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To curb evasion, EU report calls for 2% global wealth tax on billionaires

October 22, 2023 admin

The report calls for expanding the range of assets brought under the system of automatic exchange of information. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Pointing out that tax evasion is enabling billionaires to enjoy effective tax rates equivalent to 0% to 0.5% of their wealth, the European Union Tax Observatory in its ‘Global Tax Evasion Report…

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Iraq sentences Saddam Hussein’s daughter for promoting political party

October 22, 2023 admin

Raghad Saddam Hussein, the daughter of executed ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. | Photo Credit: AFP A Baghdad court on Sunday sentenced in absentia the exiled daughter of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to seven years in prison for “promoting” her father’s outlawed Baath party. The party was dissolved and banned after Hussein was toppled during…

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Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif moves to restore appeals against convictions

October 22, 2023 admin

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif releases a dove as he arrives to address a welcoming rally in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif signed applications on his return to Pakistan to restore pending appeals against his convictions in the Avenfield Apartments and Al-Azizia corruption cases….

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Foxconn under tax and land use investigations in China

October 22, 2023 admin

Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn is under tax and land use investigations at several of its sites in China, state media reported on October 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn is under tax and land use investigations at several of its sites in China, state media reported on October 22. Chinese authorities…

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Iran journalists who covered Amini’s death get jail sentences

October 22, 2023 admin

Women take part in a rally on the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini which prompted protests across the country, in Istanbul, Turkey on September 16, 2023. The Banner reads, “We revolt against the world for Mahsa Amini”. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s judiciary on October 22 announced lengthy jail sentences for two…

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143 people, including two Nepalese, fly out of Israel under ‘Operation Ajay’

October 22, 2023 admin

File image of Indian passengers who came back to India from Tel Aviv under ‘Operation Ajay’. | Photo Credit: ANI A special flight carrying 143 persons, including two Nepalese citizens and four infants, wanting to leave Israel amidst the Israel-Hamas conflict, left for India on Sunday as part of ‘Operation Ajay’. It was the sixth…

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143 people, including two Nepalese, fly out of Israel under ‘Operation Ajay’

October 22, 2023 admin

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Biden nominates Indian-origin diplomat as U.S. ambassador to Indonesia

October 22, 2023 admin

Indian-origin diplomat Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir. Credit: U.S. Department of State Indian-origin diplomat Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir has been appointed by President Joe Biden as U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia. Ms. Lakhdhir, who has served the State Department for almost 30 years, is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, and was most recently…

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120 incubator babies at risk after Israel cuts Gaza fuel: UN

October 22, 2023 admin

United Nations logo is seen at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. | Photo Credit: AFP The lives of at least 120 newborn babies on incubators in war-torn Gaza’s hospitals are at risk as fuel runs out in the besieged enclave, the UN children’s agency warned on October 22. More than 1,750 children have…

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China, Philippines trade accusations over latest South China Sea clash

October 22, 2023 admin

This image released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, shows a Chinese militia vessel, top, near Philippine coast guard vessel BRP Cabra as they approach Second Thomas Shoal, locally called Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on October 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP China and the Philippines traded accusations over a…

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