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The ruling has been slammed by members of the international community after a leading businesswoman in the Middle East was sentenced to additional jail time, in a case widely seen as an impetus to change partnerships with countries “violating human…
Several European countries have been infuriated by the huge profits made by global internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook who avoid paying tax in many jurisdictions. Britain is planning to follow Italy in imposing a digital service tax. The…
US President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed a ‘phase one’ trade deal last week, committing Beijing to purchasing $200 billion in certain US goods, with Washington insisting upon keeping tariff pressure on until the second and…
The State Department has told US embassies across the world to deny visas to people they suspect are coming to the US to give birth, according to diplomatic cables obtained by Vox — guidance that gives broad discretion to consular…
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering expanding his travel ban to citizens of seven additional countries — Belarus, Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania — according to Politico. The ban would prevent most citizens of those countries from coming…
A star named Betelgeuse has been making headlines of late, as the normally bright celestial object has dimmed considerably for reasons still unknown to astronomers. The US-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) has detected a gravitational wave coming from the…
