Friday, October 8, 2021

Texas wins bid to temporarily reinstate near-total ban on abortion

USA-COURT/ABORTION-MARCH

A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday night allowed Texas to temporarily resume banning most abortions, just one day after clinics across the state began rushing to serve patients again for the first time since early September.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/texas-abortion-law-reinstated-appeals-court-white-house-1.6206144?cmp=rss

U.S. to accept international travellers inoculated with WHO-approved vaccines

Virus Outbreak Nigeria Vaccine

The United States will accept international visitors inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines authorized by U.S. regulators or the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/travellers-us-who-approved-vaccines-1.6205865?cmp=rss

Biden won't block White House records sought by Jan. 6 committee despite Trump's objections

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U.S. President Joe Biden is not asserting executive privilege over a tranche of documents sought by a House committee's investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, setting up a showdown with former president Donald Trump.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/biden-trump-white-house-records-jan-6-investigation-1.6205279?cmp=rss

German police probe Havana syndrome cases at U.S. embassy in Berlin

November 2018 file photo of exterior of U.S. embassy in Berlin

German police are investigating several cases of the mysterious "Havana syndrome" at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin. The illness is believed to have affected around 200 U.S. officials and family members at embassies around the world.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/berlin-us-embassy-havana-syndrome-german-police-1.6205172?cmp=rss

Nearly 140 countries agree on global minimum corporate tax rate

Global Taxation

Under the agreement announced Friday, countries would enact a global minimum corporate tax of 15 per cent on the biggest, internationally active firms, reaping an estimated $150 billion US for government coffers once implemented.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/corporate-companies-taxes-oecd-1.6205109?cmp=rss