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Ancient Myanmar ball game battles for survival in troubled nation
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» YANGON - Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar sport -- a quality dearly needed in the long-suffering nation.
Indonesia waters down planned VAT hike in last-minute move
Bloomberg, Published on 01/01/2025
» Indonesia scaled back its planned increase in the value-added tax rate just hours before it was set to take effect on Jan 1 amid escalating public outcry.
Six killed in banned Kenya protests
AFP, Published on 13/07/2023
» NAIROBI - Six people were killed on Wednesday in clashes between police and demonstrators who joined banned opposition protests against tax hikes, police officers told AFP.
Kenya police fire tear gas as protesters defy ban
AFP, Published on 12/07/2023
» NAIROBI - Kenyan officers on Wednesday fired tear gas on protesters who defied a police ban to join a demonstration against tax hikes called by opposition leader Raila Odinga.
Kenyans tear-gassed in tax protest
AFP, Published on 07/07/2023
» NAIROBi: Kenyan police fired tear gas on opposition leader Raila Odinga's convoy on Friday as rights groups condemned "arbitrary arrests" during anti-government protests over a cost-of-living crisis and a raft of controversial tax hikes.
Spain debates ‘period leave’ for women
AFP, Published on 14/05/2022
» MADRID: Spain’s plan to become the first European country to allow women to take “menstrual leave” from work has sparked a debate that has split the country’s leftist coalition government and unions.
Indonesia parliament panel, government agree on tax changes
Reuters, Published on 30/09/2021
» JAKARTA: The Indonesian parliament's finance commission and the government have reached an agreement on major tax changes under a bill that plans to raise the rate of VAT and bring in a carbon tax, the finance ministry said on Thursday.
Fresh protests called after deadly Colombia tax reform clashes
AFP, Published on 04/05/2021
» BOGOTA - Protesters in Colombia on Monday called for a new mass rally after 19 people died and more than 800 were wounded in clashes during five days of demonstrations against a proposed government tax reform.
Covid woes, not new checks, weigh on post-Brexit passengers
AFP, Published on 02/01/2021
» PARIS - Travellers braving trains between London and Paris on the first day after Britain's exit from the EU customs union experienced additional checks but were more worried by the extra rules required for travel in a pandemic-haunted world.
Saudi triples VAT, suspends handouts amid oil price slump
AFP, Published on 11/05/2020
» RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's finance minister on Monday said the kingdom will triple its Value Added Tax (VAT) and halt monthly handout payments to citizens in new austerity measures amid record low oil prices and a coronavirus-led economic slump.