“We call on the OECD-G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting to swiftly develop the model rules and multilateral instruments as agreed in the Detailed Implementation Plan, with a view to ensure that the new rules will come into effect at global level in 2023,” the draft conclusions …
Read More »‘Them and us’: Vaccine passport rules for public but not world leaders at COP26 spark outrage over dual Covid standards
Social media users pointed out on Saturday – just one day before the conference in Glasgow, Scotland – that those who will be attending COP26’s public Green Zone events will be required to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination. “In accordance with Scottish Law, COVID-19 vaccine passports are needed by all …
Read More »US pauses aid to Sudan, threatens military coup leaders with ‘all measures’ if government not restored
“The United States is pausing assistance from the $700 million in emergency assistance appropriations of economic support funds for Sudan,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters on Monday, adding that none of the aid money had been transferred so far. The funding was intended to help Sudan transition to …
Read More »‘Pandora papers’: New leaks reveal how world leaders use offshore companies to dodge millions of dollars in taxes
Obtained from 14 offshore banking institutions and analyzed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the ‘Pandora Papers’ reveal the financial chicanery of more than 100 billionaires, 35 current and former world leaders, and 300 public officials. The first round of information, handed to a select list of international …
Read More »Political leaders’ fence sitting on mandatory vaccines is fuelling unrest and division in Australia
For the past few weeks, the contentious issue of mandating Covid vaccination has bedevilled Australian politics and courts. Last week, a directive by the Victoria state government telling construction workers that they could not work unless they were fully vaccinated provoked violent mass demonstrations – led by radical anti-vaxxers – …
Read More »YES-men! Western politicians, journalists & thought leaders queue up to launder image of Ukrainian oligarch Pinchuk at Kiev forum
Witness, for example, this year’s meeting of the Yalta European Strategies group (or YES, get it?). The forum was established as an annual event by Victor Pinchuk, one of Ukraine’s most well-connected and richest men. Since then, YES has been perhaps the single most efficient image-laundering project ever undertaken by …
Read More »‘Loss of trust’ in US leaders: Marine punished for Afghan pull-out criticism RESIGNS effective 9/11 & calls for ‘revolution’
The controversial soldier, Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller, took to his Facebook account on Tuesday to announce his plans to leave the Marine Corps, sharing a photo of his resignation letter, which requests a termination date of September 11. He captioned the post with a message addressed to “the American leadership,” …
Read More »Chinese media warns Taiwanese leaders against acting as ‘strategic pawns’ of US, calls Afghan crisis a ‘lesson’ for them
Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leaders must keep a “sober head” and advocates for secession from China should “wake up from their dreams,” the English-language newspaper said on Monday. “From what happened in Afghanistan, they should perceive that once a war breaks out in the Straits, the island’s defense will …
Read More »‘Filthy, disgusting & selfish’: Australian leaders blast anti-lockdown protesters, unleash ‘strike force’ to track them down
In just 24 hours after Saturday’s mass protest, police in Australia’s New South Wales issued some 510 penalty infringement notices, Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys said, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. He vowed that authorities will continue to investigate those acts of “violent, filthy, risky” behavior NSW Police Minister David …
Read More »Britain is broken, let down by authoritarian, lying leaders who have utter contempt for the people who elect them
Another week, another Tory drama, this time involving Matt Hancock and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. But the ‘root causes’ in the background of this latest episode require closer public scrutiny. Because many of today’s politicians seem to have forgotten that government is about leadership – leaders who provide governance and …
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