Finance ministers agree deal to force multinationals to pay tax in all countries where they operate The G7 group of wealthy nations have signed a landmark deal to tackle tax abuses by some of the world’s biggest multinationals and establish a minimum global corporation tax for the first time. Finance […]
Year: 2021
Manager Gareth Southgate insists that the team ‘is more determined than ever’ to ignore boos from the crowd England will continue to take a knee before their games throughout Euro 2020 and are “more determined than ever” to ignore any boos from the stands, according to manager Gareth Southgate. The […]
Homes burned in Solhan village in one of worst attacks in country beset by jihadist violence Suspected extremists have killed more than 130 civilians in an overnight attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, the government said on Saturday, in one of the worst attacks in the country beset […]
Call follows the approval of Pfizer jab for 12-to 15-year olds and Delta variant outbreaks in English schools School leaders are calling for pupils to be vaccinated as a matter of priority after UK regulators approved a jab for 12- to 15-year-olds and data showed outbreaks of the Delta variant […]
Users in US, Germany, Singapore, France and Switzerland reported no results were shown on Friday, the anniversary of the crackdown Microsoft blocked its search engine, Bing, from returning image and video results for the phrase “tank man” – a reference to the iconic image of a lone protester facing down […]
Taunt directed at Mark Zuckerberg suggests either a presidential run or the unfounded belief that ex-president might be reinstated US politics – live coverage Donald Trump has appeared to drop his strongest hint yet at another presidential run in 2024, responding to news of his two-year ban from Facebook on […]
The mucilage blamed on pollution and warming is killing shellfish in the Sea of Marmara and alarming residents of Istanbul A thick, brown, bubbly foam dubbed “sea snot” has covered the shores of the Sea of Marmara, alarming residents in Istanbul and threatening marine life. The naturally occurring mucilage was […]
Digital documents to be used to cut post-Brexit paperwork under agreement hailed by Liz Truss as ‘massive boost’ A trade deal struck with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein with provisions for digital paperwork to cut down the time and costs of post-Brexit border bureaucracy has been championed by the international trade […]
PHE data indicates dominant variant ‘more likely to cause serious illness’ as Grant Shapps warns of threat to reopening on 21 June Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers have moved to tighten Britain’s borders as new data suggests the Delta coronavirus variant is much more likely […]
Analysis shows significant risk of cascading events even at 2C of heating, with severe long-term effects Ice sheets and ocean currents at risk of climate tipping points can destabilise each other as the world heats up, leading to a domino effect with severe consequences for humanity, according to a risk […]