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Brazil Supreme Court Justice Suspends Restoration of Payroll Tax
Bloomberg Law· 10 hours agoBrazil’s supreme court suspended an injunction issued at the end of April that restored a 20% social tax for 17 labor-intensive ...
A second scourge is battering Brazil's flooded south: Disinformation
WFTV 9 Orlando· 5 days agoSAO PAULO — (AP) — While flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to...
The many twists and turns of Julian Assange’s lengthy fight against extradition
Press Association News via AOL· 14 hours ago...Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. – October 13: Assange is selected as one of three...
Governments are becoming 'mods.' Here's what they're in for
Politico· 4 days agoBy going after Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes after he ordered numerous...
A Global Tax on Billionaires? Janet Yellen Says ‘No’
The Wall Street Journal via Yahoo Finance· 18 hours agoThe Treasury secretary came out against the proposed global levy, which proponents say would stop the rich from shifting wealth into countries where they...
Footie ace Robinho fighting to get rape conviction DOWNGRADED to slash jail time
The US Sun· 7 days agoFORMER Man City ace Robinho is fighting to get his gang rape conviction downgraded and slash his prison time in jail in half. The ex-Brazil international has served less than two months of his ...
What Madam President Means for Mexico
Foreign Policy Magazine· 4 days agoThe highlights this week: Mexico prepares to elect its first woman president, Haiti’s gangs vow to fight a U.N.-backed intervention, and regional films...
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The Christian Science Monitor· 6 days agoOn a quiet evening in a New Delhi market, the normal crowd of customers thinned by lockdown rules, Anirban Mukherjee sat exhausted. This is but one story of the heartbreak now playing out daily ...
This smartphone tool lets Brazilians track government corruption in real time
Fast Company Magazine· 7 days agoShortly before Brazil’s 2022 general election, 69% of the public believed government corruption was widespread. A major problem has been a lack of transparency ...