This heiress wants to tax the rich. And she’s giving away $27 million.

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This heiress wants to tax the rich. And she’s giving away million.

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save The news of inheriting millions of euros from her grandmother did not thrill Austrian heiress Marlene Engelhorn. Instead, it made her acutely aware and unable to ignore the skewed wealth distribution in society, she said in 2022. She became a staunch advocate of taxing rich […]

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Israel-Gaza war live updates: South Africa to present genocide case against Israel at ICJ

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South Africa will present its arguments Thursday to the International Court of Justice at The Hague accusing Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who has described the initiative as “meritless,” while urging Israel to scale back the intensity of its military operations, concludes his seven-nation

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A Ukrainian lioness concussed in a missile attack needs a new home

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January 11, 2024 at 1:00 a.m. EST Yuna the lioness at the Wild Animals Rescue Center near Kyiv. (Alice Martins for The Washington Post) Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save CHUBYNSKE, Ukraine — Yuna the lioness lay in the corner of her outdoor enclosure, completely still. Fragments of a Russian missile,

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Google Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions

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Google laid off hundreds of workers in several divisions Wednesday night, seeking to lower expenses as it focuses on artificial intelligence and joining a wave of other companies cutting tech jobs this year. The Silicon Valley company laid off employees in its core engineering division, as well as those working on the Google Assistant, a

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Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny helped drive over 4 trillion global music streams in 2023, report finds

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There were 4.1 trillion music streams worldwide in 2023, according to a report released Wednesday, the first time streaming has ever crossed the four-trillion mark in a single year.  The milestone number of global audio streams marked a 22.3% increase from 2022, according to data provider Luminate.  The U.S. accounted for just over a quarter

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