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Libya Christians face death sentence over conversion from Islam and proselytization – JURIST

Libyan activists told The Guardian Wednesday that six Libyan Christians are at risk of being executed for converting from Islam and spreading their religious beliefs.After being arrested in March by the Libyan […]

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Banks

LHV Bank Receives UK Banking Licence 1 Year After Application Submission

LHV Bank, a provider of banking services and SME lending solutions, has been authorised as a credit institution by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). This has enabled it to become the first […]

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Banks

Toqio Reveals ‘Remarkable Growth’ of BaaS Across Europe in Latest Report

Banking-as-a-service (BaaS) and BaaS-powered business models across the UK and Europe may be experiencing a quick evolution – as BaaS gains a foothold in a number of countries across Europe, including in […]

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Age discrimination persists among Australian workers despite legal protections, study shows – JURIST

Despite legal protections against age discrimination and record-high job vacancies, a significant number of Australian organizations are reluctant to recruit potential employees over the age of 50, a new survey revealed. Nearly one-fifth, […]

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Economy

China’s local-debt crisis is about to get nasty

Locals in guiyang have a keen sense of the distance between them and everywhere else. Over cold rice noodles bathed in chilli paste and vinegar, an elderly resident of the city in […]

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Economy

Gabriel Zucman, a controversial John Bates Clark medallist

Since the global financial crisis of 2007-09 the world has worried more about inequalities of wealth and income. That is in large part a result of work done by a band of […]

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Economy

How Japanese policymakers ended up in a very deep hole

Investors betting on tighter monetary policy from the Bank of Japan (boj) have experienced very few victories over the past three or so decades of ultra-low interest rates. The first decision by […]

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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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