Pascal Saint-Amans, the director of the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, has asserted that the 37-nation organization will introduce a common reporting standard,
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Saudi Arabia promotes circular carbon scheme as it plans to keep pumping oil
Highlights No specific plans presented to G20 members Saudi officials say world will still need its crude EU keeping ‘critical eye’ on scheme’s implementation –>
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EU Commission: The first Europeans could be vaccinated by the end of the year
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that the first European citizens might be vaccinated before the end of December. In an address
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Facebook’s Libra hires former OCC prosecutor and central bank expert
The Libra Association, which manages Facebook’s quiet cryptocurrency project, has appointed a general counsel to oversee the development of its forthcoming payment system. In an
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Race for Covid-19 cure: Boom Bust explores why EU has a problem with Russia’s cheap and effective vaccine
As Russian scientists boast about the high efficacy and low price of their pioneering Sputnik V vaccine, the race for a Covid-19 cure in other
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Floating wind pioneer Saitec lands €2.4m to scale up novel platform for market
Spanish outfit awarded European Commission funding to optimise the twin-hull design and industrialise fabrication for mass production of the concept
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Brexit: ‘I can’t say if there’ll be a deal or not,’ Von der Leyen tells MEPs
Ursula von der Leyen has given a frank assessment of the state of Brexit negotiations to the European Parliament, telling MEPs that she cannot say
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: EU strikes deal with Moderna to supply up to 160 million COVID vaccine shots
The deal with Moderna is the sixth supply deal the EU has negotiated with vaccine makers to secure COVID-19 shots. joel saget/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The
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IEA: Carbon border taxes, a key part of EU Green Deal, carry ‘big risk’ of international trade wars
One of the key tenets of the EU’s Green Deal — to introduce a “carbon border adjustment mechanism” that would charge import taxes on carbon-rich
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International travellers could soon require COVID-19 vaccination, Qantas chief says
Travellers could be required to be vaccinated before flying internationally once a COVID-19 vaccine becomes widely available. That’s according to the chief executive of Australia’s
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