UK: Calls for “gendered perspective” on COVID-19 conceal class issues
more due to the impact of policies introduced to prevent disease transmission.” (emphasis added).
It is difficult to conceive of a more inane, contemptible statement, which would draw a storm of protest were the outcomes reversed. But such is the conclusion of a study by researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE), promoted by the
Guardian newspaper.
Officially, nearly 3.4 million people have died from COVID internationally. This is a vast underestimation due to under-reporting. The
Economist magazine estimates this is at best less than half the total, and at worst one-quarter. Using the total of excess deaths globally, it puts the probable real figure at 10.2 million.
Heat not burn product found to deliver less nicotine than cigarettes, has lower nicotine delivery than Juul, and was less effective in reducing urges to smoke, finds study by Queen Mary University of London.
Amazon defeats EU in bid to collect $303 million in taxes May 17, 2021
BRUSSELS, Belgium: In a setback to competition chief Margrethe Vestager’s campaign against preferential deals, Amazon won its fight against an EU order to pay about $303 million in back taxes to Luxembourg.
The bloc failed to show that Luxembourg had given the U.S. online retailer special treatment in violation of state aid rules, the EU’s General Court ruled on May 12.
The ruling follows Vestager’s landmark defeat against Apple last year, which had contested an order that it pay $15 billion in Irish back taxes.
Both Amazon and Apple were targeted by Vestager in a crusade to weed out tax deals used by EU states, including Luxembourg and the Netherlands, to attract large companies.
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