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Banking transparency law set for 2024

A law governing the exchange of information about people's deposit accounts among signatory countries is expected to come into force next year, says Revenue Department director-general Lavaron Sangsnit.

Bangkok Post

Australian superannuation funds are top performers globally

Australian superannuation funds stand out globally as top performers and are diversifying their investments to provide more stability

The New Daily

It's been 3 years since COVID entered New Zealand -- here are 3 ways to improve our response

February 28 marks three years since COVID was first reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. Since then there have been major advances in our understanding of this infection and the tools and strategies to combat it.

The Conversation

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Scrap plans for corporation tax hike, Patel urges chancellor

Not too late for Jeremy Hunt to end ‘obsession of regulation, high taxes and interference with business’ in spring budget

The Guardian - UK

France says global talks on taxing tech giants being blocked by US, India

International talks aimed at taxing global tech giants that declare profits in only a few jurisdictions have hit a standstill due to opposition from countries including the US and India, France's finance minister said on Monday. This week's G20 meeting will attempt to get the ball rolling again.

Radio France Internationale

To prepare for future pandemics, we can learn from the OECD's top two performers: New Zealand and Iceland

A Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand’s COVID response began work this month, with a goal to prepare the country for future pandemics.

The Conversation

Are the higher costs of private school justified? The evidence says ‘no’

Experts shed light on the difference between public and private education and urge parents to consider their families and children.

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Biden's Terrible Billionaire Tax

By raising the effective tax rate on capital gains, the proposal would reduce U.S. saving, discourage entrepreneurship, and decrease economic output.

Reason

Will raising retirement age solve France’s problem with employing seniors?

A quarter of France's unemployed are over the age of 50, and there are concerns that raising the retirement age – as the government wants to do with its latest pension reform – will further aggravate the problem. But research suggests this may not necessarily happen, and the number of…

Radio France Internationale

Tory backbenchers plan to put pressure on Hunt to cut childcare costs

Exclusive: Group led by Siobhan Baillie want chancellor to use budget to relax rules and eliminate business rates for nurseries

The Guardian - UK

Gen Z is taking to the streets in French protests to defend their work-life balance

In France, hundreds of thousands of young adults are protesting a plan to raise the retirement age, part of a broader revolt against overwork.

Fortune

How Welsh teachers' pay and hours compare with other nations

Thousands of teachers in Wales walked out on Wednesday in the first of a planned series of strikes

Wales Online

SNP MP launches 'one stop shop' resource for independence and the EU

Alyn Smith, SNP’s spokesperson for EU accession in Westminster, set up the website to highlight the economic decline of the UK following Brexit

The National (Scotland)

Americans spend the most on health care compared to other high-income countries but aren't living longer, more healthy lives

The U.S. has the lowest life expectancy and the highest maternal mortality rates compared to other high-income countries.

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Axios

America's worsening return on health investment

The U.S. continues to far outspend other developed nations while seeing worsening health outcomes.

Birmingham Post

North of England starved of investment, thinktank report finds

Report from IPPR North says that the region would have the second lowest investment in OECD if it was a standalone nation

Daily Mirror

North of England receiving among lowest levels of investment of advanced economies

It comes after Rishi Sunak faced a barrage of criticism over a £2.1billion round of levelling up funding, which saw cash go to a string of wealthy areas while a number of deprived communities missed out

The Independent UK

Report reveals lack of investment in North of England compared with rest of the world

If the region were a country, it would be second-to-last in the OECD for underinvestment, according to IPPR North

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The Guardian - UK

North of England ‘would rank second worst for investment’ if OECD country

Thinktank says of advanced economies, only Greece would have lower public and private investment

The Independent UK

North of England sees lowest investment of advanced economies – think tank

If the region were a country, it would be second-to-last in the OECD for underinvestment, according to IPPR North.

Manchester Evening News

Damning report lays bare lack of investment in North of England compared with rest of the world

Think-tank says region of 15 million people held back by 'vast inequalities' and 'systematic underinvestment'

The Guardian - UK

The CBI is right. The UK needs a growth plan

Business lobby head deserves response after government sloth on green investment and tax incentives

Newcastle Herald

New report highights steel industry under pressure to decarbonise

Cutting greenhouse gases from steelmaking

ABC News

What happened to Zhao Lijian? China's 'Wolf Warrior' diplomat has been mysteriously shifted aside

China's controversial diplomat Zhao Lijian has stepped back from China's diplomatic front line. Does that mean China will give up the aggressive and assertive Wolf Warrior diplomacy?

Reuters

China set for historic demographic turn, accelerated by COVID traumas

Living under China's stringent COVID-19 restrictions for the past three years had caused Zhang Qi enough stress and uncertainty to consider not having babies in the country.

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