Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen outlined the case for a harmonized corporate tax rate across the world’s major economies, part of an effort to restore global leadership and credibility with U.S. allies following the unilateralist approach of the Trump era.
WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 13: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during her last news conference in office December 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. Yellen announced that the Federal Reserve is raising the interest rates by a quarter point to 1.5%. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt Das Münchener Flugtaxiunternehmen Lilium wagt den Gang an die Börse. Lilium wird dabei mit 3,3 Milliarden Dollar (2,8 Milliarden Euro) bewertet – und 830 Millionen Dollar einnehmen. Lilium will 2024 die Zulassung für den Geschäftsbetrieb erhalten, wie Mitgründer und CEO Daniel Wiegand im Gespräch mit dem Handelsblatt sagte. Dafür arbeitet das Unternehmen an einer neuen Technologie für einen elektrischen Senkrechtstarter, der sieben statt der bislang geplanten fünf Sitze haben, 282 Stundenkilometer schnell sein und 250 Kilometer weit fliegen können soll.
The Taiwan-run, Panama-flagged vessel is blocking at least 100 ships in the narrow channel that divided continental Africa from the Sinai Peninsula in Northern Egypt.
Ranjith Raja, head of MENA oil & shipping at Refinitiv, said “we’ve never seen anything like this before”.
“It’s likely that resulting congestion will take several days to weeks to clear as it is expected to have a ripple effect on the other convoys, schedules and global markets.”
Hundreds of workers, students and residents are fleeing to higher ground after a third, massive Pacific earthquake this morning – and a tsunami threat that affects much of the Northland, Bay of Plenty and East Coast coastlines.
Residents have been told to move immediately to higher ground after the magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck off the Kermadec Islands, 1000km northeast of New Zealand, at 8.28am (NZT). There is gridlock in cities such as Whangarei and on other roads around the affected regions.
Yet Mahuta is cut out for the job in two respects: in her experience as one of New Zealand’s longest-serving members of parliament; and in her person as a visible, impossible to miss, Māori.
The boss of the Tokyo 2020 Games risked sparking a sexism row after it was reported on Wednesday he said women made meetings drag on because they “have difficulty” speaking concisely.
Brazil’s first Covid-19 vaccine has been administered after more than 209,000 deaths, sparking an outpouring of emotion and a ferocious political skirmish that saw one of President Jair Bolsonaro’s key rivals accuse him of revelling in the “stench of death”.
That a few days off in the middle of a heatwave would trigger such a domino effect highlights Japan’s obsession with gambaru, a virtually non-translatable concept that means doing one’s best and persevering through the hardest of times. Striding into his official residence after his latest hospital visit, Abe said: “I will return to work and try to gambaru.” The do-or-die mentality gambaru permeates Japanese society, where the pursuit of a goal can carry more significance than the outcome.
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – OCTOBER 18: Sam Cane of the All Blacks makes a run during the Bledisloe Cup match between the New Zealand All Blacks and the Australian Wallabies at Eden Park on October 18, 2020 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty Images)
That gave me a glimpse, so to speak, of the desirability of the home itself beyond its visual aesthetics.Kayabuki is definitely an architectural style that needs to be preserved for posterity.
Guterres said: “Humanity is waging war on nature. This is suicidal. Nature always strikes back – and it is already doing so with growing force and fury. Biodiversity is collapsing. One million species are at risk of extinction. Ecosystems are disappearing before our eyes … Human activities are at the root of our descent toward chaos. But that means human action can help to solve it.”
WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 13: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during her last news conference in office December 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. Yellen announced that the Federal Reserve is raising the interest rates by a quarter point to 1.5%. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
A ministry analysis of 368 cases showed about 30% of the owners were aged 70 or over, with a significant number living with dementia. More than half of the people questioned said they were living in “difficult” circumstances, including poverty, poor health and isolation.
Tonight, the Los Angeles Dodgers won Game 6 of the World Series and another MLB post-season came to a close. The last time the Dodgers won the World Series was in 1988. It’s been a long and difficult road since then but this season, they played strong and they earned the victory. Even though I was cheering for the Rays because they were the AL team, I’m very happy for both the Dodgers and the city of Los Angeles. Here’s hoping that, next year, my Rangers will finally get their act together.
Of course, the real winner tonight was Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. With the pandemic changing everything this year, the city of Arlington and the state of Texas stepped up and hosted the entire World Series and they did a great job. No matter what the world looks like next year, every future World Series should be…
A supporter wearing a hat with the QAnon logo holds a child as U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 2, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis – RC14AA8E32E0
Jacinda Ardern will govern New Zealand for a second term after the Labour party secured a landslide victory in the general election, attracting so many votes that it could become the first party in decades to be able to govern alone.
Throughout her three-year term, she’s attracted headlines — for being an unusually young Prime Minister, for giving birth while leading a country, for her empathetic handling of the Christchurch mosque attacks, and lately, for her swift, effective action against the coronavirus pandemic.
The opposition leader, Judith Collins, has taken aim at Ardern’s “kindness” theme during the pandemic, saying the prime minister would offer voters only “love and a hug” in the wake of the global pandemic. Collins, meanwhile, would offer them “hope and a job,” she said, pledging a more robust economic response.
He knew nobody in the French capital, spoke only a little French and was almost penniless. His first impression of Paris was that it was “dismal and bleak” but that Notre Dame Cathedral was “magnificent”.
Inada, a nationalist who has visited Yasukuni, a controversial war shrine, and cast doubt on claims that the Japanese military forced Korean women into sexual slavery during the war, said the LDP should look to France, Germany and other countries with a better record on female representation in politics.
So far, the only woman to have run for the LDP leadership in its 65-year history was Yuriko Koike, who left the party after being elected governor of Tokyo in 2016.
