Tag: extend

US, India extend digital tax truce to Sunday as deadline approaches

By David Lawder (Reuters) – The United States and India have extended a standstill agreement on U.S. retaliation over India’s digital-services tax until Sunday, aligning it with a fast-approaching deadline for a global deal to reallocate taxing rights on the world’s biggest and most profitable companies, the U.S. Treasury said on Friday. In a brief […]

Ukraine and EU extend permit-free regime for freight, PM says

(Reuters) – Ukraine and the European Commission have extended a freight liberalisation agreement, allowing Ukrainian cargo permit-free entry to the EU for another year, Ukraine’s prime minister said on Thursday. Denys Shmyhal said on X that the agreement envisaged the possibility of an automatic extension until the end of 2025. “This is an important step […]

Union voting on whether to extend strike threat by CN, CPKC rail workers

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference has initiated a second strike vote to workers for CPKC and CN that began Friday and will end on June 29. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) The union representing more than 9,000 CN and CPKC workers has organized a second strike vote amid stalled contract negotiations with the railroads. “It is clear […]

At Bonnaroo, positive vibes extend to democracy not just music and arts

As the 20th Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival gathered steam Thursday and Friday—both in attendance and in actual heat—one nonprofit organization took advantage of the colorful chaos to promote democracy and civic engagement. Under a bright, disco-bedecked tent in the nonprofit portion of Centeroo sat Headcount, a national nonpartisan nonprofit group that promotes voter registration […]

At Bonnaroo, positive vibes extend to democracy not just music and arts

As the 20th Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival gathered steam Thursday and Friday—both in attendance and in actual heat—one nonprofit organization took advantage of the colorful chaos to promote democracy and civic engagement. Under a bright, disco-bedecked tent in the nonprofit portion of Centeroo sat Headcount, a national nonpartisan nonprofit group that promotes voter registration […]

EU ministers extend protection rules for Ukrainian war refugees

War refugees from Ukraine will be able to remain in the European Union until at least March 2026, as per emergency rules extended by EU justice and home affairs ministers on Thursday. Ukrainians who fled to the European Union after the full-scale invasion of their country by Russia in 2022 were granted immediate protection after […]