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​Displaced Palestinians walk in a tent camp amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 9, 2024.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Israel expands humanitarian zone, Bitcoin bounces, Italy’s Meloni loses in court, OECD prices remain high, A very late book return

​Burmese workers are sorting rotting food waste, fabric, and recyclable plastic by hand at a sorting facility in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 22, 2024.
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US pivots on plastic, backs global treaty to cap production

The US has thrown its support behind the UN Plastics Agreement, a global treaty to cap global plastic production and create a target list of plastics to be eliminated.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives at a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December 12, 2016.
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Digital services tax brawl?

Last week, the Trudeau government enacted a digital services tax that has been in the works for years – and the US is ready to retaliate.

Graphic Truth: Infant mortality in the OECD
Graphic Truth

Graphic Truth: Infant mortality in the OECD

Graphic Truth: From baby boom to baby gloom
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Graphic Truth: From baby boom to baby gloom

Women are having fewer children in the US and Canada, where birth rates have been falling since the 1960s. In 2020, Canada’s fertility rate hit an all-time low of 1.4 children per woman. In the US, the national birth rate has fallen by 20% since 2007.

59.5 billion: US oil major Exxon Mobil on Wednesday paid $59.5 billion to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources, a major producer of shale oil in West Texas.
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Hard Numbers: Exxon bets on shale, Netflix makes an unchill choice, Google floods the zone, digital tax plans advance

59.5 billion: US oil major Exxon Mobil on Wednesday paid $59.5 billion to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources, a major producer of shale oil in West Texas.

OECD logo seen on a smartphone and a computer screen.
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Canada flies solo on digital services tax

‘Tis the summer for Trudeau vs. Big Tech.

Freed Houthi prisoners stand as they wait to board an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)-chartered plane at Aden Airport, in Aden, Yemen.
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Hard Numbers: Yemen prisoner swap, North Korea’s new missile, Germany ditches Russian imports, gender parity in Kiwi cabinet, Juice headed to Jupiter

North Korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in a month, with some reporting that Pyongyang tested an advanced, harder-to-detect missile for the first time.

Supporters of opposition party KMT wearing t-shirts with the Taiwan flag at an election rally in Taoyuan.
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What We’re Watching: Taiwanese election, Trump's taxes, South African protests, ugly economic forecast

As Taiwan votes, China watches; anger in South Africa; OECD doom & gloom

How will the global corporate tax deal impact tech companies?
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How will the global corporate tax deal impact tech companies?

Will the OECD-brokered global corporate tax deal make a difference? Will tech companies finally start paying their fair share? Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director at Stanford's Cyber Policy Center, Eurasia Group senior advisor and former MEP, discusses trends in big tech, privacy protection and cyberspace.