War II veterans in January 2023. Another clip shows him giving a speech following a terrorist attack in Moscow in March 2024.
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The 2022 clip captures the moment a bank security guard in India unintentionally shot himself.
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