G20: World leaders agree to historic corporate tax deal
Leaders of the world's 20 major economies have approved a global agreement that will see the profits of large businesses taxed at least 15%.
world
![G20: World leaders agree to historic corporate tax deal]()
U.N. warns world set for 2.7C rise on today's emissions pledges
Governments will be in the spotlight at the COP26 conference next week to meet a deadline of this year to commit to more ambitious cut pledges, in what could be the last chance to put the world on track to limiting warming to below 2C above pre-industrial levels and ideally to 1.5C.
![U.N. warns world set for 2.7C rise on today's emissions pledges]()
No alternative to vaccine passports, says Dubai airport boss
The boss of the world's busiest airport for international passengers has said Covid passports are the only way to restart mass foreign travel.
![No alternative to vaccine passports, says Dubai airport boss]()
World prepares for muted New Year's Eve under Covid shadow
Britons urged to stay home; France puts 100,000 police out on patrol; Merkel laments hardest year; Times Square closed to public
![World prepares for muted New Year's Eve under Covid shadow]()
G20 leaders pledge to fund fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines
G20 leaders will on Sunday pledge to pay for a fair distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, drugs and tests around the world so that poorer countries are not left out, and to extend debt relief to them, a draft communique shows.
![G20 leaders pledge to fund fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines]()
World leaders pay tribute to veterans at D-day ceremony in Normandy
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump continued their commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied northern France by Allied forces. The president joined French Presidnet Emmanuel Macron in honoring the fallen on the very site of the invasion -- the beaches of Normandy.
![World leaders pay tribute to veterans at D-day ceremony in Normandy]()
World's largest plane makes first flight over California
The world’s largest aircraft took off over the Mojave Desert in California on Saturday, the first flight for the carbon-composite plane built by Stratolaunch Systems Corp, started by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, as the company enters the lucrative private space market.
- Region:
- World
- Category:
- Technology
![World's largest plane Stratolaunch makes first test flight]()
G20: World leaders have signed off on an agreement
G20 agreement backs 'rules-based' order but bows to Trump on trade reforms.
Communique emerges from all-night talks![While the joint text retains some basic principles on trade and global governance, it has no more than a passing mention of migration and refugees and reflects no progress on climate change from last year’s summit in Hamburg.]()
