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The Trump administration had insisted on a so-called safe harbour clause in the OECD tax that effectively would have allowed big tech companies to comply voluntarily, blocking progress on a deal. [...]

While early J&J supplies will be small, the company has said it can deliver 20 million doses by the end of March and a total of 100 million by the end of June. [...]

At a global webinar, they also promise to lobby with U.S. President [...]

U.S. intelligence concluded that Mohammed bin Salman “approved an operation in Istanbul to capture or kill the Saudi journalist”. [...]

They also attacked a military camp [...]

President Yoweri Museveni has declared himself victor in the recently concluded presidential election that was marked by the unparalleled use of strong-arm methods that left his challenger, Bobi Wine, with no chance. [...]

As Nepal’s ruling Communist Party grapples with a leadership tussle, there are powerful sections within India’s National Democratic Alliance that may want the forces led by the ousted monarchy under the Hindutva umbrella to become a decisive force in the neighbouring country. [...]

The sitting judge in a London court refuses to extradite Julian Assange on the grounds of health risk but upholds the U.S. administration’s charges, including violation of the Espionage Act. [...]

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris assume office in a smooth transition of power in the United States, which is still reverberating from the shocks of the violent events in the nation’s capital on January 6. [...]

There is high-minded outrage at what happened in Washington, D.C., but no self-awareness that this kind of insurrection is precisely what the United States instigates outside its borders. [...]