WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US billionaires would pay tax on unrealised gains from their assets to help finance President Joe Biden’s emerging social-policy and climate-change legislation, according to a proposal unveiled on Wednesday (Oct 27) by the top Senate Democrat for tax policy. The so-called billionaires tax, announced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, is […]
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We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info On Wednesday evening, the Duchess of Cornwall delivered a speech on sexual violence against women […]
Lilibet Diana: The Bench 'Easter egg' discussed by Morales We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info On Wednesday afternoon a video was […]
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SINGAPORE – A new public housing model to keep flats in prime locations affordable may well succeed in taming the “lottery effect” or excessive windfall gains when such flats are resold. This is because conditions such as additional subsidy clawbacks and a longer minimum occupation period (MOP) may make them less attractive. Please subscribe or […]
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Modern Land defaulted on a bond payment, the latest Chinese property developer to do so, adding to worries about the wider impact of the debt crisis at behemoth China Evergrande Group, and weighing on shares in the sector.FILE PHOTO: Men work at the construction site of a highrise building in Beijing, China, […]
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said it is still “realistic” that U.S. President Joe Biden’s signature spending plan could get congressional support by Thursday, but conceded that he may need to depart to Europe without a final deal in hand.FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden campaigns for Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia Terry […]
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Angela Merkel avoids handshake with Ursula von der Leyen We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The 68-year-old blasted EU Trade for […]
Prince Charles: COP26 leaders will be 'disappointed' says pundit We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Shadow Secretary for Business and Energy, […]
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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (XINHUA) – Leaders of China and Brunei on Wednesday (Oct 27) called for bringing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) into force at an early date. They made the remarks at the virtual 24th Asean Plus Three leaders’ meeting between the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean), and China, Japan and South […]
COLOMBO (AFP) – A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk long accused of fanning sectarian hatred will head a new task force on legal reforms in the ethnically and religiously fractured nation, according to a government announcement. The 13-member “Presidential Task Force for One Country, One Law” has no representatives from the Tamil ethnic minority but does […]
