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Capitalism is having an identity crisis – but it is still the best system

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The 73-year-old Vietnamese refugee is responsible for bringing Sriracha to American consumers

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Electric Truckmaker Rivian, Backed By Amazon, Ford, Raises Whopping $1.3 Billion

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Сryptocurrencies

Ripple Talks Dubai Expansion, the Future of Cross-Border Payments and Financial Inclusion

Ripple, the enterprise crypto and blockchain solution provider, is expanding its presence in Dubai by opening a new office location in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC); citing the region’s innovation-forward regulations, […]

Pakistan Supreme Court declares arrest of former PM ‘invalid and unlawful’ – JURIST

Pakistan’s Supreme Court declared Thursday that the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan was “invalid and unlawful.” Pakistani authorities arrested Khan outside of the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, sparking protests […]

UN rights council condemns Sudan violence amid mounting civilian casualties – JURIST

The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution condemning violations of humanitarian law amid the ongoing violence that has swept Sudan in recent weeks. The resolution, which slammed violations […]

A new world order seeks to prioritise security and climate change

After the cold war, America and Europe established an economic order based upon open markets, global trade and limited state meddling in the economy. Climate change was a distant threat. Allowing countries […]

The meaty mystery at the heart of China’s economic growth

Over the past few decades, the small, industrial city of Zibo has been best-known for its petrochemical output. In recent months, however, it has become the centre of a national barbecue craze […]

Banks

Gibraltar-Based Xapo Bank Launches Tether Stablecoin Payment Rails for Retail Customers

Xapo Bank, a fully licensed private bank that combines traditional banking with access to Bitcoin and stablecoins, has become the first licensed bank in the world to integrate Tether payment rails for […]

Fintech

Terrapay receives strategic equity investment from Visa a month after raising €91.74M

London-based TerraPay, a global payments infrastructure company, on Wednesday, May 10, announced a strategic equity investment from digital payments giant, Visa. The announcement comes a couple of weeks after raising €91.74M in […]

India’s once-troubled banks are generating huge profits

People looking for tips on how to run a bank do not often head to Mumbai, and for good reason. On May 2nd India’s Supreme Court ruled that the fraud-investigation office could […]

Are America’s regional banks over the worst of it?

More people are paying attention to America’s regional banks than ever before. But it is difficult to work out the state of their balance-sheets. Recent data from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination […]

Banks

Standard Chartered Joins Forces With DIFC to Launch Digital Asset Custody Services in Dubai

Standard Chartered has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), as the two look to collaborate in the digital digital assets space, including digital asset custody. […]

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