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The pop icon shared a graphic espousing socialist politics by the writer Mimi Zhu on her Instagram account ‘We will feed each other, redistribute wealth, strike’ … Britney Spears pictured in April 2018. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invision Britney Spears has amplified a call for a strike and the redistribution of wealth in the US in a […] More
US government is debating bill of to $1.8tn for money going to businesses, corporations and into the pockets of Americans With swaths of the US on lockdown, stock markets crashing, industries facing collapse and unemployment certain to soar the US government is debating the biggest bailout since the 2008 financial crisis. Here’s what you need […] More
Richard Burr, chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, and three other senators sold off substantial holdings before drop amid coronavirus fears Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Republican senator Richard Burr faced demands to resign on Friday after it was reported that he sold off millions of dollars’ worth of stocks just […] More
More than 250m people now in lockdown in EU as Germany and Belgium adopt measures Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Italy has suffered its deadliest day yet in the coronavirus outbreak and is poised to overtake China as the world’s worst affected country, as Europe tightened a lockdown affecting about 250 […] More
Delta, American, United, Southwest and Alaska want help Top airlines handed out billions to investors and executives The United States’ five largest airlines – which are pushing for a $50bn-plus bailout to help them survive the Covid-19 crisis – have handed out more than $45bn to shareholders and executives over the last five years, research […] More
As the global COVID-19 pandemic engulfs the world, the grand strategy of revisionist powers will either falter or accelerate. At the dawn of the post-coronavirus world — whenever it might come — the Chinese Communist Party will push forward with its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which will threaten to further marginalize the role of […] More
White House prepares to send direct payments to Americans as part of stimulus package Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump has dramatically stepped up the US government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak by announcing plans to send cheques directly to American citizens to give them emergency financial aid, while agreeing […] More
Other sectors of the world economy may be suffering but the arms industry continues to do a roaring trade, and nowhere more so than in the MENA region. In its annual report released on March 9, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), notes a dramatic increase in weapons exports to a part of the world engaged […] More
