- U.K. Treasury Chief Says Lowering Inflation Will Be Budget Focus The Wall Street Journal
- Why does lower productivity mean tax rises are more likely? BBC
- Prospect of breaking 50-year income tax taboo shows scale of Reeves’s challenge The…
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13 suspected drug cartel members killed in shootout with police in Mexico
Thirteen suspected drug cartel members died Monday in a shootout with authorities in the troubled Mexican state of Sinaloa, officials said.
Another four suspects were arrested and nine people kidnapped by the gang were freed following the…
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Video. Typhoon Kalmaegi kills two, displaces thousands in Philippines
Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines on Monday, leaving at least two people dead and displacing tens of thousands.
The storm, with winds reaching 140 km/h and gusts up to 195 km/h, caused flash floods, power outages,…
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Ukrainian Drones Strike Industrial Facility in Russia’s Bashkortostan
Ukrainian drones struck an industrial complex in Russia’s republic of Bashkortostan far from the front line, regional head Radiy Khabirov said Tuesday.
Khabirov said that drones hit a petrochemical plant in Sterlitamak after air…
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Reeves lays ground for painful Budget, but will it be worth it?
Dharshini DavidDeputy economics editor
Getty ImagesThe chancellor’s pitch: the Budget will be painful, due to the actions of others, but it will be worth it, to tackle debt, help public services and promote growth.
How does that add up?
Rachel…
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As criticism grows, is UAE ready to walk away from Sudan’s RSF militia? | Sudan
The United Arab Emirates’ diplomatic machine is for the first time admitting to mistakes in its Sudan policy after suffering reputational damage over its support for the Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese paramilitary group that has carried out…
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Could Rachel Reeves break a 50-year taboo by raising income tax in her Budget?
It has been called the 50-year tax taboo.
It is more than half a century since a chancellor of the exchequer chose to put up the basic rate of income tax – that was Labour’s Denis Healey, who delivered his Budget on 15 April 1975.
Not once since…
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Vatican Rejects Title ‘Co-Redemptrix’ for Mary
The Vatican’s doctrinal office said Tuesday the titles of “Co-Redemptrix” and “Mediatrix” are not appropriate ways to describe Mary’s participation in salvation.
In “Mater Populi Fidelis” (“The Mother of the Faithful People of…
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