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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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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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