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Capitalism is having an identity crisis – but it is still the best system

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The 73-year-old Vietnamese refugee is responsible for bringing Sriracha to American consumers

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Electric Truckmaker Rivian, Backed By Amazon, Ford, Raises Whopping $1.3 Billion

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Russia court sentences woman to 27 years for fatal St. Petersburg cafe bombing – JURIST

A Russian court on Thursday sentenced Darya Trepova to 27 years in prison for her involvement in the alleged terrorist attack that killed pro-war military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maxim Fomin) […]

What Donald Trump can learn from the Big Mac index

Little is more symbolic of globalisation than a McDonald’s hamburger. The American fast-food chain opened its first Chinese branch in 1990. The outlet was in Shenzhen, a small town just across the […]

Why sweet treats are increasingly expensive

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the arrival of war in one of the world’s breadbaskets sent the price of foodstuffs soaring—with one exception, sugar. But last year was worse for folk […]

How American states squeeze athletes (and remote workers)

Sports are big business in America. The country’s four largest professional leagues generate about $45bn in revenues a year, more than half of the total produced by leagues worldwide. That makes for […]

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German fintech Mondu bolsters European expansion plans with additional €30M debt funding

Berlin-based Mondu, a B2B payments company, announced that it has secured an additional €30M in debt financing from German bank Vereinigte Volksbank Raiffeisenbank (VVRB). This funding adds to the €20M secured in […]

The false promise of friendshoring

Each year the 193 member states of the United Nations General Assembly vote on dozens of resolutions, earnestly setting the world to rights. Last month, for example, they voted in favour of […]

Banks

ComplyAdvantage and FullCircl: Mastering PEP Risks in a Year of Political Change

As we foray into 2024, politically exposed persons (PEPs) continue to produce significant challenges across the globe. This is especially true for financial services organisations, which need to balance the potential risks […]

Banks

71% of UK and US Banking Institutions Concerned About Regulatory Processes; AutoRek Reveals

The majority of banking institutions feel they are not well enough equipped to accommodate any further regulatory change from an internal processes perspective; according to AutoRek, a fintech looking to set new standards […]

UN Human Rights Council examines peer review of China human rights record – JURIST

The UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group examined the human rights record of China, one of the 14 states reviewed during this year’s session, for the fourth time […]

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