Ireland is ready to sign up to a proposed global agreement for a minimum tax on companies, a climbdown that removes one hurdle to an unprecedented deal that would reshape the landscape for multinationals. On the eve of a key meeting between 140 countries hosted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Irish…Continue Reading
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Mitch McConnell faced two futures. Both featured scorched earth. One involved a global economic recession that would be triggered if he and his fellow Republicans refused to let the…Continue Reading
The rule for most Mars missions, or at least those looking for signs of life? Follow the water. Choose a place that was once wet—and Mars’s now-dry riverbeds, sea basins and ocean floors offer plenty of those—and do your spelunking there. With limited missions and a multitude of promising sites, however, the trick is to…Continue Reading
Facebook’s civic-integrity team was always different from all the other teams that the social media company employed to combat misinformation and hate speech. For starters, every team member subscribed to an informal oath, vowing to “serve the people’s interest first, not Facebook’s.” The “civic oath,” according to five former employees, charged team members to understand…Continue Reading
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here.Miya Marcano’s family confronted the maintenance man suspected of killing her in front of a sheriff’s deputy just hours after she disappeared last month, new video shows. They even called out his “obsessive texts.” Yet Armando Caballero, who had shown a romantic interest…Continue Reading
The left-wing Facebook “whistleblower” Frances Haugen will reportedly meet with the U.S. House committee investigating the January 6 riot, according to CNN. During her testimony before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Tuesday and her interview on 60 Minutes Sunday, Haugen charged that Facebook pushes divisive discourse on its platform to increase profits, alleging the company…Continue Reading
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went full woke this week, using the phrase “2SLGBTQQIA+ people” in a recent social media post, showcasing how far the left continues to go in its rejection of the fundamental reality of biological sex and the two corresponding genders. “People across the country are lighting candles to honour Indigenous women,…Continue Reading
The majority of Americans say they will engage in Halloween festivities this year, nearly matching the percentage of those who said the same in 2019, prior to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, a Morning Consult survey released this week found. The survey asked respondents how if they planned to celebrate Halloween this year, and 56 percent…Continue Reading
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) is being mocked over his reported plans to run for governor of New York. “Osama bin Laden is probably more popular in Suffolk County than Bill de Blasio,” Rich Schaffer, chairman of the county’s Democratic committee, told the New York Times. “De Blasio, I would say, would…Continue Reading
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II held her first major engagement at Buckingham Palace since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic a year and a half ago, as she presided Thursday over the launch of the baton relay for next year’s Commonwealth Games in the central England city of Birmingham.British Paralympic gold medalist Kadeena Cox,…Continue Reading