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Ethiopia criticises Amnesty report on massacre in Tigray

Bloomberg Ethiopia’s government criticised a report by Amnesty International that alleged war crimes in the northern town of Axum last year. Amnesty said that Eritrean troops massacred hundreds of unarmed civilians in November. It based its conclusions on interviews with 41 survivors and witnesses. The methodology used to produce report had “limitations” as it relied on information gathered from refugees ...

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Sunak plots tax raid to plug UK deficit, risking Tory rage

Bloomberg Rishi Sunak can do self-restraint. After an addiction to drinking full-strength Coca-Cola resulted in seven fillings to his teeth, he rationed himself to a single Coke a week. When he comes to deliver his budget on Wednesday, the chancellor of the exchequer faces a battle to persuade his colleagues of the need to turn down the flow of government ...

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US drops digital tax demand, opening door to global deal

Bloomberg The US has dropped a key demand in negotiations over digital taxation of technology companies such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc., lifting a barrier that had raised transatlantic trade tensions and prevented an international deal. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told her counterparts at a virtual meeting of Group of 20 finance officials that the US is no ...

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