ARCHIVE August2023
US sanctions Bosnia and Herzegovina officials for violating peace agreement – JURIST
The US announced on Monday it sanctioned four officials in Bosnia and Herzegovina for actions it says undermines the Dayton Peace Agreement. This comes after the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) passed […]
Five things investors learned this year
Stockmarkets, the economist Paul Samuelson once quipped, have predicted nine out of the last five recessions. Today they stand accused of crying wolf yet again. Pessimism seized trading floors around the world […]
Stock exchange for music: MasterExchange raises €2.46M for its new music investment platform
Innovative music investment platform secures $2.7M to change the industry. | Image credit: MasterExchange Stockholm-based music investment marketplace MasterExchange has raised a $2.7M (€2.46M) initial funding round, the firm announced today. Global […]
HRW: Panama indigenous peoples need better government support for climate change-related relocation efforts – JURIST
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Monday critiquing the Panamanian government’s lax efforts to assist coastal indigenous peoples in the country with relocation as their ancestral homelands are destroyed by climate […]
PayU sells its Global Payments Organisation platform to Rapyd for €556M in cash deal
Image credits: Rapyd PayU, the fintech and e-payments business of Prosus, announced on Tuesday that it will sell its online payment platform, Global Payments Organisation (GPO), to Rapyd, a fintech service provider. […]
UK Startups Can Win Up to £50,000 in FinTech Scotland and Smart Data Foundry Innovation Challenge
A UK fintech innovation challenge, in collaboration with some of the leading UK banks, has been launched by FinTech Scotland, the not-for-profit cluster body, and Smart Data Foundry, the open finance platform. […]
Binance Offers Virtual Asset Services in Dubai After Winning MVP License From VARA
Binance FZE, the Dubai-based subsidiary of the leading global blockchain services provider, has become the first exchange to receive the Operational Minimum Viable Product (MVP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority […]
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
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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