The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday called for raising taxes on the world’s wealthiest people, their assets, their properties, and big business while alleviating soaring debt obligations of smaller countries.
Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, is reportedly ready to normalize relations with Israel as a condition of OECD membership.
African countries are casting a worried eye as the West pumps aid into Ukraine, sensing a retreat in pledges to help their development.
Under the so-called Conservative Party, the British public saw their tax burden rise at the second-highest rate among G7 nations in 2021.
A German MEP has denounced a proposed EU scheme of “taxation without representation” that would leave Germany a “tax colony” of an “EU empire”.
The EU has threatened to blockade more supplies of coronavirus vaccines, as the bloc continues to fall behind other major western powers.
The Swedish government has been accused of removing test scores of foreign-born pupils and those with poor Swedish language skills to boost the country’s PISA educational score.
Results of an international assessment found American teens showed no improvement in reading, math, and science compared to the 2015 results.
The New York Times delivered a questionable message ahead of Independence Day: “The U.S. is really just O.K.”
