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Europe 3 years ago

UK finance minister Sunak named in list of Britain's super-rich

Sunak's inclusion is largely a result of his wife's wealth, but comes at a politically difficult time for the man in charge of Britain's budget as he faces pressure to increase support for households struggling with soaring energy bills and food prices.

Europe 4 years ago

Tony Blair, King of Jordan named in wealth data leak

The dump of more than 11.9 million records, amounting to about 2.94 terabytes of data, came five years after the leak known as the "Panama Papers" exposed how money was hidden by the wealthy in ways that law enforcement agencies could not detect.

Business 4 years ago

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Indonesia aims to tax rich more to finance large pandemic deficit

The proposal goes along with other increases in value-added taxes, a new carbon tax and another proposal for tax amnesty.

News 4 years ago

Airfares soar, private jets in demand as rich Indians flee Covid

All flights from the UAE to India -- one of the world's busiest air corridors -- will be suspended from Sunday as coronavirus cases in the South Asian nation reach record levels and overwhelm hospitals.

World 5 years ago

Rich nations 'hugely exaggerate' climate finance: Study

Under the 2015 Paris climate deal, countries are required to boost funding to hard-hit governments, evenly split between cash to mitigate global warming and to help them adapt to future climate impacts.

World 6 years ago

Uproar as Finland's rich win right to hide income from media

The Nordic country has a tradition of earnings transparency, with citizens' income for the previous year -- and crucially, how much tax they paid -- published in the media at the start of November.

SE Asia 6 years ago

Powerful, rich and shrouded in secrecy: Thailand's King Rama X

The 66-year-old heir will be crowned in a royal ceremony this weekend as Rama X of the Chakri dynasty, more than two years after the death of his beloved father King Bhumibol, widely revered as a figure of unity and man of the people.

Lifestyle 6 years ago

In Asia's stealthy rich city, the ultra wealthy hide their Hermes

To show off a $50 million Mark Rothko painting that Sotheby’s plans to sell in New York, the auction house took it to Asia to tempt wealthy bidders. Outside of the company’s regional base in Hong Kong, the artwork made only one stop -- not Shanghai or Tokyo or Singapore, but Taipei.