Europe is right to order Apple to pay billions of euros of back taxes to Ireland. A failure to crack down on tax avoidance can only fuel populism. Employees at Apple’s European headquarters in Hollyhill, close to Cork, Ireland. 14 May 2015 (EPA/David Keane) This is...
Apple’s whopping $14.5-billion tax bill from the EU highlights the dilemma for governments wanting to attract jobs without emptying their coffers. Apple logo in front of a European Union flag, 2 September 2016.(REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration) This is the first...
This is the first of two articles on the consequences of British voters’ decision to leave the European Union. By James Ryder Picture the scene: January 20, 2017. Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump, just sworn in, turns to cheering well-wishers crowded...
This week, News-Decoder correspondent James Clad, who served under ex-U.S. President George W. Bush, became the latest former senior official who worked for a Republican president to endorse Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, for the White House. Below, Clad explains his...
We asked News-Decoder’s ambassadors — a network of young adults around the world who believe in our mission — for their thoughts on the U.S. presidential race, now that the two major parties have held their nominating conventions. Here’s what...
Protesters in Cleveland, Ohio speak out against Republicans. Christopher Alexander Gellert spoke to protesters who demonstrated on the margins of the U.S. Republican National Convention last week in Cleveland, Ohio. They tell him why they decided to come into the...
I’m from Cleveland, where Republicans have nominated Donald Trump as their presidential candidate. Farce has not yet descended into tragedy. The Barbarians are coming! I was not alone in this thought when I learned Republicans were descending on my dear...
Americans die every day from guns, yet lawmakers struggle to pass laws to control powerful firearms. Why do Americans have a love affair with guns? A hand gun at a shooting range in Wichita, Kansas, 26 June 2008. (EPA/Larry W. Smith) This article is part of a...
By Bernd Debusmann The last opinion survey on Britain’s EU referendum was conducted on the day citizens cast their votes and was published just hours before polling stations closed on June 23. The YouGov poll found 52 percent in favor of remaining in the European...
By Giulia Morpurgo The opening of a new U.S. missile defense base in Romania has sparked protest from Russia and will be high on the agenda of next month’s NATO summit in Warsaw. The base is part of a U.S. defense system that Washington says would shield U.S....