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Germany says 90 military-age Russian men granted asylum since Ukraine invasion – JURIST

The German interior ministry said that 90 Russian men of military age have been granted asylum in the country since Russia’s 2023 invasion of Ukraine, according to a Friday report from the […]

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Banks

Sibos 2023: Industry Reaction and Tokyo’s Top Takeaways

As the curtains draw on another engaging edition of Sibos – the global financial services networking event organised by Swift – it’s time to take a reflective journey through the week that was. […]

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Banks

Emirates NBD Launches Enhanced Mobile Banking app ‘ENBD X’; With Embedded Digital Wealth Platform

Emirates NBD, the banking group in MENAT (Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye), has successfully completed launched its enhanced mobile banking app, ‘ENBD X’. ENBD X is now available to all Emirates […]

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Tunisia police arrest political cartoonist on suspicion of insulting PM – JURIST

A prominent political cartoonist in Tunisia announced he was released from custody Friday on his Facebook page. Tunisian authorities arrested Tawfiq Omrane, well-known for publishing satirical drawings of political figures on his […]

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International watchdog CIVICUS finds Bangladesh civic space is ‘repressed’ – JURIST

International civil society watchdog CIVICUS added Bangladesh on Thursday to its CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist and rated the civic space in Bangladesh as “repressed,” the watchdog’s second lowest rating. The CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist rates […]

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Canada sanctions Haiti businessmen amid escalating humanitarian crisis – JURIST

Canada announced on Thursday that it would impose additional sanctions on three prominent Haitian businessmen. These measures come as a rebuke to individuals allegedly involved in corruption that have further deepened the […]

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Fintech

Feature Spotlight: SumUp revolutionises merchant payments in the UK with 7AM payouts

SumUp has recently introduced a new feature called 7AM payouts to UK users. | Image credit: SumUp London-based SumUp, a global fintech platform, announced on  Thursday, September 21, that it has introduced […]

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Сryptocurrencies

Em Conversa: Combatting Inflation Using Stablecoins in Brazil with Tether

Em Conversa looks to uncover the secrets in Latin America (LatAm) that have caused the fintech market to boom, from being worth less than $50million in 2016, to $2.1billion in 2022.  In June 2023, […]

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Сryptocurrencies

HKMA Ban of Crypto Firms Using Banking Terminology Sets Crypto Transparency Precedent

In early September, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced its new crypto marketing rules to improve consumer safety when investing in digital assets. In a similar vein, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority […]

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Protests, counter-protests held across Canada over sexual orientation and gender identity in school curriculums – JURIST

Protests and counter-protests were held across Canada on Wednesday over the sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) curriculum in schools, with numbers ranging from several hundred to over 1,000 participants in some […]

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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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