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FT: Chinese authorities have stepped up scrutiny of overseas capital gains and investments, in some cases going back as far as 2000, as Beijing seeks to fill a deepening fiscal hole by targeting the ultra rich.
China launches global tax hunt going back decades
Fiscal pressure sparks retroactive campaign and tougher controls on future offshore capital flows
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French interior Minister on Ceuta after meeting with EU counterparts "The problem isn't Schengen. Schengen is the solution. Schengen didn't let a single person from Ceuta onto the Spanish mainland. The problem is "outside interference" whipping up divisions within Europe"
Zelenskyy issued an update after massive attack on Kyiv: “As of now, 44 people have been reported injured in massive Russian strike on Kyiv and Kyiv region. Another 17 people, tragically, were killed. It was a heavy strike - 24 ballistic missiles (…) interceptors could’ve saved lives”
“The world has lost more than 2.6 billion barrels of oil since the US-Israeli war with Iran began in February”, the head of Saudi oil giant Aramco said, warning global inventories were running low despite measures to reroute flows.
An oil spill caused by leakage from a UK-sanctioned tanker grounded for weeks off Oman appears to be expanding dramatically, reaching shorelines and far out to sea, according to experts and satellite images reviewed by The Associated Press.
Countries that signed the letter against Spain 22 of 27 EU governments signed the letter after the Ceuta crisis; France, Ireland, Luxembourg and Portugal did not
UN: Afghanistan’s dire hunger crisis now affects 14 million people including babies fed on little more than weak tea and bread by their despairing and dirt-poor parents.
Morocco has awarded a $1.5B project to build a waste-to-energy plant in Casablanca. Expected to begin construction by end of 2026 and enter full operation by 2030, facility will process about 1.5M metric tons of waste annually and generate enough electricity to power nearly 1 million people.
A federal appeals court has ruled the EPA “likely acted unlawfully” in canceling billions of dollars in Biden-era climate grants. The funding remains temporarily frozen while the Trump administration decides whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ursula von der Leyen proposed on Monday that the EU increase its support to Morocco to help prevent a repeat of the chaotic attempted influx of 50K migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week. “So in order to prevent bank robbery, just give them enough cash” type of strategy? Fun times.
Bloomberg: Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney has gotten a vote of confidence from the international investment community for his response to US trade hostilities.
WHO says work is advancing on improved treatments and the world’s first vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola. While results are still likely months away, the effort comes as the DRC faces its largest recorded outbreak of this Ebola species, with cases and deaths continuing to rise.
US judge granted the US Justice Department's motion to dismiss January 6 prosecutions of members of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia, according to a court filing.
US judge grants DOJ bid to dismiss Jan. 6 cases against Oath Keepers
A U.S. judge on Tuesday granted the U.S. Justice Department's bid to dismiss cases against members of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia who took part in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Cap...
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CNN: The US military has exhausted nearly 80% of its interceptors for a key missile defense system as senior US military commanders are warning that the Pentagon’s munitions stockpile is 'dangerously low,' according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
Polish officials say a Ukrainian fighter jet pursued last week’s Russian Kh-101 cruise missile but broke off the intercept just before it crossed into Polish airspace, citing NATO procedures. The missile entered Poland anyway — while NATO forces scrambled aircraft and activated ground defenses.
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Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to the U.S. in retaliation for Brazil’s denial of visas last month for two American diplomats. Trump has numerous “issues” with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. (AP)
Netanyahu says Israel will not leave Gaza until Hamas is completely disarmed.
What is actually happening? US created Security Assistance Group–Ukraine in 2022 to coordinate US military assistance, training & longterm planning for Ukraine Now DC plans to gradually break up that structure and move much of its work into NATO Security Assistance & Training for Ukraine — NSATU 🧵
Secretary of War directs U.S. European Command to oversee the reorganization of Security Assistance Group-Ukraine
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Bartłomiej Kubkowski became the first person to swim across the Baltic Sea from Sweden to Poland in 55 hours, covering 160 kilometers.
“Head Start advocates say that erasing regulations serves as a backdoor way to dismantle a program the administration does not like. The White House last year called Head Start “radical” and tried but failed to freeze spending on it.”
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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British maritime monitoring agency said a cargo ship reported being hit by a projectile overnight off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz, while the United States and Iran made opposing claims about whether they were holding talks.
