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Trading water futures like oil or gold is expected to leave the market vulnerable to a speculative bubble, according to Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the human rights...

Some of Australia's largest corporations paid tax of 10 percent or less of their profit in 2018-2019, but made political contributions that are much more substantial. The corporate tax rate...

Some of Australia's largest corporations paid tax of 10 percent or less of their profit in 2018-2019, but made political contributions that are much more substantial. The corporate tax rate...

The volume of global trade is set face the sharpest decline since the end of the global financial crisis, falling as much as 5.6 percent this year, the UN Conference...

A Montana real estate agent who secured a $14 million judgment against a neo-Nazi website publisher for orchestrating an anti-Semitic harassment campaign against her Jewish family is seeking a court...

As coronavirus exposure notification technology slowly rolls out across the country, every resident in 17 states and the District of Columbia will now be able to send and receive alerts...

The shale revolution may have made the United States and the world's largest natural gas producer, but it has failed to make the biggest US shale gas drillers any richer....

Russia is preparing a decree authorizing an introduction of a grain export quota and wheat export tax, according to the chairman of the Russian Union of Grain Exporters, Eduard Zernin....

Russia is preparing a decree authorizing an introduction of a grain export quota and wheat export tax, according to the chairman of the Russian Union of Grain Exporters, Eduard Zernin....

Facebook is facing a major antitrust challenge over WhatsApp and Instagram ownership, with 46 state attorneys-general alongside the Federal Trade Commission filing lawsuits against the technology giant. The claims that...

Facebook is facing a major antitrust challenge over WhatsApp and Instagram ownership, with 46 state attorneys-general alongside the Federal Trade Commission filing lawsuits against the technology giant. The claims that...

New research by Oxfam IBIS revealed that Denmark's 16 pension funds have together invested almost 3 billion Danish kroner ($500 million) in foreign arms manufacturers supplying weapons to countries like...

China's new suspension bridge integrating high-speed road and railway has been put into operation in the country's eastern province of Jiangsu, state news agency Xinhua reports. The Wufengshan Yangtze River...

Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: We are done listening to wrong message from Idaho's pro-virus, anti-mask protesters Dec. 8 Idaho Statesman The behavior of the anti-mask protesters has become unacceptable....

Florida will receive 179,400 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 within a week and use them to inoculate nursing home patients and health care workers most exposed to the...

Wheat for Dec. gained 13.25 cents at 5.9025 a bushel; Dec. corn was off 1.75 cents at 4.2025 a bushel, Dec. oats was up 4.50 cents at $3.3225 a bushel;...

Joseph Safra, the world's richest banker and Brazil's richest man, has died aged 82. Safra, descended from a banking family that made a fortune financing camel caravans, was worth a...

The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a budget early Thursday that will shift about $8 million from the police department toward violence prevention and other programs — but will keep...

While California's new stay-at-home order has shut down restaurant dining, shuttered salons and kept church services outside, two strip clubs in San Diego are still welcoming patrons nightly, protected by...

The European Central Bank has expanded its €1.35 trillion emergency purchase program by adding another €500 billion and extended it by nine months to the end of March 2022, as...

The United Nations says that “2021 will be catastrophic,” warning of a humanitarian crisis in which 270 million people could starve. RT's Keiser Report explores whether such a projection could...

The EU will require “very large” tech companies such as Facebook and Amazon to take greater responsibility for policing the internet or face fines of up to six percent of...

As Canada becomes the third country after Britain and Bahrain to approve coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, the UK health regulator issues an allergy-alarm warning. The warning by the Medicines...

While analysts insist inflation isn't a problem in the US because the bond market isn't signaling any inflation concerns, veteran stockbroker Peter Schiff argues that you can't rely on this...

Chinese gross domestic product (GDP) will get a substantial boost next year due to a rebound in consumption and services, accelerating income growth and fiscal stimulus, international economic research firm...

India's economy is expected to grow by 9.9 percent next year, according to Japanese brokerage Nomura, which has said the country is on the cusp of a cyclical recovery and...

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine faces one final hurdle as it races to become the first shot greenlighted in the U.S.: a panel of experts who will scrutinize the company's data for...

Still spinning their wheels on COVID-19 relief, lawmakers have grabbed a one-week government funding extension that buys time for more talks — though there is considerable disagreement over who is...

As coronavirus resurged across Russia this fall, one of the most common complaints from people with symptoms who were self-isolating at home was that they had to wait hours or...

Minneapolis City Council members who tried unsuccessfully to dismantle the police department in response to George Floyd's death are voting Wednesday on whether to shrink it, a move that could...

Minneapolis City Council members who tried unsuccessfully to dismantle the police department in response to George Floyd's death are voting Wednesday on whether to shrink it, a move that could...

Despite the economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus, Kentucky's governor said his office has announced more than 270 economic development projects during his first year in office. Those projects totaled...

Despite the economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus, Kentucky's governor said his office has announced more than 270 economic development projects during his first year in office. Those projects totaled...

As the Polish government plays a game of chicken with the European Union over its next long-term budget, some Poles are voicing fears that a drawn-out conflict could put their...

As the Polish government plays a game of chicken with the European Union over its next long-term budget, some Poles are voicing fears that a drawn-out conflict could put their...

The Supreme Court is hearing a case Wednesday that could make it easier for the president to fire the head of the agency that oversees government-controlled mortgage giants Fannie Mae...

The Supreme Court is hearing a case Wednesday that could make it easier for the president to fire the head of the agency that oversees government-controlled mortgage giants Fannie Mae...

Anan Yasoun rebuilt her home with yellow cement slabs amid the rubble of Mosul, a brightly colored manifestation of resilience in a city that for many remains synonymous with the...

Anan Yasoun rebuilt her home with yellow cement slabs amid the rubble of Mosul, a brightly colored manifestation of resilience in a city that for many remains synonymous with the...

The Democratic-controlled House easily approved a wide-ranging defense policy bill, defying a veto threat from President Donald Trump and setting up a possible showdown with the Republican president in the...