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The Economist’s finance and economics internship
THE ECONOMIST is seeking promising journalists and would-be journalists to apply for the 2023 Marjorie Deane internship. The successful candidate will spend six months with us in London writing about finance and […]
The world’s oil-price benchmark is being radically reformed
The price of Brent crude has a decent claim to be the world’s most important number. Two-thirds of the 100m barrels a day of oil traded globally derive their price from it. […]
Radical reform of the world’s oil-price benchmark seeks to avert chaos
The price of Brent crude has a decent claim to be the world’s most important number. Two-thirds of the 100m barrels a day of oil traded globally derive their price from it. […]
Amsterdam fintech Klearly launches in the Netherlands after raising €2.1M from Antler, ex-Mollie CEO, others
Klearly team | Image credit: Klearly Amsterdam-based Klearly, a startup that claims to be the first Dutch app to allow users to receive payments directly on their phones, announced on Wednesday that […]
Ireland-based fintech platform NomuPay secures €50.1M for cross-border payments; Know more
NomuPay CEO, Peter Burridge | Image credit: NomuPay Dublin-based NomuPay, an end-to-end payment platform for expansion into regions of high cross-border and ecommerce growth, announced that it has secured $53.6M (approximately €50.19M) […]
Central African Republic President calls for constitutional referendum – JURIST
President Faustin Archange Touadéra of the Central African Republic called for a constitutional referendum Tuesday that would allow him to seek a third term in office. This call was quickly followed by the […]
South Africa opposition party calls for arrest of Putin during upcoming BRICS conference – JURIST
South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) called Tuesday for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin should he enter the country for the upcoming BRICS Conference. Since March, the International […]
Digital Euro One Step Closer to Everyday Reality As Prototyping Exercise Results Revealed
The European Central Bank has published the summary and the lessons learned from the prototyping exercise conducted from July 2022 to February 2023. It tested how design choices for the digital euro […]
Japan court holds ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional – JURIST
A Japanese district court held Tuesday the government’s failure to recognize same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Marriage for All Japan, a Japanese organization fighting for marriage equality, shared the Nagoya District Court in […]
30 NATO-led peacekeepers injured in clashes over Kosovo elections – JURIST
Clashes in Kosovo with Serb protesters resulted Tuesday in the injury of 30 NATO-led peacekeepers. Shortly after the incident, NATO announced it would deploy additional forces to the region. This has all […]
Russian human rights group claims 109 arrested during Navalny demonstrations – JURIST
OVD-Info, a Russian human and media rights group on Sunday claimed police arrested at least 109 people during demonstrations supporting imprisoned opposition leader, Alexey Navalny. The group stated two journalists are known […]
Reporters Without Borders: Macau national security law threatens residents and journalists – JURIST
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounced on Friday Macau’s decision to expand their national security law, which takes effect this week. The effect of these changes, according to RSF, “increases the pressure on […]
Canada NGOs request federal court block former Israel PM’s visit – JURIST
Canadian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) submitted a court application, known as a mandamus, in federal court Friday urging Canadian Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino to deny former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett […]
Rights group estimates Iran executed at least 140 people in May – JURIST
Iran Human Rights released data on Thursday which shows Iran executed 142 people in May, making it the highest number of Iranian executions in one month since 2015.Some of the charges used […]
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