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OECD Sets “Ambitious” Mid-Summer Deadline For “Global Minimum Tax” Talks ZeroHedge

OECD Sets “Ambitious” Mid-Summer Deadline For “Global Minimum Tax” Talks Janet Yellen’s pitch during the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank this week for a new global minimum tax rate was met with applause from the EU and a commitment from the G-20 to collaborate on a new framework, with an ambitious goal […]

In Vladivostok, The Russian Far East Rises – Pepe Escobar

VLADIVOSTOK – Russian President Vladimir Putin opened and closed his quite detailed address to the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok with a resounding message: “The Far East is Russia’s strategic priority for the entire 21st century.” And that’s exactly the feeling one would have prior to the address, interacting with business executives mingling across the stunning forum […]

Why Russia Cannot ‘Sober Up The West’ By Using A Nuclear Bomb – Fyodor Lukyanov

The nuclear weapons taboo is undoubtedly weakening, but Moscow shouldn’t be the first to break it Sergey Karaganov’s article, arguing that “the use of nuclear weapons could save humanity from global catastrophe” has provoked a strong reaction. This was probably the author’s intention. Public debate on the permissibility of using atomic bombs has been taboo […]