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Vladimir Putin signs law allowing him to run for President again
The bill was approved by the lower house of Parliament or the State Duma, and the upper house of Parliament, the Federation Council, last month, reports Xinhua news agency. After Putin signed it on Monday, the law, which was made following constitutional amendments adopted in a nationwide referendum in July 2020, was uploaded to the official Internet portal of legal information.
Janet Yellen calls for global minimum tax on corporations
"We are working with G20 nations to agree to a global minimum corporate tax rate that can stop the race to the bottom," Yellen said in prepared remarks for a virtual event hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Bulgarian PM's party wins poll
With 42 per cent of the ballots counted, the Central Election Commission reported that GERB had garnered 24 per cent of the vote share, reports dpa news agency. There Is Such a People (ITN) party, headed by TV presenter and cabaret artist Slavi Trifonov, came in a surprisingly strong second place with 19 per cent.
New USTR slams India's high tariffs, equalisation levy
This report has been issued by Joe Biden Administration's newly appointed USTR, Katherine Tai who replaced Ambassador Robert Lighthizer after Donald Trump lost the election last year. It has found India's trade policies discriminatory which create both tariff and non-tariff-barriers and pose a threat to US trade and imports to India. Trade barriers include government laws, regulations and policies.
Death toll in Indonesia's flash floods reach 55
The spokesman, Raditya Jati, told Xinhua news agency that 44 victims were found in Flores Timur district and 11 others in Lembata district. He added that as many as 24 people were missing in Flores Timur district and 16 others in Lembata, he said.
Vietnam elects new President
In his swearing in statement, Phuc vowed to be absolutely loyal to the nation, the people and the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and to work hard to fulfil the duty assigned by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), the state and the people.
'Stop-Asian-Hate' rally staged in NY
The demonstrators on Sunday assembled at Foley Square in Lower Manhattan, and marched to City Hall Park and across the Brooklyn Bridge before ending at Cadman Plaza, reports Xinhua news agency. Local officials, victims of hate crimes and people from various ethnic communities participated in the event.
UK PM to unveil plan for 'Covid status certification'
Football cup finals, the World Snooker Championship, a comedy club and a cinema will be used to test vaccine passports over the next few weeks, Xinhua news agency quoted a report by the Guardian newspaper. The evidence from the trials will be used to consider the wider use of vaccine passports, it said.
Lebanon wants talks with Syria over maritime borders
"Now is the right time for negotiations to demarcate maritime borders between Lebanon and Syria," Xinhua news agency quoted Wehbe as saying on Sunday. Wehbe's comments came after the Syrian government signed last month with a Russian company a contract for oil exploration in the Mediterranean while grabbing a Lebanese area of 750 square km from Block No. 1.
2 rockets hit air base in Iraq's Salahudin province
A statement by the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said that the rockets landed at 12:15 p.m. local time (0915 GMT) at the edge of Balad airbase, some 90 km north of Baghdad, without causing casualties, the Xinhua news agency reported. The rockets were fired from al-Dojama, an area located across the Tigris River in the neighbouring Diyala province, the statement said, adding that the airbase houses Iraqi jet fighters.
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