ARCHIVE December2023
Protests break out in New Zealand over changes in government policy toward indigenous Maori – JURIST
Thousands of protesters in New Zealand took to the streets Tuesday after the new government released its plans for policy regarding Maori rights and The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand.The protests […]
At last, a convincing explanation for America’s drug-death crisis
It is hard to overstate the impact of America’s fentanyl epidemic. The synthetic opioid and its close chemical relatives were involved in about 70% of the country’s 110,000 overdose deaths in 2022. […]
Will a fiscal mess thwart Japan’s nascent economic growth?
When moody’s, a research firm, cut Japan’s top-grade credit rating and warned of a “significant deterioration in the government’s fiscal position”, Nintendo’s first colour Game Boy was taking the world by storm […]
How to sell free trade to green types
Environmentalists do not get on with free-traders. Suspicion is the norm, if not the outright hostility on display at the “Battle of Seattle” in 1999, which took place between riot police and […]
Why it might be time to buy banks
Who would want to own shares in a bank? Rising interest rates should have been a blessing, lifting the income they can earn on assets. But a few banks that had lent […]
Will China leave behind its economic woes in 2024?
After the global financial crisis of 2007-09, economists quickly understood that the world economy would never be the same again. Although it would get past the disaster, it would recover to a […]
NatWest Boxed: The Rise of BaaS – Embracing the Embedded Finance Revolution
Amid the ongoing digital revolution and shifting customer preferences, embedded finance is reshaping the financial industry. Banking has transcended its traditional confines, forging innovative partnerships that prioritise convenience and accessibility. Andrew Ellis […]
US justice department charges 4 Russia soldiers with war crimes – JURIST
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) formally unsealed war crime charges against four Russian soldiers on Wednesday. The soldiers charged with three war crimes each—unlawful confinement, torture and inhuman treatment—and one […]
Lower house of the India Parliament passes two bills to amend reservation policy in Jammu and Kashmir – JURIST
The Lower House of the Indian Parliament, known as the Lok Sabha, passed two bills on Wednesday aimed at introducing and implementing reservations for members of schedule castes, tribes, socially and educationally […]
Adyen Becomes Acquiring Bank for Klarna as Both set out to to ‘Simplify Payments and Shopping’
Adyen, the global fintech platform, is strengthening its global partnership with Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant; enabling Klarna to benefit from Adyen’s acquiring capabilities to simplify card payments […]
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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