While liberal lawmakers look for ways to raise taxes on the rich to finance their US$3.5 trillion spending package, some House Democrats are aiming to lower them. Specifically, several Democrats from high-tax states such as…
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For 16 years, German chancellor Angela Merkel has guided her country through wave after wave of uncertainty, from the 2008 global financial crisis to Brexit, the imperative to drop fossil fuels, and of course the…
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Eurozone: The European Central Bank’s executive board has appointed Isabel Vansteenkiste as director-general for European and international relations, it announced on September 13. Vansteenkiste is currently the ECB’s deputy director-general for monetary policy, and was…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A worker holds a nozzle to pump petrol into a vehicle at a fuel station in Mumbai, India, May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Americans in households with annual incomes from $50,000 to $75,000 experienced the sharpest increase in food insufficiency when the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Southeastern Australia was yesterday rocked by a magnitude-5.8 earthquake with its epicentre near Mansfield in Victoria’s northeast. The quake, which was followed by two smaller tremors, was powerful enough to damage buildings 130 kilometres away…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Climate activists dressed as penguins sit on refrigerators during a protest outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, March 12, 2009. Environmental organisations are urging Europe not to weaken the EU’s…
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The border between Sudan and South Sudan is set to be reopened after 11 years. This follows the two countries reaching an agreement in August to end the decade-long impasse. The announcement reflects the inseparable…
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Within minutes of Melbourne being rattled by yesterday’s earthquake, my Victorian friends reported changes in the behaviour of their animals. One friend wrote on social media that her dog Harvey stood in the hallway howling…
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The digital yuan trial for the 2022 Winter Olympics is “on the home straight”, according to Fan Yifei, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China. Fan has visited the venues of the winter games…
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