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UK police say no further action to follow cash-for-honours investigation involving King’s charity – JURIST

The London Metropolitan Police announced Monday that they will not be taking further action into an investigation over whether an official from King Charles’s charity The Prince’s Foundation offered a Saudi citizen […]

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The Guardian: Israel embassy may have attempted to influence UK criminal prosecutions – JURIST

The Guardian reported Monday that Israeli embassy officials may have attempted to influence the prosecutions of pro-Palestine protesters in UK courts, but Israeli officials have denied doing so.The paper received heavily-redacted documents from activist […]

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Russia court closes human rights organization for alleged legal violations – JURIST

The Moscow City Court ruled Friday to liquidate the Public Commission for the Preservation of the Heritage of Academician Sakharov (Sakharov Center), a human rights organization,  for “systematic, gross and irremediable violations […]

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NTT DATA Reveals Significant ‘Lack of Trust’ and ‘Dissatisfaction’ of UK Banking Providers

New research from NTT DATA UK&I, the IT services provider for the banking and financial services industries, reveals that only 33 per cent of banking customers are currently ‘very satisfied’ with their […]

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Turkey’s Colendi Receives Approval to Launch First Digital Deposit Bank

Anglo-Turkish fintech firm Colendi has received the green light from Turkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) to introduce the country’s first digital deposit bank. This approval positions ColendiBank for launch, thus […]

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Moniepoint Microfinance Bank Extends Services to Customers and Employees With App and Debit Card

Moniepoint Microfinance Bank, the business banking platform in Nigeria has entered the personal banking market with the launch of a consumer app and debit card. Moniepoint Microfinance Bank, another subsidiary of Moniepoint […]

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Understanding Balance Sheets Against a Backdrop of Economic Turmoil

The second half of 2023 looks set to be challenging, with economists anticipating that interest rates will climb to six per cent by the end of the year. Amid this difficult environment, […]

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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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