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Biden budget would cut deficit by $3 trillion over next decade with 25% minimum tax on richest Americans
Date: 2023-03-09 20:46:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:89 - ID:10058836
NEW YORK, March 9 (MENA) - President Joe Biden released his budget on Thursday, vowing to cut $3 trillion from the federal deficit over the next decade, in part, by levying a 25% minimum tax on the wealthiest Americans, CNBC reported. Biden’s ....
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UNICEF warns of deepening inequalities in Europe and Central Asia
Date: 2023-03-09 20:46:07 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:88 - ID:10058854
NEW YORK, March 9 (MENA) - The COVID-19 pandemic, climate disasters and ongoing conflict have deepened inequalities among children in Europe and Central Asia, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report published on Thursday, calling for more ....
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Biden to urge 25% billionaire tax, levies on rich investors
Date: 2023-03-09 20:11:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:10058770
WASHINGTON, March 9 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden is proposing a series of new tax increases on billionaires, rich investors and corporations in his latest proposal for how Congress should prioritize taxes and spending, Bloomberg reported on ....
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Philippines plane wreckage found; all six on board are dead
Date: 2023-03-09 20:11:23 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:86 - ID:10058768
MANILA, March 9 (MENA) – The wreckage of a small plane that went missing six weeks ago in the northern Philippines was found in jungle on Thursday, with all six people on board confirmed dead, the Star quoted the rescuers as saying. The Cessna ....
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UK announces new military base in north of Norway amid continued threats from Putin
Date: 2023-03-09 20:10:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:10058785
LONDON, March 9 (MENA) - Britain will be opening a military in the far north of Norway as a hub for Royal Marine Commandos to strengthen NATO's capabilities in the Arctic, the UK has announced. The announcement comes amid concerns following Vladimir ....
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US reinforces its sanctions on Iranian regime to include 39 entities
Date: 2023-03-09 20:10:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:10058769
WASHINGTON, March 9 (MENA) - We are imposing sanctions on a “shadow banking” network of 39 entities across multiple jurisdictions, the US State Department announced in a statement on Thursday. These multi-jurisdictional illicit finance systems ....
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Ukraine, Sweden discuss enhancing security in Europe
Date: 2023-03-09 19:01:08 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:80 - ID:10058687
KYIV, March 9 (MENA) - Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov and Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson discussed during the meeting the issue of strengthening security in Europe, Ukrinform news agency reported. "We discussed the current ....
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China once again urges US to immediately stop political manipulation on COVID origins-tracing
Date: 2023-03-09 17:14:10 GMT - China - World - SN:69 - ID:10058418
BEIJING, March 9 (MENA) – China once again urged the US side to immediately stop political manipulation on COVID origins-tracing, voluntarily share the data of suspected early cases in the United States with the WHO, Xinhua quoted Chinese foreign ....
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London airports thrown into snow chaos with flights held at Heathrow, Gatwick and City
Date: 2023-03-08 20:50:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:83 - ID:10057064
LONDON, March 8 (MENA) - Flights have been disrupted at major airports due to the snowy conditions across the UK, Express newspaper reported. Flights at Heathrow, Gatwick and City have been disrupted as the UK grapples with snowy conditions. ....
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Women's rights are being abused, threatened, violated around world
Date: 2023-03-08 09:38:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:10055557
WASHINGTON, March 8 (MENA) - As the world marks International Women’s Day on Wednesday, the United Nations has warned that the world is 300 years away from gender equality, with hard-won progress toward the goal “vanishing before our eyes,” The ....
