Alibaba founder Jack Ma suddenly stopped being a jury member in the Africa's Business Heroes competition he created, writes the Financial Times. This happened against the backdrop of a conflict between the billionaire and the Chinese authorities. Jack Ma has been replaced as one of the judges in a television competition aimed at supporting start-up entrepreneurs. His photo was also removed from the competition website, where all members of the jury were featured.

Since 2021, a new taxation system has begun in Russia - for the first time in 20 years, elements of the progressive scale of personal income tax will appear in the country. We tell you what to change. From January 1, 2021, the law entered into force by which citizens will pay an increased income tax rate (15% instead of 13%) if their annual income is 5 million rubles per year (about 417 thousand rubles a month).

The British strain of coronavirus is not only more contagious, but also appears to be capable of infecting more people under the age of 20, have found . researchers at Imperial College London and other research groups Scientists have confirmed that the new British strain of coronavirus is more contagious. Infectiousness is dangerous primarily by an increase in R (the coefficient of spread of the virus) by about 0.7 units, writes Bloomberg.

The vaccine from Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech was the first to receive emergency use approval from the WHO. This means that countries can quickly approve vaccination with this drug. in a statement The WHO said that the emergency release opens the door for countries to expedite their own regulatory procedures for approving a vaccine for import and administration.