The British PM's mantra used to be “follow the science.” Now it's more like “follow the last person I spoke to.” Wherever you look, from schools to care homes to having Europe's highest death toll, it's a total balls-up. As the Covid-19 lockdown is eased again this week, one thing has become abundantly clear: the...
Authorities in Kuwait want to slash the migrant proportion of the country's population from 70 to 30 percent to “resolve the demographic imbalance.” Like its Gulf Arab neighbors, oil-rich Kuwait has a large foreign population mostly made up of Middle Eastern and Asian workers. Out of 4.8 million inhabitants, some 3.3 million are foreign nationals,...
The Palestinians have said they were rejecting taxes collected on their behalf by Israel, protesting against Israel's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. Ibrahim Melhem, spokesman for the Palestinian government, said in a statement on Wednesday that it had rejected the May tax levies “in compliance with the leadership decision to stop...
Brazilian meatpackers JBS SA , Marfrig and Minerva purchased thousands of cattle linked to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest since 2018, advocacy group Greenpeace Brasil alleged in a report published on Thursday.
We were supposed to be “following the science,” but now the scientists are falling over themselves to admit they didn't get it right. How on earth did we end up in this ridiculous situation, and can we ever trust “experts” again? While it seems that the initial coronavirus attack has largely blown over, at least...
A site value levy is being considered in the government formation talks, which could heap more of a tax burden on city dwellers.
If Russia's plan was not to panic, keep its powder dry and wait for oil prices to recover, then that plan is working pretty well. The ruble broke back below RUB70 to the dollar this week and was trading at RUB68.48 to the dollar as of the close of trading on June 3. “The official...
