Barrick Gold subsidiary evaded Tanzanian taxes, tribunal rules
Acacia Mining says government had agreed investments in country could be deducted
Acacia Mining says government had agreed investments in country could be deducted
SAN FRANCISCO - The Latest on San Francisco's fully paid parental leave ordinance (all times local):
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on San Francisco's fully paid parental leave ordinance (all times local):
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on San Francisco's fully paid parental leave ordinance (all times local):
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday after supporters said six weeks of fully paid leave is needed because too many families can't afford to take time off after a child is born or adopted. Small business owners countered that it's the latest in a long list of city mandates — including paid sick leave and health coverage — that unfairly targets them.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The revelations in the Panama Papers could add to the populist outrage in the presidential race by confirming many of the fears of Bernie Sanders supporters on the left and contributing to the distrust that drives people to Donald Trump on the right. [...] the 11.5 million leaked documents have shed light mostly on foreign figures such as the prime minister of Iceland, who resigned Tuesday after the public learned that he used a shell company to shelter large sums of money while his country's economy foundered. Читать дальше...
ENGLEWOOD, Colorado - Tyler Polumbus is retiring on top. The veteran of eight NFL seasons announced his retirement in a Facebook post Tuesday.
Some youths in Ekiti state have been caught selling Indian hemp in broad daylight. NAIJ.com’s correspondents who were in the state for a special project stumbled across the young men in their late thirties at the Funmilayo Olayinka drive in Ado Ekiti, the state’s capital. As soon as our correspondents got to their joint, a […]
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Ronny Deila insists Celtic will be more clinical against Motherwell than in their goalless draw at Dundee.
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo - The Republic of Congo says Monday's fighting in the capital between former militiamen and police has killed at least 17 people.
Unity government leaders arrived by ship from Tunisia last Wednesday, after the National Salvation government closed Tripoli`s air space to prevent them from flying in.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Telephone scammers have begun to target refugees in Canada with extortion schemes by posing as government employees and threatening them with arrest or deportation unless they immediately wire money, Canadian authorities said.
With complaints to Canada's government surging, law enforcement officials last week warned that the scammers were taking aim at immigrants and refugees.
Complaints to the Canadian government about the extortion scams last year reached more than 15,000... Читать дальше...
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(Reuters) - Wayne County, home to Detroit, Michigan, ended fiscal 2015 with a general fund budget surplus for the first time in eight years, the county executive announced on Tuesday.
The comprehensive annual financial report for the county, which was placed under state oversight last year, showed a $5.7 million surplus for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, according to County Executive Warren Evans.
"Having a surplus for the first time in eight years... Читать дальше...
Republican primary voters were more likely to describe themselves as dissatisfied than angry, 53 percent to 32 percent, according to the same exit poll. In another question, 51 percent said they felt betrayed by the Republican establishment.
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday championed federal steps to deter a corporate financial practice known as “tax inversions” and called on Congress to close the loophole “for good.” Inversions happen when U.S. companies relocate their business interests on paper to take advantage of lower tax rates. The new regulations, the third round from Treasury on the issue of inversions, seek to limit internal corporate borrowing that shifts profits out of the United States.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Animal control officials say a dog that bit a Lincoln elementary school student and her mother will be euthanized.
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(Reuters) - San Francisco could become the first U.S. city to mandate fully paid parental leave, requiring employers to shoulder a substantial portion of the burden and far exceeding the benefits provided by California and other states and cities.
If approved, the law would provide new parents working in the private sector with six weeks of leave, nearly doubling the pay they are now eligible to collect under California law.
Better benefits for parents are part... Читать дальше...
Chloe Moretz heads back to her car after grabbing lunch at Il Pastaio restaurant on Monday afternoon (April 4) in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 19-year-old actress was joined by her good friend, musician Kathryn Gallagher. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Chloe Moretz The duo have been documenting some of their adventures together, which [...]
(AP) — A Senate budget panel has approved a funding increase for public universities while voting to block money from going to Planned Parenthood. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday endorsed a budget plan that would provide an additional $56 million in performance funding for universities, an increase of about 6 percent.
Donald Trump got massive bipartisan backlash last week for saying that women who have abortions should face "some form of punishment." That's not a popular idea with either anti-abortion or pro-choice activists, so his campaign had to clarify that Trump in fact believes doctors, not women, should face criminal punishment if abortion is outlawed.
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Art imitates (hipster) life.
Cartoonist, illustrator and writer for Mad magazine Matt Lassen created a series of famous cartoons reimagined as hipsters.
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"I wanted to do an homage to cartoons from my youth with a comment on society. I thought it would be fun to see something I love, cartoons, with something I dislike, hipsters. Hipsters try so hard to be exaggerated and over the top which are... Читать дальше...
After 20 years of business, eBay will finally offer its sellers a box with the company logo on it.
The Arizona Geological Survey says it has no reports of damage or injury from a recent swarm of small earthquakes in a sparsely populated area of the state's northwestern corner. The survey says the swarm started with a magnitude 2.3 quake on March 29 and then ...
A Hamas official dismissed Israeli accusations that it was stealing cement consigned for reconstruction in Gaza in the aftermath of a 2014 war, and slammed a newly-imposed ban by Israel on private shipments of cement to the enclave, saying it will lead to a social “explosion.”
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is famous for his drive to take bold bets and experiment on projects that often fail.
That approach has led to many flops within Amazon, like its Fire Phone or hotel-booking site Amazon Destinations. But it's also what made major hits like Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Kindle devices possible.
Bezos reiterated his belief in failure in Amazon's annual shareholder letter published on Tuesday. He writes:
One area where I think we are especially distinctive is failure. Читать дальше...