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​The United States has changed its position, which has virtually stalled global digital tax talks. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told colleagues in the G20 today that Washington will not insist on setting so called safe shelter.

In the negotiations on the global digital tax under the auspices of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the administration of US President Donald Trump insisted on so called provision of safe shelter. This would, in fact, allow large technology companies to comply with the law only on a voluntary basis.
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Due to US insistence, global tax negotiations have virtually stalled. The idea was to set a minimum tax rate for technology giants by international agreement.
Companies such as Google, Facebook or Amazon currently generate revenue worldwide, and report profits only in a small number of selected countries, mostly those that allow them to pay lower taxes.

The change in U.S. stance is happening in the context of reshaping the policies of Trump’s successor, Joe Biden. The news was immediately welcomed by Germany and France, which now assess that a global agreement is at hand.
"This is a huge step forward on the road to an agreement between the participating countries by the summer," said German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz. French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire also called for an agreement to be reached by the summer. Negotiations must resume immediately, he said.
At a meeting of G20 finance ministers, Yellen also promised that the United States would be strongly active in the talks.

France adopted its own income tax on technology companies in 2019 but froze its collection until the end of 2020 for the duration of OECD negotiations. However, Paris drew on Trump's anger, which even threatened France with tariffs.

Anyone who has seen the Eddie Murphy comedy Coming to America knows that the restaurant McDowell’s, which is totally not a ripoff of McDonald’s at all, plays a key part in the movie.  Now the restaurant is real (kinda). Several people have reviewed a spoofed location in New York in the spirit of honoring the fictional restaurant.
As you may be aware of Mcdowell’s is the place Akeem works at when he comes to America from Africa while concealing his identity as a prince. This is the place where Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall from the fake African nation of Zamunda get jobs at in the film.
As Mr Mcdowell explains in the movie "Me and the McDonald's people, we have this little misunderstanding. See they're McDonald's. I'm McDowell's. They got the golden arches. Mine is the golden arcs," the restaurant's owner Cleo McDowell exclaims. We will show you a few of these reviews below.
Coming to America 2 is releasing on Amazon Prime March 5th.

​All eyes on Jan Oblak and this is the reason.


The Slovenian national team goalkeeper was a star on social networks.
In the last Sunday's match of the 25th round of the Spanish Football Championship, the leading Atletico Madrid beat Villarreal away with 2:0 and again slightly increased their lead in the standings, now they have five points more than Barcelona.

Madrid city rival Real, currently third, will play its match of this round on Monday. Jan Oblak and his teammates took the lead in the 25th minute after a delayed start at Villarreal, who had the upper hand. At that time, after Stefan Savić's action, Alfonso Pedraza finally sent the ball into his own net, but the referees needed several minutes of viewing the footage to admit the goal. At the end of the first half, Thomas Lemar received a yellow card for the offense after watching the video, although the home team demanded a red card.


Then Luis Suarez was the first to try dangerously for the Madrid fans, but in the 69th minute the home defense intervened poorly with the visitors' pass, the ball was bounced right to Joao Felix, who had no difficulty to hit. The young Portuguese set the final score.
But the star of the evening was again the Slovenian goalkeeper. He collected six defenses in the match, and many football fans posted about his moves on social networks. “He’s the best goalkeeper in the world,” many agreed.

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​Today, Luka Dončić is celebrating his 22nd birthday, and his teammate Boban Marjanović also joined many congratulations that the young Slovenian star received via social networks. The Serbian giant is considered one of the biggest jokers in the NBA league, and he also gets along well with Slovec from outside the basketball courts.
Dončić immediately thanked Marjanović for the congratulations with a heart-shaped emoticon.


Boban and Luka (hapy BDay Luka)
Dončić also congratulated himself on his birthday in the best possible way with an excellent performance against the Brooklyn Nets.
James Harden, this time the remaining members of the big three in the Nets Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were missing due to injuries, and their teammates lost to Dallas after eight consecutive victories in the league.
 With a solid victory, coach Rick Carlisle put Luka on the bench with a high lead in the middle of the last quarter, collecting 27 points, six rebounds, seven assists and two steals, losing only one ball.

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​Dubai Airport confirmed a 70% drop in the number of passengers last year. But air passenger traffic, which has been almost completely paralyzed by the covida-19 pandemic, will not return to pre-crisis levels so soon. Lufthansa's first man estimates that the numbers that international airports and airlines once boasted could only come closer in five years.

Dubai Airport, considered as one of the major transit airports, had 25.9 million passengers last year, up 70 percent less from the previous year, when 86 million passengers were listed. The decline was attributed to the covida-19 pandemic and fewer trips, as well as tighter conditions in the tourism sector.
Dubai International Airport CEO Paul Griffiths estimated that last year was the most difficult year for the aviation industry. The airport was even closed for a while in the spring. “The effects of the pandemic have been felt around the world,” he added.
in 2019, as one of the largest airports in the world, already experienced a 3.1% drop in the number of passengers. With this, for the first time in 20 years, they had a drop in passenger numbers on an annual basis.

Dubai Airport
 
last year most passengers arrived at Dubai Airport from India (4.3 million), followed by passengers from the UK (1.8 million) and Pakistan (4.3 million).
Dubai is a popular destination for tourists looking for higher temperatures during the winter. However, Dubai has also had to tighten its measures in recent weeks, as more than 500,000 tourists have 'flocked' to the resorts there, leading to a resurgence in the number of new coronavirus infections.
 
Lufthansa's first man expects air traffic to return to normal in five years
According to Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr, air passenger traffic, which has been hit hard by the covida-19 pandemic, will not return to pre-crisis levels any time soon. He estimated that air passenger traffic in Europe and the US at the 2019 level will not return in less than five years.

Lufthansa's fleet will shrink from about 800 to 650 aircraft due to the pandemic.
 
 
“To date, there have been no relaxations of the strict rules, which makes it very difficult to carry air passenger transport,” said Spohr at a web conference of one of London’s economics schools this week. “What’s more, the restrictions have been tightened at best,” he added.
Weak numbers of passengers will be observed in the coming weeks, he is convinced. Even at the height of the summer season, it expects passengers to be only 40 to 60 percent of their numbers before a pandemic break out. “This will be a big challenge for companies,” he pointed out.
According to him, obtaining a negative test for coronavirus before boarding will be crucial, but he emphasized that there are no clear instructions on how the test should be performed. At Lufthansa, he said, they prepared to the best of their ability. He believes that a negative test or vaccination certificate before boarding the plane will sooner or later be a world standard.
 

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​Doncic is the hero of the dramatic finale against Boston
The Mavericks seemed to be wasting another encounter in the final minutes as the Celtics ’onslaught nullified a dozen points of advantage. But Luka Dončić came to the rescue with two three-pointers in the last seconds and brought Dallas a much-needed victory (110: 107) with an explosion of joy on the home bench.

The last shot for three came from almost the same place as the famous Dončić trio (31 points, 8 assists, 10 rebounds, stolen ball) against the Clippers in last year's playoffs and on the TNT television network they had their hands happy, as spectators witnessed a tense match, which unfolded at the last second. "The goals in the last minute were great. Both attacks were difficult, the first even harder because we ran out of time. We did not have a minute break in the second, we gave the ball to Luka and let him create. He took his step right in front of me. back and throw, a remarkable throw, a breathtaking show,” coach Rick Carlisle also turned into an admirer for a moment. "On the first throw, I was more confident, I had a good feeling when the ball flew out of my hand. I was a little tired because I ran around with it the whole attack, but it went through the hoop. That is all that mattered. "Doncic described the moment of the decision. “Sometimes you miss like I did in the game against Portland, sometimes you hit, so ...” he shrugged.

This time Robin of the Slovenian Batman was Jalen Brunson (22 points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds), his 16 points in the last quarter brought enough stock to withstand Boston’s onslaught in the final minutes. Josh Richardson added 16 points (and a pass and 4 rebounds) Tim Hardaway Jr. (14 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds) missed all eight throws from a distance but hit the ball through the hoop. Carlisle especially praised James Johnson (8 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals), who earned the championship of the best defender, which is shared at the club with victories. "He was great on defense. I don't know how long he hasn't played a minute, but he stayed ready and did a great job." Boban Marjanović also did well (10 points, assists, 8 rebounds), who also does not get chances often, this time he noticeably revived the Dallas attack. According to Carlisle, the presence of spectators is also wisible, even though there were only 3,300 of them in the 19,000-seat hall. "We feel their presence, their energy. I have no doubt we are playing better basketball since they are with us," he is convinced. Dončić is also happy to have spectators in the game again. "Right after the game I said, imagine the hall would be full, the feeling would be even better. But even now it was nicer to end the game like that when there were some fans with us," he was grateful for their encouragement.

In a three- All Star match, Jayson Tatum (28 points, 4 assists, 6 rebounds, steal, 2 blocks) and Jaylen Brown (29 points, 5 assists, 7 rebounds, 2 steals) had a great evening. It didn’t even help Boston that veteran Kemba Walker (21 points, 3 assists, 4 rebounds) was in the mood this time as well, nullifying Dallas ’advantage with threes at the end. Dončić swiped them anyway. "It's hard to explain the way people like Luka Doncic, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant ... guys who have that kind of laser focus. What I've seen over the years are at the end of games when it comes to winning, focused only on how to achieve what the team needs and achieves them,” Carlisle described his best player.
 

 
A cat lawyer was on a zoom call recently dealing with the purrfect situation he was mistaken for a human only to accidently reveal his true cat form due to a technical glitch. It took the judge sometime to verify all necessary documents and confirm his cattitude.

When asked he reiterated, I am not a cat, I am a human lawyer to which the fellow members of the call replied. Good kitty, accept and embrace yourself and don’t be afraid to chase that mouse.

There has been a recent surge human cat impersonations, something authorities are currently looking into. It could be responsible for some of the confusion. Kitty , human dysphoria is currently a growing concern among mental health professionals. 

After all we are all chasing that mouse of self-acceptance and hope to one day all be good kitty’s ourselves. The rest of the legal panel continued to persist he was indeed a cat even going as far as meowing at him.
The lawyer cat or not or not ended the call storming out protesting I am not a cat!
​Hopefully this cat lawyer learns to embrace and love his true self.

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​Some people are unusually resistant to the new coronavirus, so scientists are looking for answers to what gives them that resistance, reports the BBC.
It started with the HIV virus
As a young man, Stephen Crohn could only helplessly watch as his friends began to die one after another from a disease that did not yet have a name at the time. When his partner, athlete Jerry Green, fell ill in 1978, Crohn was convinced that the disease would soon affect him as well. But despite expectations, Crohn remained healthy, even when Green went blind and paralyzed because the HIV virus had hit his immune system so badly. Immunologist Bill Paxton therefore started looking for homosexuals who were resistant to the infection in 1996 and found the reason - the resistance of white blood cells or leukocytes. Even in the laboratory, he could not infect Crohn's white blood cells with HIV. Crohn was among the percentage of the population with a gene mutation that prevents HIV from binding to the surface of white blood cells. Based on this finding, scientists have been able to develop a drug that mimics the effect of this mutation.

Blood group plays an important role
Even today, scientists are trying to develop drugs based on the imitation of gene mutations of resistant individuals to treat other diseases. Jason Bobe, a geneticist at Icahn School of Medicine in New York City, has spent most of the past decade studying people with unusual resistance to a variety of diseases, from borreliosis to heart disease. Already during the first wave of the covida-19 epidemic, he began to wonder if there were people who were resistant to the virus. He tried to find families where several members had symptomatic covid-19 and only one of them was asymptomatic. Bobe will now try to thoroughly research the genome of people showing signs of resistance to the new coronavirus and determine if there are certain mutations in it that protect them from the virus. Scientists have already found some possible explanations. They found that people with blood type 0 and RH negative blood type were less likely to have a severe course of the disease. Although some scientists believe that some people with certain blood types have naturally present antibodies in their bodies that can partially recognize the virus, they do not yet have solid evidence for this.

The 114-year-old also contracted Covid-19
114-year-old Mayana Zatz, director of the Human Genome Research Center at the University of Sao Paulo, is also trying to identify people who show high resistance to covid-19. Her research currently includes 100 couples in which one partner became ill and the other did not. "We are trying to find out why some people who are highly exposed to the virus do not get sick and do not develop antibodies - as it turns out, this is a fairly common occurrence," she told the BBC. Zatzova also analyzes the genome of twelve people a hundred or more years old who have been affected by the coronavirus only mildly, including a 114-year-old woman who she concludes is the oldest person in the world to have survived covid-19.

On the other hand, seemingly healthy people on fans
Qian Zhang, a geneticist at The Rockefeller University in New York, explained that with every infectious disease, there are people who can also become unexpectedly seriously ill, even though they are generally healthy. Severe problems can be caused by completely common viruses, such as herpes or the flu. At the start of the epidemic, the university was studying particularly unusual cases, such as seemingly perfectly healthy 30-year-olds who ended up on fans. Already at the beginning of the project, Zhang concluded what was causing such a response to the virus. As early as the 1960s, scientists discovered that our cells have a built-in t. i. an “alarm system” that alerts the body when attacked by a new virus. All cells receive a signal and devote themselves to preparing to fight the virus. However, due to certain mutations, in some people the cells do not respond properly and do not warn the body of the danger that threatens it.
“If there is no alarm, the virus spreads and multiplies rapidly in the body,” Zhang explained. Such mutations can also be present in young, otherwise healthy people. Research shows that covid-19 is similar.

Mutations and autoantibodies
In the study, researchers at The Rockefeller University compared 987 patients with covid-19 (under the age of 50 and over the age of 50 who had no associated disease) who also developed severe pneumonia from covid-19. And what exactly did they find out? About 3.5% had a major gene mutation that caused their body not to respond properly. Another 10 percent had t present in their body. i. autoantibodies that can attack their own cells and thus cause great damage. Therefore, scientists want to discover people who are more vulnerable and sensitive to covid-19, as well as other viruses, such as seasonal flu. Zhang explains that anyone known to have a gene mutation that impairs their response to interferon can be treated with type 1 interferons either as a preventative measure or at an early stage of infection. They are also working with blood banks around the world to find out how widespread autoantibodies to type 1 interferon are among humans.
If there are many people with such mutations, tests could be developed to determine which people are at greater risk for the infection.

Specific combination of genes impairs response
However, autoantibodies and mutations that directly block interferon account for only about 14 percent of abnormally sensitive patients. For the remaining 86 percent, geneticists believe their vulnerability stems from a network of genetic interactions that affect them directly when a virus attacks. "Few people have a hard time overcoming the disease due to a mutation in just one gene. Most patients follow a more complex model in which many genes work together, leading to susceptibility to the more severe form of Covid-19," Alessandra Renieri, a professor of genetics at the BBC, told the BBC. University of Siena.

Five genes that are more or less active than average
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh, however, studied the genomes of 2,700 patients from intensive care units across the UK and compared them to healthy volunteers. They found that people who are more susceptible to the more severe form of covida-19 have five genes associated with the interferon response and susceptibility to pneumonia, which are either more or less active than in the general population. “This combination means the virus spreads more easily throughout the body, making them more likely to suffer more severe lung damage,” said Erola Pairo-Castineira, a scientist who participated in the study. This knowledge is expected to change the way of treatment in future epidemics as well.

Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet",Tyson is considered one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990. Claiming his first belt at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old, Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title. 

Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. Tyson then won the WBC title in 1986 after stopping Trevor Berbick in the second round and added the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker in 1987. He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles, as well as the only heavyweight boxer to hold them in succession. 

In 1992, Tyson was convicted of rape and sentenced to six years in prison, although he was released on parole after three years. After his release in 1995, he engaged in a series of comeback fights, regaining the WBA and WBC titles in 1996. After being stripped of the WBC title in the same year, Tyson lost the WBA title to Evander Holyfield by an eleventh-round stoppage. Their 1997 rematch ended when Tyson was disqualified for biting Holyfield's ear, one bite notoriously being strong enough to remove a portion of his right ear.


In 2002, Tyson fought for the world heavyweight title again at the age of 35, losing by knockout to Lennox Lewis. Tyson retired from professional boxing in 2006, after being stopped in consecutive matches against journeymen Danny Williams and Kevin McBride. Tyson declared bankruptcy in 2003, despite having received over $30 million for several of his fights and over $600 million during his career. At the time the media reported that he had approximately $23 million in debt. 
Tyson was known for his ferocious and intimidating boxing style as well as his controversial behavior inside and outside the ring. As of the writing of this article Tyson had a 3 million net worth. Surprisingly modest for a person of his stature.

He holds the sixth-longest unified championship reign in heavyweight boxing history at 8 consecutive defenses. BoxRec ranked him as the world's top 10 heavyweight 12 times and placed him at No.1 from 1986 to 1989. He was ranked 16th on The Ring magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. Sky Sports described him as "perhaps the most ferocious fighter to step into a professional ring". He has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.
 

If your not familiar with Jake and Logan Paul they are the kings of Youtube, Jake has moved on to other projects most recently boxing. Paul knocked out Nate Robinson in his last bout. However he has much loftier goals for future fights.

Paul wants to eventually fight Nate Diaz and Connor Mcgregor these are planned as marquee matchups after he gets a few wins under his belt The Ben Askren fight could still be a challenge Jake Paul isn't worried. Let's hope he can back up the confidence.