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Amnesty International alleges Russian war crimes, forceful transfer of civilians in Ukraine – JURIST

Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, according to an Amnesty International report released Thursday. The allegations center on civilian torture, Russia’s forcible transfer of Ukrainian civilians to Russian-controlled territory and […]

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Сryptocurrencies

CBDC Development: Who’s Leading it With Bitcoin Foundation, Web3 Labs, and More

Year in, and year out, people continue to wonder how long the crypto hype is going to continue. The volatility of the market and the crashes it has faced keep leading some […]

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Finance

Regulators eye curbs on big bank dominance in Treasury market

Regulators are looking to broaden trading in the immense $24tn market for US Treasury securities, a potential power shift away from the small club of big banks that have dominated the market for decades, […]

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UN Human Rights Council reviews UK rights record – JURIST

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Thursday reviewed the UK’s human rights record for the fourth time. The UPR announced the review on November 7.Some delegations, such as […]

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Finance

FTX crisis bruises BlackRock, VanEck: ‘Crypto industry will need to work twice as hard to rebuild bridges’

Investors in BlackRock’s and other firms’ crypto products saw values plunge on 9 November as the embattled digital assets industry reeled afresh from a crisis engulfing crypto giant FTX. BlackRock’s iShares Blockchain […]

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Finance

Binance backtracks on deal to rescue FTX amid crypto firm’s $8bn shortfall

Crypto exchange Binance reversed course on a rescue offer for FTX on 9 November, leaving the prominent digital firm with an uncertain future as it faces a shortfall of up to $8bn, […]

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Finance

Fund houses tell FTSE: 'show restraint' on CEO pay

The Investment Association missive comes hot on the heels of PwC report showing FTSE 100 CEO pay shot up 22% after record bonus payouts

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Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST

The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]

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Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST

Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]

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Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST

The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]

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Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST

Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]

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