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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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Cash Flow Management Proves to be Top Reason for Embedded Finance Adoption Finds KeyBank

KeyBank, the regional bank headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, has had a busy month solidifying the position of embedded finance in the current market. The bank has published its findings from a report […]

NatWest Rooster Money: Kids Enjoy Allowance ‘Pay-Rises’ Despite Cost of Living Pressure on Parents

Despite a reduction in the proportion of kids receiving a regular allowance (from 65 per cent in 2021/22 to 57 per cent in 2022/23), British kids’ average annual income increased by 11 […]

Iran executes 3 men on charges of ‘enmity against god’ – JURIST

Iran executed three men accused of carrying out a terrorist attack during last year’s nationwide protests surrounding the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. According to Mizan, a state-run news agency for Iran’s […]

Amnesty International: Kenya must protect LGBT+ refugees at Kakuma refugee camp – JURIST

According to report published by Amnesty International and the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission on Friday, the Kakuma refugee camp, located in northwestern Kenya, is not a secure sanctuary for […]

Bahrain Sees new Islamic Banking Offering and Becomes Base of new Digital Bank

Banking in Bahrain has seen two exciting developments as ila Bank launches a new Islamic banking experience in the country; while Singapore-based Whampoa Group has selected Bahrain to become the headquarters of […]

Emirates NBD Launches Digital Asset Lab to Accelerate Innovation in the UAE

Emirates NBD, the banking group for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT), has launched its the Emirates NBD ‘Digital Asset Lab’, a platform enabling and accelerating digital asset and financial […]

Namibia Supreme Court rules in favor of recognizing foreign same-sex marriages – JURIST

The Supreme Court of Namibia ruled the country’s authorities must recognize foreign same-sex marriages for immigration purposes, potentially signaling a major policy shift in a country where homosexuality is criminalized.The decision came […]

Mexico human rights groups call for additional reforms to legal capacity protections – JURIST

Over 100 human rights groups sent a letter Thursday to the Mexican Congress asking state legislatures to increase and improve legal capacity protections by reforming their civil codes and notary public legislation […]

Economy

Robert Lucas was a giant of macroeconomics

Economics is full of equations named after their inventor. Robert Lucas, who died on May 15th aged 85, was different. His name graces something edgier: a “critique”. When he presented an early […]

Economy

The financial system is slipping into state control

There exists a centuries-old and fathoms-deep relationship between finance and the state. The great banking houses, such as the Medicis of Florence, were lenders of last resort to rulers at risk of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST