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Not many people enjoy paying taxes. But many voters don't see a problem taxing the superrich and making them pay their "fair share." One way is to increase income taxes. There's also the option for an annual or one-off wealth tax on everything someone has above a certain mark. A few governments want to tax extreme wealth

Skip next section Germany joins UK-led talks on Hormuz shipping April 2, 2026 Germany joins UK-led talks on Hormuz shipping Germany is taking part in UK-led talks on securing the Strait of Hormuz after the US signaled others should handle the issue. British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said she would chair a virtual meeting on

The Hungarian election campaign has been in a frenzy for weeks, but this latest scandal has shocked even the most cool-headed observers. Many have described it as a "return to dictatorship and Communist times." Last week, it emerged that Hungary's Constitution Protection Office (Alkotmanyvedelmi Hivatal), one of the country's five intelligence services, is believed to

While wars and revolutions have long threatened national cultural heritage sites — most recently in Iran and Ukraine — a new danger has emerged in the form of climate change. UNESCO World Heritage sites from the 4,000 year-old pyramid temples in Iraq to the ancient statues of Easter Island are facing extreme erosion and deterioration as temperatures rise and storms and droughts intensify.

The United States has lifted sanctions against Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez, a post on the US Treasury Department's website said Wednesday. Rodriguez assumed the office after Washington deposed her predecessor Nicolas Maduro — with US forces conducting a raid on Venezuela's capital, Caracas, and seizing him on January 3. What does the lifting of US

A powerful magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck the Northern ‌Molucca ⁠Sea ⁠off the coast of Ternate, Indonesia early Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The strong tremor toppled and damaged buildings in the cities of Bitung and Manado, in North Sulawesi, and in Ternate city, one province over in North Maluku. A 70-year-old woman died when a building collapsed in Manado city, and another

Skip next section Asian stocks fall, oil rises after Trump speech April 2, 2026 Asian stocks fall, oil rises after Trump speech Oil rose more than 4% and Asian stocks fell after US President Donald Trump gave an update on the Iran war. Brent crude, the international standard, jumped 5% to $106.22 (€92) per barrel, while

The Artemis II mission rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday evening, carrying four astronauts on a historic mission to the moon. Tens of thousands of people hugged on Cocoa Beach Pier and its surrounding sand as the 32-story rocket shot above into the blue sky on its journey toward the moon for the

US President Donald Trump made a rare and historic appearance at the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, where he watched his administration's lawyer, Solicitor General John Sauer, challenge the constitutionality of birthright citizenship during oral arguments.  Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office stripping citizenship from children of undocumented immigrants, effectively

After a week of high drama, authorities on the Baltic coast of northern Germany say they have established a restricted zone around a whale that has been stranded in the area to allow the creature to "die in peace." "We did everything we could to give it a chance. This is a unique tragedy. But