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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Ethnically split Cyprus took a key step toward a return to its routine rhythms of life amid the pandemic on Friday when nine crossing points along a United Nations-controlled buffer zone were reopened, enabling ordinary … [Continue reading] about Crossing points reopen in split Cyprus as virus numbers fall
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — How can governments keep multinational companies from avoiding taxes by shifting their profits to low-tax countries? For nearly a decade, nations have grappled with that question, seeking to deter companies from legally … [Continue reading] about EXPLAINER: Curbing tax avoidance by multinational companies
The European Championship is the first major international soccer tournament to take place since the coronavirus outbreak and arrives at the end of the most condensed club season in history. Many players will be exhausted. Injuries are a bigger … [Continue reading] about EURO 2020: Pragmatism the key to success in pandemic soccer
RENO, Nev. (AP) — An extremely rare wildflower that grows only in Nevada’s high desert where an Australian mining company wants to dig for lithium should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said … [Continue reading] about Federal agency: Nevada flower near mine should be protected
A stroll in Pablo Picasso’s footsteps in Montmartre; breathing in the scents of Provence; a walk along D-Day beaches: These and all of France’s other attractions will again become easily accessible from next week to most foreign tourists — if they … [Continue reading] about Bonjour! France welcoming back (vaccinated) tourists
