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80 Millionaires Urge Govts to Tax The Super-rich to Fund Global Recovery from Covid-19 Pandemic

FILE PHOTO: A boy stands in front of a graffiti promoting the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Reuters) Signatories included Ben and Jerry’s ice cream co-founder Jerry Greenfield, screenwriter Richard Curtis and filmmaker Abigail Disney. AFP Last Updated: July 13, 2020, 11:07 PM IST tLondon: More than 80 millionaires on Monday urged […]

Business

As jobs move online, retraining workers becomes a priority.

Economists, business leaders and labor experts have warned for years that a coming wave of automation and digital technology would upend the work force, destroying some jobs while altering how and where work is done for nearly everyone. In the past four months, the coronavirus pandemic has transformed some of those predictions into reality. By […]

Technology

Check New Price and Specs Here

Xiaomi has once again increased the price of the Redmi Note 8 that was launched last year in India. The budget handset recently received a price hike in June due to the increase in GST on smartphones as well as the Rupee-Dollar conversion rate. The new price of the Redmi Note 8, specifically the […]

Sports

Kings’ Richaun Holmes back in quarantine after leaving NBA bubble

Sacramento Kings center Richaun Holmes is in quarantine once again after leaving the NBA’s bubble to pick up a food delivery. Holmes said in a statement Monday that he accidentally crossed the NBA’s campus line at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, making him subject to an additional 10-day quarantine in his hotel […]

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Beijing Claims In South China Sea Unlawful

Mike Pompeo also denounced China’s claims on the contested Spratly islands. Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the United States would treat Beijing’s pursuit of resources in the dispute-rife South China Sea as illegal, ramping up pressure on another front. “We are making clear: Beijing’s claims to offshore resources across most […]

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2020 WNBA schedule — The 12 must-see games of the regular season

The new schedule for the WNBA’s unorthodox 2020 season — 22 games per team to be played on neutral sites — is finally here, and it’s time to highlight must-see games. While some of the league’s biggest names are sitting out this season, there still promises to be plenty of excitement and drama with the […]

Technology

SoftBank hires Goldman Sachs to explore sale options for Arm: Sources

Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., gestures whilst speaking during a news conference in London, on Monday, July 18, 2016. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images SoftBank has hired Goldman Sachs to explore both an initial public offering and a sale of U.K. chip designer Arm Holdings, according to […]

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U.S. Says Most of China’s Claims in South China Sea Are Illegal

“The State Department, I think, was just looking for ways that we can more forcefully act and speak out in support of the smaller claimants who are getting bullied by China,” said Bonnie S. Glaser, a senior director for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “And I think that comes across loud […]

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Nepal PM Oli’s Comments Stoke Controversy

File photo of Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. According to reports in the local media, Oli said Ram’s birthplace of Ayodhya is not located in Uttar Pradesh but near the Balmiki Ashram in Nepal. News18.com Last Updated: July 13, 2020, 11:08 PM IST Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday kicked […]

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These Are the Deutsche Bank Executives Responsible for Serving Jeffrey Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein, the sex criminal and financier, didn’t act alone. Now we know in vivid detail who some of his financial enablers were: executives and bankers at Deutsche Bank. Last week the New York Department of Financial Services laid bare at least some of the financial underpinnings of Mr. Epstein’s sophisticated enterprise. Deutsche Bank agreed […]