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How Will Zimbabwe’s Gold-Backed CBDC Fare in the Face of Hyperinflation and a Lack of Trust?

Zimbabwe has officially launched a new gold-backed digital currency, in response to a number of macroeconomic challenges. Significant inflation has seen Zimbabwean citizens exchanging all of their local currency in favour of […]

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Fuse Unveils Health Signals: AI-Powered Solution for Enhanced Consumer Protection

Fuse, an AI-powered transaction analytics firm, has taken the initiative to offer support to banks and financial institutions in response to lenders admitting their lack of preparedness for the impending regulatory changes. […]

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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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