The corporate tax rate in Australia is 30 percent. However, deductions available to companies reveal a legal loophole allowing companies to pay much less. The country’s corporate giants, including energy enterprise Chevron Australia Holdings and car parks operator Wilson Parking Australia 1992, paid little or no tax in the last …
Read More »French govt DROPS controversial bill curbing filming of police in major u-turn, new version to be written
Christophe Castaner, president of La Republique en Marche in the National Assembly, told the press on Monday that the government recognized “misunderstandings” around article 24 of the global security bill. Castaner said article 24, which prohibits the filming of on-duty police officers, of the law on comprehensive security would be …
Read More »Putting Benjamin to bed? In major move, China & Russian-led EEU bloc to replace trade in dollar & euro with domestic currencies
That’s a consensus agreed upon at a virtual forum on Monday, dedicated to integrating the five EAEU member states with China’s flagship foreign policy initiative, ‘One Belt, One Road’. Founded in 2010, The EAEU is made up of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia, and in recent years has actively …
Read More »‘Hijacking by stowaways’: UK police & coastguard deal with ‘major incident’ onboard oil tanker off Isle of Wight
“We are aware and dealing with an ongoing incident on board a vessel which is situated south of the Isle of Wight,” a spokesperson for the Hampshire Constabulary told Isle of Wight Radio. No further details were provided. The coastguard has been assisting the police with the ongoing situation, and …
Read More »Major fire breaks out in France’s Le Havre port, smoke visible kilometres away (VIDEOS)
The fire broke out on Saturday. According to France’s emergency services, the building is an old warehouse that is currently abandoned. Le Havre police said on Twitter that they had started to evacuate residential buildings in the vicinity of the warehouse, and advised the public to stay away from the …
Read More »Pope Francis backs same-sex civil unions in major shift on Catholic Church’s stance
“Homosexual people have a right to be in a family,” the head of the Catholic Church says in new documentary ‘Francesco’, which premiered at the Rome Film Festival on Wednesday. The pontiff’s comments in the film, directed by Russian-born Jew Evgeny Afineevsky, set him notably apart from his predecessors. The …
Read More »Major explosion rocks southern Lebanon, reportedly hits ‘Hezbollah house’ (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
The explosion rocked the village on Tuesday, multiple videos emerging online show. According to preliminary reports, the explosion occurred near the village’s gas station and cemetery. The blast apparently occurred at a house owned by Hezbollah, local media reported. The group has set up a security cordon around the explosion …
Read More »Police engage in SHOVING MATCH with protesters at major rally against coronavirus measures in London (VIDEO)
Several thousand demonstrators flocked to Trafalgar Square on Saturday in violation of the ban on gatherings of more than six people. The protesters, who neglected social distancing and mostly refrained from wearing face masks, chanted slogans and carried signs, decrying the government’s measures to stem the spread of the virus …
Read More »Hitler pics & swastikas: 29 German police officers suspended amid major probe into Nazi content sharing
More than 200 officers took part in raids against their own colleagues early on Wednesday. A total of 34 police stations and private apartments were searched in the German cities of Duisburg, Essen, Moers, Muelheim and Oberhausen as law enforcement sought to expose a hidden far-right extremist network sharing Nazi …
Read More »Life on Venus? Major announcement reveals something might be living in the clouds on Earth’s neighbor
The significant announcement was made by the Royal Astronomical Society in a press conference on Monday. The biosignature was detected by the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) array located in Chile and the James Clerk Maxwell telescope located in Hawaii. The research was conducted by multidisciplinary teams based at the …
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