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    Panama Papers: World’s rich use tax-free New Zealand shelf companies to hide funds
    May09

    Panama Papers: World’s rich use tax-free New Zealand shelf companies to hide funds

    Parker Song/Pool/ReutersWELLINGTON (Reuters) – Wealthy Latin Americans are using secretive, tax-free New Zealand shelf companies and trusts to help channel funds around the world, according to a report on Monday based on leaks of the so-called Panama Papers. Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister John Key to take action after local media...

    The Morning Vertical, May 9, 2016
    May09

    The Morning Vertical, May 9, 2016

    Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    World War II Museum in the Focus of International Attention
    May09

    World War II Museum in the Focus of International Attention

    You probably have heard about nearly finished World War II museum in Gdańsk, since international media, like “Washington Post” or “The Guardian”, have covered the controversial plans of Polish Ministry of Culture to dismantle the soon to be opened institution. The city of Gdańsk, being one of key founders of the museum,...

    Kerry Heads to Europe for Anti-corruption Summit
    May09

    Kerry Heads to Europe for Anti-corruption Summit

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry begins a four-day diplomatic mission to Europe Monday where he will meet with officials from several countries and participate in an anti-corruption summit. The anti-corruption gathering Thursday is being hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron, and will be attended by heads of state from Afghanistan,...

    Guide to the Panama Papers
    May09

    Guide to the Panama Papers

    What happens Monday? The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) will release to the public a searchable database of documents that reveal the details of more than 200,000 offshore entities and the people in more than 200 countries and territories connected to those accounts. The ICIJ will make the database available at 2...

    American Power Under Challenge
    May09

    American Power Under Challenge

    Masters of Mankind (Part 1) Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com[This piece, the first of two parts, is excerpted from Noam Chomsky’s new book, Who Rules the World? (Metropolitan Books). Part 2 will be posted on Tuesday morning.]When we ask “Who rules the world?” we commonly adopt the standard convention that the actors in world affairs are...

    Trump The Destabilizer
    May08

    Trump The Destabilizer

    Ross Douthat lays out what he calls “the conservative case against Trump.” He says that electing Trump would mean the end of Reaganism, but concedes that for some conservatives, that would not be a bug, but a feature. Here is the heart of the argument: Trump would not be an American Mussolini; even our sclerotic institutions would resist him more...

    Moscow Victory Day Parade Tips Putin’s Military Strategy
    May08

    Moscow Victory Day Parade Tips Putin’s Military Strategy

    Russia’s Victory Day military parade on Monday is more a domestic propaganda exercise than an authoritative representation of the nation’s achievements in the military sphere. However, this does not mean we cannot draw some valuable conclusions about the general trend in the Russian military development basing those on the equipment...

    Trump Advisor’s Putin Connections Freak Out Security Establishment (Video)
    May08

    Trump Advisor’s Putin Connections Freak Out Security Establishment (Video)

    As Trump becomes the GOP’s official nominee, security analysts say his advisers warrant increased scrutiny. Late last year, the world marveled at the budding bromance between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Putin, who is alleged to have ordered the jailing and murder of political opponents and...

    Why Middle Eastern Leaders Are Talking to Putin, Not Obama
    May08

    Why Middle Eastern Leaders Are Talking to Putin, Not Obama

    The United States has significantly more military capability in the Middle East today than Russia—America has 35,000 troops and hundreds of aircraft; the Russians roughly 2,000 troops and, perhaps, 50 aircraft—and yet Middle Eastern leaders are making pilgrimages to Moscow to see Vladimir Putin these days, not rushing to Washington. Two weeks...