France on Wednesday urged a Paris court to fine the Swiss bank UBS 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion) for allegedly helping clients commit tax fraud.
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Geopolitics
Moncef Khane: No state has an inherent ‘right to exist’, not even Israel
No provision of international law guarantees a state’s ‘right to exist’. Statehood is a political reality not a legal one. Read HERE UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie and Andrew Cordier, his executive assistant, check their lists […]
EU politics
The Independent: Emmanuel Macron branded ‘hero of the rich’ for cutting taxes for the wealthiest in new French budget
Emmanuel Macron seems to be pushing through a neo-liberal policy that once again enriches the few and immiserates the many. What else is new in the European Union? Read here
Economics
Bloomberg: Weaker Demand for Chinese Goods Spells End of Shipping Boom
The cost of shipping goods from China has slumped to the lowest level in more than two years as the world economy stumbles, dimming prospects for container carriers that turned in record profits during the […]
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