Within the United Nations, there is a little-known debate about the status of global tax regulation. In August 2023, UN Secretary-General António Guterres released a draft document called ‘Promotion of Inclusive and Effective International
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Dec. 20, a national day of mourning due to the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama, is a grim reminder of how the notorious U.S. foreign policy of the Monroe Doctrine has blighted
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Over the past two months and more, Israel’s draconian siege and relentless bombardment have killed at least 20,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, with 70 percent of them being women and children,
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Tensions between Iraq and the United States are escalating after Washington gave the green light for its forces to respond to attacks launched by Iranian-backed Iraqi militias on U.S. military bases in
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A US computer scientist lost his bid on Wednesday to register patents over inventions created by his artificial intelligence system in a landmark case in Britain about whether AI can own patent
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On December 13, a six-judge bench of the Supreme Court in Pakistan suspended its own past ruling and allowed the trial of civilians in military courts. The majority ruling of the country’s
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On December 18 and 19, 141 members of the two houses of India’s Parliament were suspended, as of December 19, by the Speaker of the lower house, Om Birla. Each of these members
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“Being Hindu in Bangladesh – An Untold Story,” a recent publication of Harper Collins, is a well-researched narrative on the plight of Hindus. Written by leading Indian journalist Deep Halder and Prof.
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In a united front, several prominent journalist organizations have vehemently condemned the recent freezing of accounts belonging to the web news portal Newsclick by the Indian Income Tax (IT) department. The move,
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The following statement was issued by M A Sumanthiran MP and Suren Surendiran on behalf of Global Tamil Forum (GTF), an influential Tamil diaspora organisation – established in 2009 following the end
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American complicity in Israel’s war of vengeance and collective punishment of innocent civilians in Gaza debacles the American history of giving life to knowledge, wisdom, ideals of freedom, and justice. Analyzing the
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Some two years had passed since the man with whom I now shared a tearful embrace had reluctantly accepted my proposal that he turn coat and secretly collaborate with me and the
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Liner shipping could need up to 1.7m teu additional capacity to reroute all their services that normally use the Red Sea route via the Suez Canal following the disruption caused by the
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The Evergreen-operated 20,000 teu boxship Ever Goods is continuing its southbound transit of the Red Sea, while Maersk’s 18,270 teu Mary Maersk appears to have turned around and is heading northbound. Seven
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