Economy

Surging stockmarkets are powered by artificial intelligence

Do you buy the hype? The release of Chatgpt, a tool designed by OpenAI, has kicked off a wave of enthusiasm about artificial intelligence (ai). Everyone from spy agencies to law firms […]

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Banks

Dubai Islamic Bank Introduces a ‘new era of Banking’ With Updated Digital Customer Experience

Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) has launched DIB ‘alt’, a new digital banking experience for its customers. The new digital umbrella brand will house all of the bank’s digital offerings and capabilities under […]

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Banks

UK Consumers Embrace Embedded Finance Causing Payments ‘Inflexion Point’; Finds Marqeta

Embedded finance continues to grow in the UK, and consumers appear to be wanting more of the convenience offered by it in ever-greater numbers when it comes to payments, according to a […]

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Сryptocurrencies

Industry Responds to UK Parliament’s Call For More Crypto Regulation in Inaugural Report

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Crypto and Digital Assets Group, a cross-party group of MPs and Lords in the UK Parliament chaired by Dr Lisa Cameron MP, has published a […]

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News

UK orders closure of all China-run ‘police stations’ and calls their operations ‘unacceptable’ – JURIST

UK Minister for Security Tom Tugendhat updated Parliament on Tuesday about Chinese “overseas police service stations” on commitments made in parliamentary statements last November and reiterated by Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire […]

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UN alleges human rights violations against Guantanamo Bay Prison detainee – JURIST

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention released a report alleging that Afghanistan, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Thailand, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the US all participated in human rights violations against […]

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Hong Kong court quashes conviction of award-winning journalist – JURIST

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal quashed the conviction of journalist Choi Yuk-ling on Monday regarding her investigation into the 2019 Yuen Long attack. The court unanimously quashed Choi’s conviction by […]

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North Macedonia police arrest 10 suspected members of international people smuggling ring – JURIST

The Police of North Macedonia announced Monday they arrested ten men who are suspected members of an international people smuggling ring. The arrests were the culmination of an investigation that lasted from July 2021 […]

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Fintech

Amsterdam-based Sprinque bags €20M in debt facility to help Europe’s B2B Merchants: Know more

Image credits: Sprinque Amsterdam-based Sprinque, a flexible payments platform for local and cross-border B2B transactions, announced on Tuesday that it has secured €20M debt facility from Avellinia Capital. The announcement comes five […]

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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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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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