India and Pakistan make moves to ease tensions
What is Kashmir, and what changed in 2019?
Kashmir is a territory that is claimed by both India and Pakistan and partly controlled by each, with China also controlling the most remote segment of the region. India and Pakistan fought two of their three wars over the Kashmir region.
India-Pakistan rivalry: Kashmiris pay a high price
An unprecedented danger?
On February 27, Pakistan s military said that it had shot down two Indian fighter jets over disputed Kashmir. A Pakistani military spokesman said the jets were shot down after they d entered Pakistani airspace. It is the first time in history that two nuclear-armed powers have conducted air strikes against each other.
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Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaIn demand: Donnie Jeffers of Jeffers Construction prepares to cut a piece of siding for a Rick Jenkins Construction home on Wednesday in Idle Creek. Home buyers are facing higher costs due to increased material costs.
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Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaBig demand, small supply: Real estate agent Carrie Toth talks with client Megan McDaniel as they tour a home on Terre Haute’s north side Wednesday. Toth, a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Troy Helman, says homes, like the one she showed on Wednesday, don’t stay on the market for long with prices also being affected by the home shortage.
(The Center Square) â Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., sent a letter to President Joe Biden this week asking him to explain why he reportedly used a tax loophole to avoid paying $500,000 in payroll taxes.
In a letter written this week, Banks, who serves as Republican Study Committee chairman, asked Biden, âDo you intend to undo your hypocrisy and pay these funds back to the American people?â
Banks said that $13 million worth of income redirected into two S-corporations enabled Biden to avoid paying personal income taxes by directing revenue from book royalties and speaking appearances and not paying self-employment payroll tax liabilities that would have funded Medicare and other federal programs.
Mexico’s Electricity Bill Rolls Back Energy Reforms and Threatens Relations with Trading Partners By Inu Manak and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon SHARE
In a bid to leave his mark on Mexico’s energy sector, Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is rolling back reforms by his predecessor Enrique Peña Nieto that were designed to increase competition in the energy market. For years, Mexico’s energy market was in decline due to a lack of foreign investment and competitive pricing, governance challenges, capital constraints, and a drop in crude oil production. Peña Nieto sought to reverse this trend with ambitious reforms that required amending Mexico’s Constitution to allow for much needed foreign direct investment (FDI). But in his populist push, AMLO has railed against this market opening, and sought to increase the role of state intervention in Mexico’s energy markets.
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