“With full respect to tax sovereignty, we will seek to engage cooperatively to ensure that ultra-high-net-worth individuals are effectively taxed,” ministers wrote in a separate declaration on international tax cooperation, also seen by POLITICO. Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad welcomed what he called an “historic” agreement. Brazil has previously floated the idea of a global tax on the world’s richest individuals inspired by the corporate taxation overhaul discussed at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The idea, conceived by G20 adviser Gabriel Zucman, would consist of a minimum 2 percent levy on the world’s 3,000 richest billionaires which could…
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Last week, a drone delivery company called Wing (owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet) started operating in Melbourne. Some 250,000 residents in parts of the city’s eastern suburbs can now order food from cafes and restaurants via the DoorDash app and have it brought to them in minutes by a small aircraft. This is the first large-scale rollout of autonomous food delivery in Australia. What does it mean for our food ordering, and our health? Research (including ours) into online food delivery platforms suggests this extra convenience may come at a cost to public health. Online food delivery is booming…
Madam Chair, I am delivering this statement on behalf of the following participating States, who are members of the informal Group of Friends of Democratic Belarus: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and my own country, Canada. The following participating States are also joining this statement: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Liechtenstein, Moldova, North Macedonia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine. Madame Chair, On July 11th, this group of participating States invoked the Vienna Mechanism…
As a species, humans like to think that we are fully in control of our decisions and behavior. But just below the surface, forces beyond our conscious control influence how we think and behave: our genes. Since the 1950s, scientists have been studying the influences genes have on human health. This has led medical professionals, researchers and policymakers to advocate for the use of precision medicine to personalize diagnosis and treatment of diseases, leading to quicker improvements to patient well-being. But the influence of genes on psychology has been overlooked. My research addresses how genes influence human psychology and behavior.…
United States Vice President Kamala Harris is making a bid for the Oval Office, replacing President Joe Biden to square off against Republican Donald Trump. She may become the first woman and second racialized person to become U.S. president. It won’t be an easy road. Hopefully Harris possesses, in the words conveyed to me by the late New Democratic Party leader Alexa McDonough, the “skin of a rhinoceros” to withstand the deluge of negative attack ads and abuse she’s going to face and is already confronting. The gloves, in fact, are off, with Harris being subjected to both sexism and…
Harry McNulty and Jordon Conroy of the Irish rugby team have tested the Olympic Villages ‘anti-sex’ beds (@saltynuts_/ TikTok) The Irish Olympic rugby team have become the latest athletes to demonstrate the sturdiness of the beds in the Olympic village. After Team GB diver Tom Daley showed just how stable the “anti-sex” cardboard beds in the athletes’ village in Paris are (by dropping on to all fours and staring at the camera, mind you), other competitors have followed suit. Enter (from behind the bed) Harry McNulty, who is part of the Irish rugby 7s squad. In a TikTok posted on…
Among U.S. adults who don’t have children, those ages 50 and older have mixed views on whether they ever wanted to have them in the first place. And their reasons for never having kids differ from those given by younger adults who say they’re unlikely to have them. The top reason cited by those ages 50 and older is that it just never happened. Adults ages 18 to 49 are most likely to say they just don’t want to have children. These younger adults are also more likely than those in the older group to point to things like wanting…
Employers: Axis Home PCA Agency Inc. Cubtan Nur, owner Action: Consent judgment and order Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota Court action: The Department of Labor has recovered $135,000, representing $67,500 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages, for 57 employees of Axis Home PCA Agency Inc. after an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the Minneapolis employer violated the Fair Labor Standard Act’s overtime and recordkeeping provisions. A consent judgment and order entered by District Court Judge John R. Tunheim on July 16, 2024, requires the agency and owner Cubtan Nur to make the back wage payments, maintain…
During the NATO summit in Washington this month, a communique signed by every member of the 32 member alliance accused Beijing of acting as “a decisive enabler of Russia’s war against Ukraine,” and demanded that it halt shipments of “weapons components” and other technology that can be used in weapons manufacturing. The unprecedented exercise forced the U.S. and Canada to scramble F-35, F-16 and F-18 fighter planes to shadow the bombers. | Justin Tallis/Getty Images “This is a relationship that we have been concerned about mostly because we’re concerned about China providing support to Russia’s illegal and unnecessary war Ukraine,”…
A surprising technique has helped scientists observe how Earth’s oceans are changing, and it’s not using specialized robots or artificial intelligence. It’s tagging seals. Several species of seals live around and on Antarctica and regularly dive more than 100 meters in search of their next meal. These seals are experts at swimming through the vigorous ocean currents that make up the Southern Ocean. Their tolerance for deep waters and ability to navigate rough currents make these adventurous creatures the perfect research assistants to help oceanographers like my colleagues and me study the Southern Ocean. Seal sensors Researchers have been attaching…