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Brazil's Lula sanctions an increase in tax exemptions for low-income people

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday sanctioned a bill that exempts people earning up to 5,000 reais ($940) a month from income taxes, more than doubling the current exemption and meeting a key priority of his 2022 election campaign.

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Tunisia summons European Union envoy over alleged protocol breach

Tunisia’s presidency says President Kais Saied has summoned the European Union’s ambassador to protest a perceived breach of diplomatic protocol

China lashes out at Times columnist over Taiwan

Washington Times columnist Miles Yu, one of the nation's leading China experts, incurred the wrath of the Chinese Communist Party recently, highlighting the global reach of his reports.

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Colombian sentenced, ordered to forfeit $1.2 million for laundering drug money

A Colombian man will spend five years in prison and forfeit $1.2 million for a scheme that saw Mexican drug proceeds funneled into U.S. bank accounts before being sent to Colombia.

Junta hails end to US protected status for Myanmar nationals

Human rights monitors say it is not safe to return, citing reports of ‘serious crimes in the run-up to elections’Myanmar’s junta applauded the Trump administration on Wednesday for halting a scheme that protected its citizens from deportation from the US back to their war-racked homeland.About 4,000 Myanmar citizens are living in the US with temporary protected status (TPS), which shields foreign nationals from deportation to disaster zones and allows them the right to work. Continue reading...