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UN inquiry into missile strike that killed 59 civillians concludes Russia was responsible – JURIST

The UN Human Rights office Tuesday concluded that the October 5 missile strike in Hroza, Ukraine was launched by Russia. The strike, which was labeled the deadliest since Russia’s 2022 invasion of […]

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German court rules double jeopardy statute unconstitutional – JURIST

The German Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled a law allowing double jeopardy in criminal cases where new evidence was available was unconstitutional. In the majority decision, the justices found a fundamental right […]

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Сryptocurrencies

Em Conversa: Combining AI and Crypto with iVi Technologies

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

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Economy

Donald Trump’s second term would be a protectionist nightmare

Sequels are never as good as the original. And when the original was terrible, there is even more reason to dread the next episode. So it is with “Tariff Man Part Two”. […]

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Bangladesh High Court commutes death sentence to life imprisonment for perpetrators of 2016 attack – JURIST

The High Court division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on Monday commuted the death sentence of seven militants to life imprisonment for their involvement in an attack on a cafe in 2016. […]

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ICC president delivers annual report amid one of court’s ‘most active periods’ – JURIST

The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) presented the court’s annual report to the UN General Assembly Monday. The address took place 25 years after the original signing of the Rome […]

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Economy

What a third world war would mean for investors

Europe had been moving towards the slaughterhouse for years, and by 1914 a conflict was all but inevitable—that, at least, is the argument often made in hindsight. Yet at the time, as […]

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Banks

Banco do Brasil Selects HCLTech to Hyper-Personalise its Customer Experience

Banco do Brasil, one of the largest financial institutions in Latin America, through a bidding process, has chosen HCLTech, a global tech firm, to support the bank’s digital transformation and customer relationship […]

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Fintech

Swedish playtech Boxbollen capitalises on global growth with a €2.5M capital partnership with Juni

Playtech startup Boxbollen announces a €3.11M capital partnership with financial platform Juni. | Image credit: Boxbollen Stockholm-born playtech startup Boxbollen announced a $2.7M (€2.55M) capital partnership with Juni, a financial platform for […]

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Communication blackout in Gaza follows Israel airstrikes, ground operation – JURIST

Gaza experienced communication blackouts on Saturday following Israeli airstrikes and expanded ground operations, the Palestine Telecommunications Company (Paltel) reported. Paltel said that “the heavy bombardment of the last hour has caused the destruction […]

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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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