ARCHIVE August2023
America’s astonishing economic growth goes up another gear
The energizer bunny, a pink mechanical hare that keeps banging its drum owing to long-lasting batteries, will celebrate its 35th anniversary this October. As if to mark the momentous occasion, the American […]
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin dead in plane crash weeks after thwarted uprising against Moscow – JURIST
Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of powerful Russian mercenary group Wagner, died in a plane crash on Wednesday, alongside the group’s alleged founder Dmitry Utkin.“The Wagner leadership has confirmed the deaths of Prigozhin and […]
SEC Charges Titan to Pay Almost $1million Civil Penalty For Misleading Metrics in Adverts
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Titan Global Capital Management USA LLC, a New York-based fintech investment adviser, for using hypothetical performance metrics in advertisements that were misleading. The fintech […]
London’s Translucent bags £5M in seed funding for its innovative multi-entity financial platform
Translucent offers financial management solutions for multi-entity enterprises with streamlined solutions and innovative apps. | Image credit: Translucent London-based Translucent, a financial management platform for multi-entity and multinational enterprises, announced that it […]
New Zealand senior medical officials launch first ever strike action – JURIST
Senior doctors and dentists in New Zealand announced their intentions to strike Monday following unsuccessful pay negotiations with New Zealand’s public health agency, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand. This will mark […]
Hong Kong court refuses 1/3 prison sentence reduction for National Security Law offender – JURIST
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal refused university student Lui Sai Yu’s appeal for a one-third prison sentence reduction on Tuesday, despite him having pleaded guilty to violating the National Security […]
What China’s economic troubles mean for the world
Only eight months ago China’s economy was expected to roar back to life. Zero-covid had been abandoned; the country’s shoppers and tourists allowed to roam free. Yet the hoped-for rebound has fizzled […]
Industry Reacts to Coinbase Winning Regulatory Approval to Offer Crypto Futures in US
Cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase can now offer crypto futures to customers in the US, after winning regulatory approval from the National Futures Association (NFA) to operate a futures commission merchant (FCM). FCMs […]
Bybit Shows Continuous Support of Crypto Education as 38 AUS Students Receive Scholarships
Crypto exchange, Bybit continues to support crypto education and adoption in the UAE as it awards scholarships to 38 high-achieving students at the American University of Sharjah (AUS). Following its partnership announcement […]
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 […]
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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