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Kerry in Japan for landmark Hiroshima visit

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AFP) — G7 foreign ministers on Sunday began two days of talks in Hiroshima, with John Kerry’s visit to the atom-bombed city …

[Newsmaker] Cameron releases tax records amid Panama row
[Newsmaker] Cameron releases tax records amid Panama row

LONDON (AFP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday released his tax details in a bid to head off a row over his father’s offshore business, …

Fed policymakers worried about slow global growth: minutes

Federal Reserve policymakers were broadly worried about the threat of slower global growth to the US economy, the minutes from their March 15-16 meeting showed …

Kerry slams Trump’s nuclear armament suggestion

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has slammed Donald Trump’s suggestion that South Korea and Japan develop their own nuclear weapons for self-defense, …

[Graphic News] Popular tax havens around the world
[Graphic News] Popular tax havens around the world

Mossack Fonseca is considered the fifth-largest provider of offshore services. Of the companies appearing in the firm’s files, one of every two were …

UNSC to announce additional items banned from entering N.K.

The U.N. Security Council will soon designate additional items to be banned from entering North Korea as part of measures to strengthen its sanctions against …

New inversion rules will kill Pfizer-Allergan deal

Drugmakers Pfizer Inc. and Allergan Plc are scrambling to determine whether to proceed with their plan to merge and move Pfizer’s address _ but not its …

Facebook programs computers to describe photos for the blind

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook is training its computers to become seeing-eye guides for blind and visually impaired people as they scroll through …

‘Panama Papers’ revelations trigger global probes

Several countries have launched tax evasion probes after a massive leak of confidential documents lifted the lid on the murky offshore financial dealings of a …

[Newsmaker] Huge tax leak exposes Putin aides
[Newsmaker] Huge tax leak exposes Putin aides

PARIS (AFP) — A massive leak of 11.5 million tax documents has exposed the secret offshore dealings of aides to Russian president Vladimir Putin, world …

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