Malaysia's 2019 Budget contains plans for an overhaul of sales and service tax rules and a corporate tax cut for small- and medium-sized enterprises.

On July 19, 2019, the United States Internal Revenue Service Large Business and International Division announced six additional compliance campaigns.

Two deadlines are approaching in Colombia for taxpayers wishing to take part in ongoing tax amnesties.

The OECD on September 2, 2019, announced that Ecuador and Serbia have ratified the multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.

CDC researchers have developed new tools using GPS technology and PDAs to help prevent the spread of malaria in Africa, according to a study published

According to a recent study, each year as many as 40,500 critically ill U.S. hospital patients die with an unknown medical condition that may have caused or contributed to their death.

Nearly three quarters of the sample reported having been "humorously" accused of promoting death; for example, being called "Dr. Death," in a recent survey of palliative care medicine practitioners.

Dengvaxia, manufactured by French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, secured its first regulatory approval in Mexico a fortnight ago and is currently being

Tens and thousands of people in India are being affected by mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya. However, dengue and malaria

Dengue virus can be eliminated by injecting Wolbachia bacteria in mosquitoes. Researchers are still finding ways to spread Wolbachia in an urban mosquito population.

Indonesia has one of the highest burdens of dengue fever, in the world. Dengue fever has infected over half of all children in urban areas by the age of 5.

Asian tiger mosquito has been neglected as a source of Zika and dengue virus, as the threat was measured right after one feeding on infected blood. However,

Using CRISPR/Cas9, a gene editing tool gene, the FREP1 gene can be inactivated to reduce mosquitoes vulnerability to Plasmodium parasite, a genus that causes malaria in humans.

Target genes in the malaria parasite can be inhibited by triclosan, an antimicrobial compound used in soap, toothpaste, deodorant and many other products, finds a new study.

To develop an effective vaccine against dengue and Zika viruses, it requires the E protein to spread across the entire surface of every viral particle.

Nearly 550 dengue cases have been reported in Himachal Pradesh, India and especially in Bilaspur, which is Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda's hometown.

The average cost of inpatient care was found to be (Dollor) 26 in Burkina Faso and (Dollor) 134 in Cambodia, while the average cost of outpatient care was (Dollor) 13 per episode in Burkina Faso and (Dollor) 23 in Kenya.

Releasing mosquitoes infected with a type of bacteria could wipe out the spread of dengue, thereby reducing global dengue cases by 90 percent, reports a new study.

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British Columbia is to offer a provincial sales tax exemption to a proposed new liquefied natural gas project.

The Australian Government has secured an exemption from new US metal tariffs, Trade Minister Steven Ciobo has said.

The Bank of Canada has published the findings of its latest business outlook survey, which shows some concern among firms over the impact of US trade and tax policies.

Ontario's new government has scrapped the province's cap-and-trade carbon pricing regime, effective July 3.

Canada's small business tax rate will be reduced from 10 percent to nine percent from January 1, 2019, as part of a suite of new year tax changes.

Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau has made tax non-compliance in the real-estate market a major focus of his 2019 Budget.

The Canadian Liberal Party has announced plans to reduce the income tax burden by raising the Basic Personal Amount.

The Indian Cabinet on August 24 approved the signature of a double tax agreement protocol with Cyprus that would tackle "round tripping" and base erosion and profit shifting.

The European Parliament has begun its inquiry into the Panama Papers with a hearing with the investigative journalists behind the leak.

On October 12, the Italian financial police said it had broke up a value-added tax fraud ring allegedly involved in transactions totaling EUR930m, through 180 companies in 15 European Union (EU) countries.

The revised double tax avoidance agreement between India and Cyprus will take effect from April 1, 2017, India's Central Board of Direct Taxes has announced.

Cyprus's Ministry of Finance says the island has signed a double tax agreement with Saudi Arabia with respect to taxes on income and for the prevention of tax evasion.

The Cyprus Government has announced a number of extensions to tax return filing dates.

India's Department of Commerce has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into Fluoroelastomers from China.

The United States International Trade Commission will issue countervailing duty orders on imports of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from China and India, after determining that they are causing material injury to US manufacturers.

India is proposing to levy a safeguard duty of 70 percent on imports of solar-power equipment from China and Malaysia.

Income from assets of French nationals who work in a state other than a member state of the EU, the European Economic Area or Switzerland may be subject to French social security contributions, the European Court of Justice has ruled.

On February 3, 2018, China's State Administration of Taxation set out new rules on the disallowance of tax treaty benefits where an entity fails to demonstrate it is the beneficial owner of Chinese assets from which passive income is derived.

WHO has announced a global trial named 'SOLIDARITY' to identify if any drug can treat infection caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The trial,

The government of Nigeria has issued a warning over the use of chloroquine to treat COVID-19, after three people got overdosed, and hospitalized due to poisoning.

Combination of cannabidiol (CBD) and bacitracin (BAC) can help in the treatment of infections with antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive bacteria. The findings

Medications being used to treat COVID-19 are known to cause prolongation of the QTc in some people. The QTc is an indicator of the health of the heart's electrical recharging system.

Daily dose of aspirin provided no benefit to study participants at either preventing dementia or slowing cognitive decline, stated study published in

Ovarian cancer cells become detached from their point of origin and shift using fats as an energy source, according to Benjamin Bitler, PhD, and CU Cancer

Diabetic patients who stopped using aspirin three months post insertion of a coronary stent and then took the anti-platelet drug ticagrelor alone for

Two types of diabetes drugs namely SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 drugs were effective in reducing heart complications including stroke, heart attack, and

A new pneumonia vaccine that is more effective and less expensive than those currently used in Brazil is being tested in human patients, said researchers

EIDD-2801, the new antiviral drug shows promise in reducing lung damage. Testing in mice is completed and it will soon enter to human clinical trials.