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UK House of Commons passes bill declaring Rwanda a ‘safe country’ for removed asylum seekers despite Supreme Court ruling – JURIST

The UK’s House of Commons passed a bill to declare Rwanda a safe country by 320 votes to 276 late Wednesday, seeking to bypass the courts to implement the government’s plan to […]

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Economy

What economists have learnt from the post-pandemic business cycle

Science advances one funeral at a time, to paraphrase Max Planck. The Nobel prize-winning physicist was arguing that new ideas in his field would only catch on once the advocates of older […]

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Economy

China’s population is shrinking and its economy is losing ground

“HOW SHOULD one look at the Chinese economy?”, asked Li Qiang, the country’s prime minister, at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 16th. “It is similar to looking at the […]

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Banks

Dubai Islamic Bank Launches DIB XTRA to ‘Empower’ Customers Looking to Achieve Financial Objectives

Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), the UAE-based Islamic bank, has launched ‘DIB XTRA’, an offering that will reward customers who open a salary transfer account with the bank. With DIB XTRA, Dubai Islamic […]

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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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