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Automated tax reporting will soon be the only way to meet requirements Author: Rebecca Polley, Vice President of Business Development, Vertex   In a quest to cut down on fraud, tax authorities are increasing the amount and...

Greek style butter beans "Γίγαντες"   Leer en Español     Greek style butter beans "Γίγαντες" 300gr of butter beans (left to soak in water the night before) 2 big carrots 2 pieces of celery 1 red tomato 1 onion 1 clove of garlic 1 cup...

The Last Battle for Democracy in Venezuela Wall Street Journal By David Luhnow and José de Córdoba Under Nicolás Maduro, a country that had been one of Latin America’s wealthiest is having its democratic institutions shredded amid rising poverty...

The schoolgirl thrash metal band smashing stereotypes in Indonesia By: kate Lamb   Taking Rage Against the Machine and Slipknot as inspiration, three Muslim teenagers are blasting their way into the Asian music scene as Voice of...

Cuba's Capitol reopens after years of restoration   Capitol, an imposing neoclassical gem previously shunned as a symbol of US imperialism now to become the seat of Cuba's national assembly in the capital Havana. People visit the...

Pakistani women make history as some vote for the first time   Women who had been previously barred from voting in several regions, including Dir, Kohistan, North and South Waziristan, made a beeline to the polling...

French ex-president Sarkozy held in Libya financing probe   Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been placed in custody as part of an investigation that he received millions of euros in illegal financing from Libya. Libyan leader...

Two Indian journalists killed in hit-and-run attacks within 24 hours   Local media reports say one of the slain journalists had told officials he feared he could be killed by the 'sand mafia' since he had...

5 Common Myths Regarding Liposuction Surgery   If you’re considering liposuction, you need the facts. Americans spend more than $15 billion on cosmetic procedures each year. Liposuction continues to be the #1 surgical aesthetic procedure in the...

Chinese joggers brave pollution and deadly driving   A growing number of young men and women in China are shrugging off the hazards of deadly driving and pollution to take up running as a lifestyle and...

Turkey condemns Greece for granting asylum to putschist   A former Turkish soldier who fled with seven others to Greece after a failed coup attempt in 2016 should be granted asylum, a Greek court has ruled,...

85,000 children dead from 'extreme hunger' in Yemen   Aid group Save the Children says thousands of children under 5 years may have died of acute malnutrition since the civil war began in 2015. Meanwhile, UN...

Jérôme Hamon: Frenchman gets 'third face' in new transplant   https://youtu.be/3xYFFDlLUDc Mr Hamon is still recovering in hospital in Paris after the January transplant The first person in the world to receive two facial transplants says he is...

Did they or didn't they? No clarity on Catalan independence bid   Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy exchanged letters on Monday but made no headway in the dispute. Madrid has now...

Central American migrants in Mexico determined to go to US border   Mexico City authorities say that of the 4,841 registered migrants receiving shelter in a sports complex, 1,726 are under the age of 18, including...

Sacré blanc! Eiffel Tower remains closed as snow disrupts Paris   Traffic chaos in French capital as wintry weather hits country’s north.   The Eiffel Tower...

Japanese 'baby factory' man wins custody of 13 kids born to Thai surrogates   Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, became the centre of a "baby factory" scandal in 2014 after Thai police said DNA samples linked him to...

North Korea threatens to cancel historic summit with US   North Korea cancelled a high-level meeting Wednesday with South Korea and threatened also to call off a historic summit planned later this month with the United...

Syria's traditional oud-making on the decline   While the conflict that has ravaged Syria over the past six years devastated many of its historic crafts, the production of the oud, a pear-shaped traditional musical instrument, has...

Ads don't work so websites are using your electricity to pay the bills Alex Hern   Pirate Bay and Showtime turned to forcing unknowing visitors to mine cryptocurrency, using computers rather than eyeballs on ads to generate...

North Korea: US detects signs of new missile test, official says   The Pentagon has picked up signs that North Korea is preparing for another missile test, a US defense official said on Tuesday, as the...

Music from a rusty rababa becomes a lifeline for a father and son in Syria   War in the country has forced more than 12 million people out of their homes. Over half of them are...

7 snacks to eat before a workout that’ll fill you up without upsetting your stomach By Lila Odinia   It can be hard to maintain a balance of a healthy diet and working out, it requires a...

At least three killed after train derails in Greece   The train carrying 70 passengers and five crew was heading from Athens to the second-biggest city of Thessaloniki when it derailed in the town of Adendro. A...