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Putin raises tax for wealthy Russians ahead of vote on his rule

MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin raised income tax for wealthy Russians and offered new state handouts to families with children on Tuesday, days before the country votes on reforms that could keep him in power until 2036. In a televised speech to the nation, Putin, 67, said Russia’s response to the coronavirus crisis had […]

First-ever remains of prehistoric winged dinosaur in southern hemisphere unearthed in Chile

SANTIAGO (AFP) – Chilean scientists have announced the discovery of the first-ever southern hemisphere remains of a type of Jurassic-era “winged lizard” known as a pterosaur. Fossils of the dinosaur, which lived some 160 million years ago in what is today the Atacama Desert, were unearthed in 2009. They have now been confirmed to be […]

AT&T denies investors a dial-in as annual meeting goes online

By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) – Activist investors say telecommunications pioneer AT&T Inc will not take their calls for its upcoming annual meeting, reinforcing their concerns that the shift of the gathering to cyberspace due to the COVID-19 pandemic would restrict shareholder input. The activists, including a retired AT&T <T.N> employee and a high-profile private […]