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Amazon and Facebook to fall under new G7 tax rules – Yellen
LONDON (Reuters) - Both Amazon and Facebook will fall under new proposals for a global minimum corporation tax agreed by the Group of Seven on Saturday, United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen s...
Jun 05, 2021
Yellen says she urged G7 to keep up fiscal support for recovery, climate investments
LONDON/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Saturday that she is urging the G7 wealthy democracies and other countries to keep up fiscal support for their economic reco...
Jun 05, 2021
Tennis-Kenin roars back to topple Pegula in all-American clash
PARIS (Reuters) - Fourth seed Sofia Kenin rallied from a set down to book a place in the French Open last-16 on Saturday, defeating fellow American Jessica Pegula 4-6 6-1 6-4 on Court Suzanne-Lenglen....
Jun 05, 2021
Venezuela to purchase and manufacture Russia’s EpiVacCorona vaccine
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela has reached a deal to purchase doses of Russia's EpiVacCorona vaccine, as well as manufacture the inoculation locally, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said late on Friday....
Jun 05, 2021
Polish deputy speaker under fire over comments on Belarus opposition leader
WARSAW (Reuters) - A deputy Polish parliamentary speaker faced calls for his dismissal on Saturday after criticising Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya for meeting Warsaw's liberal ...
Jun 05, 2021
Tennis-Djokovic marches into fourth round with Berankis thrashing
PARIS (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic booked his spot in the second week of the French Open with a dominant 6-1 6-4 6-1 third-round win over 93rd-ranked Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis on Sat...
Jun 05, 2021
Reaction to the G7 minimum tax agreement
(Reuters) - The Group of Seven rich nations struck a landmark deal on Saturday to close cross-border tax loopholes used by some of the world's biggest companies. Below are reactions: RISHI SUNAK, UK F...
Jun 05, 2021
Google says supports work to update international tax rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google said on Saturday that it supports the work being done to update international tax rules after G7 finance ministers agreed to pursue a global minimum corporate tax of at l...
Jun 05, 2021
Left behind in modern Peru, rural poor find a voice ahead of election
By Marcelo Rochabrun PUNA, Peru (Reuters) - When Luceli Banda Medina, 21, the first woman in her family to read and write, left the poor, isolated northern Peruvian village of Puna to study nursing, s...
Jun 05, 2021
U.S. federal judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge overturned California's 32-year-old ban on assault weapons on Friday, describing it as a "failed experiment" and prompting scathing criticism from th...
Jun 05, 2021
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