A member of the Amhara Special Forces looks on at the border crossing with Eritrea in Humera, Ethiopia. Photographer: Eduardo Soteras / AFP / Getty Images Photographer: Eduardo Soteras / AFP / …
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Photographer: Alex Brandon / AP Photographer: Alex Brandon / AP Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said any legislation on voting rights must be bipartisan for American voters to accept it as legitimate, complicating …
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With the Australian economy in the rebound, Covid-19 largely suppressed, and vaccines ongoing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government should be on the high. Instead, her ratings are the lowest in more than …
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The New Zealand government targeted property speculators with a set of new measures to deal with skyrocketing house prices and prevent the formation of a “dangerous” bubble. The government will remove tax …
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Read More »Biden’s tax plan: White House to target rich who made windfall during Covid
President Joe Biden’s economic team in the White House is determined to deliver on its campaign promise to raise taxes on the rich, emboldened by mounting data showing how well America’s wealthy …
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Photographer: Jason Alden / Bloomberg Photographer: Jason Alden / Bloomberg Bill Gates is in favor of raising some taxes, but says some proposals seem to go too far. The government “has to …
Read More »What is the happiest country in the world? Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland
Finland defended its title as the happiest country in the world during a year marked by the pandemic, and people’s trust in others and in their government was a key factor. It …
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Photographer: Cristobal Olivares / Bloomberg Photographer: Cristobal Olivares / Bloomberg Just over a year ago, the billionaire president of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, had an approval rating of 6%, the the lowest in …
Read More »Marjorie Taylor Greene fights in the office over the LGBT flag
Congressional neighbors are in an ongoing public dispute Thursday, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene putting up a sign outside her Capitol office proclaiming “there are two genders,” after Rep. Marie Newman placed …
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