A global minimum corporate tax rate can help ensure that everyone pays their fair share and will prevent companies from fleeing to countries with lower corporate tax rates, US Secretary of the …
Read More »European countries struggle to curb the latest wave of viruses
BOCHNIA, Poland (AP) – European countries scrambled Monday to reduce the surge in COVID-19 cases and increase vaccines, hoping to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed by the latest deadly wave of infections …
Read More »Study: About 40,000 American Children Lost a Parent to COVID-19
According to a study published in the American Medical Association’s JAMA Pediatrics on Monday, an estimated 37,300 to 43,000 American children experienced the loss of at least one parent due to COVID-19 …
Read More »Ballroom dancers from Italy spin through the running of the bulls
ROME (AP) – Social distancing is rarely part of the lexicon of ballroom dancing. But in an industrial area on the outskirts of Rome, couples of all ages go round and round …
Read More »Putin calls Argentine leader with COVID despite Sputnik shooting
MOSCOW (AP) – President Vladimir Putin called his Argentine counterpart on Monday, who tested positive for COVID-19 despite receiving a Russian vaccine. The Kremlin said in its reading of the call that …
Read More »Skepticism about vaccines runs deep among white evangelicals in America.
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest evangelical denomination in the United States, posted a photo on Facebook last week of him receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. It attracted more than …
Read More »UK to ease lockdown next week
LONDON (AP) – Britain’s slow but steady march out of a three-month lockdown continues even as coronavirus cases rise in other parts of Europe, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday, confirming that …
Read More »Polish hospitals struggle with rising virus patients
BOCHNIA, Poland (AP) – Polish hospitals struggled over Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a large spike in infections in Central and Eastern Europe in recent …
Read More »Border issues affect Biden’s immigration approval
WASHINGTON (AP) – More Americans disapprove of how President Joe Biden is handling the growing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the US-Mexico border., and approval of his efforts on a …
Read More »Israeli prime minister returns to court as the parties weigh in on his fate
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to court for his corruption trial on Monday as the country’s political parties had to weigh whether to form the next government after …
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