More countries are adopting the VAT, and its contribution to global revenue is rising Two thousand years ago when the emperors of China began building a great wall to defend their domain from fearsome ...

Aim is to make the tax system easier to use and made in line with international standards Dubai: The UAE’s Ministry of Finance has issued a new federal decree, which updates parts of the UAE’s VAT law ...

Vietnam is using the age-old tactic of currency depreciation to gain a competitive advantage over its Southeast Asian peers as nations look for ways to ease the burden from US President Donald Trump’s ...

This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The Chinese capital is this week hosting the country’s ...

The man charged in the deadly shooting of an 11-year-old Texas boy was "waiting in the shadows" as the child and his cousin played a "ding-dong ditch" prank on his Houston home, police said. The ...

A deadly shooting that claimed the life of an 11-year-old boy over the weekend started out as seemingly harmless fun between two young cousins who got bored at a family birthday party. The night of ...

A Houston man is accused of killing an 11-year-old boy after a “ding dong ditch” prank Saturday – the latest example of a trend that has left children dead. Gonzalo Leon Jr., 42, was charged with ...

A Houston man has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting an 11-year-old boy who was playing a game of "ding-dong ditch." Gonzalo Leon Jr., 42, was booked Tuesday in the Harris ...

The victim was fatally shot during the incident, which occurred in Houston just before 11 p.m. local time on Saturday, Aug. 30 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

He worked as a judge from 2004 until resigning in mid-2020 while presiding over a high-profile defamation case involving former President Chun Doo Hwan, in order to run for the National Assembly.

The maker of Ding Dongs, which owns Hostess Brands, has issued a withdrawal notice in the U.S. over concerns the product could be contaminated by mold. “Our root cause investigation confirmed a ...

The Vietnamese dong, already at record lows, is facing mounting pressure from the government’s infrastructure spending spree and a hit to exports from US trade policy. The dong weakened as much as 0.1 ...