Новости за 30.10.2021

1. Biden, other leaders say no easing sanctions until Iran slows its nuclear development  NPR
2. US is deeply skeptical and considering taking tougher action as Iran says it will return to nuclear talks  CNN
3. Western leaders urge Iran to act in 'good faith' on nuclear deal  Reuters
4. US, European allies warn of Iran's 'provocative' nuke steps  Associated Press
5. Biden and European leaders say they're 'convinced' Iran deal can be quickly restored  CNN

President Biden and three European allies say they are ready to return to the scuttled deal that eased sanctions against Iran, in return for Iran limiting its nuclear program.

A federal appellate court has lifted a temporary injunction that prevented New York from enforcing its COVID-19 vaccination mandate on healthcare workers seeking religious exemptions.

Hundreds of people opposed to COVID-19 vaccine mandates have rallied at the Kansas Statehouse

Rome [Italy], October 30 (ANI): Leaders of G20 nations have reached an "historic agreement" for a fairer and more effective international tax system that would set a 15 per cent global minimum corporate tax. "We reached a historic agreement for a fairer and more effective international tax system," Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said at the opening of the G20 summit on Saturday. The OECD had finalised a major reform

WELL BEFORE the end of the Merkel era, Kati Marton drew up her engaging portrait of the four-term chancellor. It was published a month after the September 26, 2021, German federal elections, which were a first-stab popular verdict on Angela Merkel’s 16 years in office — or a judgment on those vying to fill her […]

Impact of cut in import levies negated, say experts; Domestic cos see marginal impact

1. Cop26 Glasgow – live: Boris Johnson admits ‘no chance’ to limit temperature rise to 1.5C at climate summit  The Independent
2. COP26: What do the poorest countries want from climate summit?  BBC News
3. Cop26 will be whitest and most privileged ever, warn campaigners  The Guardian
4. COP26: If Glasgow can learn to reinvent itself, why not the world?  The Scotsman
5. Cop26: the time for prevarication is over | Katharine Viner  The Guardian

Che Adams scored the only goal of the game.

PARENTS have been left fuming over the current Roblox outage, with kids unable to connect to the gaming platform. Gamers have not been able to use the platform since it went offline yesterday – and it is not clear when it will be back. A message on the Roblox website says: “We’re making things more […]

In film history, the anthology genre is the most challenging. Episodic films often have several directors and screenwriters which gives them an inconsistent tone and quality. But the genre’s pitfalls haven’t stopped such filmmakers including Akira Kurosawa (“Dreams”), the Coens (“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”), Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez (“Sin City”); Woody Allen, Francis […]

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The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization and the WTO met on 30 October in Rome to discuss strategies to accelerate the supply and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines, especially in low— and lower-middle-income countries. Meeting on the margins of the G20 summit, the four agency heads — Kristalina Georgieva (IMF), David Malpass (World Bank), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (WHO) and Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (WTO) — issued a joint statement on behalf of the Multilateral Leaders Task Force (MLT).

A WTO Secretariat team, led by Deputy Director-General Zhang Xiangchen, visited Tashkent from 26 to 30 October for a series of meetings concerning Uzbekistan’s bid for WTO membership. High-level discussions were held with Sardor Umurzakov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, and Badriddin Abidov, Deputy Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade and Chief Negotiator for WTO Accession, to review the state of play and next steps in Uzbekistan’s WTO accession process. The... Читать дальше...

There are strong reasons to doubt that competitive capitalism will fix social media networks

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1. City ups bets on Bank of England interest rate rise next week  The Times
2. Bets increase on interest rate rise after Budget spree  Telegraph.co.uk
3. Will the Bank of England steal Christmas by putting up interest rates?  The Guardian
4. Three Bank of England chiefs who hold key to interest rate rise  This is Money

It was supposed to be a blockbuster quarter for energy names thanks to the ongoing surge in oil prices and it did not disappoint: earlier today Chevron reported stellar Q3 earnings, beating on the top and bottom line, with EPS of $2.96 (beating expectations of $2.21), the highest since Q1 2013 on improved market conditions, leading the energy giant to weigh more share buybacks while reining in spending after surging natural gas prices and oil-refining returns drove the U.S. supermajor’s free cash flow to an all-time high. Читать дальше...