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Argentina's Milei may find an unexpected friend in the IMF
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - What will the relationship be like between Javier Milei, Argentina's new self-described "anarcho-capitalist" president, and the IMF, with which the Latin American country has an ongoing $44 billion loan agreement?
Myanmar slaps tax on migrant workers’ earnings
Published on 28/09/2023
» The military government of Myanmar has ordered migrant workers to pay tax of at least 10% on income earned abroad, just weeks after telling them to remit 25% of their earnings at money-losing exchange rates, according to local reports.
Monaco ruler caught up in messy lawsuit
Published on 04/08/2023
» MONACO: A former confidant of Monaco’s ruler Prince Albert II is suing the monarch in an unprecedented and potentially damaging court case triggered by the release of leaks that have rocked the usually placid Mediterranean playground for the rich and famous.
G7 to press Russia, weigh risk of China's 'economic coercion'
AFP, Published on 18/05/2023
» HIROSHIMA (JAPAN) - G7 leaders arrive Thursday in Japan's Hiroshima to weigh tighter sanctions on Russia and protections against China's "economic coercion", surrounded by reminders about the harrowing cost of war.
Belarus jails top news site managers for 12 years
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» MOSCOW - Belarus on Friday handed long jail terms to senior staff at the country's largest independent news site, which was forced to shutter after historic demonstrations against strongman Alexander Lukashenko.
Nicaraguan migrants flee to US
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 15/01/2023
» Twice a week at a petrol station on the western edge of Nicaragua's capital, local residents gather, carrying the telltale signs of people on the move: loaded backpacks, clothes and toiletries stuffed in plastic bags, and heavy jackets in preparation for a chilly journey far from the stifling heat.
Belarus Nobel winner Bialiatski goes on trial
Zachary Abuza, Published on 05/01/2023
» MOSCOW: Jailed Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski went on trial in Minsk on Thursday in what supporters see as a bid to clamp down on Viasna, Belarus's top rights group which he founded.
Belarus Nobel winner facing long jail term for 'smuggling': NGO
AFP, Published on 29/11/2022
» MOSCOW - Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski, who was co-awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize, faces up to 12 years in prison on smuggling charges, the Viasna rights centre said Monday.
Tax oil firms to pay for climate damage, island nations say
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH (EGYPT) - A group of small island nations joined calls on Tuesday for a windfall tax on oil companies to compensate developing countries for the damage caused by climate change-induced natural disasters.
Bialiatski: veteran rights defender in authoritarian Belarus
AFP, Published on 07/10/2022
» MOSCOW - Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarus rights group Viasna who was jailed last year, won the Nobel Peace Prize in the wake of historic demonstrations and a severe crackdown in his ex-Soviet country.