With 42 abstentions, the Riigikogu on Thursday blocked a Center Party proposal to lower Estonia's 24 percent general VAT on key food groups. Center's plan targeted VAT cuts for root and other ...

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Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales stormed out of an interview after he was asked if he was the sole founder of the free internet encyclopedia. Wales, who co-founded Wikipedia in 2001 with Larry Sanger, ...

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President Donald Trump keeps making a mathematically impossible promise. At event after event this month and last, Trump has declared that the “most favored nation” policy he unveiled in an executive ...

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