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Brazil federal prosecutor charges former president’s son with money laundering and fraud – JURIST
Brazilian federal prosecutors have filed charges against Jair Renan Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, for crimes including money laundering, misrepresentation and the presentation of fraudulent documents, Brazilian newspaper O […]
First Steven Mnuchin bought into NYCB, now he wants TikTok
Time served on Wall Street has long smoothed the path to the top job at America’s Treasury. Before he was the first treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton could boast, among other things, a […]
Why “Freakonomics” failed to transform economics
“Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life.” So starts Alfred Marshall’s “Principles of Economics”, a 19th-century textbook that helped create the common language economists still use today. […]
How to trade an election
Investors differ in their approach to elections. Some see politics as an edge to exploit; others as noise to block out. Even for those without a financial interest, markets offer a brutally […]
America’s realtor racket is alive and kicking
For five years homeowners have been waging war. They have railed against the extortionate fees charged by estate agents, known as “realtors” in America, which are enforced by anticompetitive practices. They have […]
DRC journalist freed after serving six month jail sentence – JURIST
Democratic Republic of Congo journalist Stanis Bujakera was freed from prison Tuesday after serving a six-month jail sentence for forgery and spreading false rumors for an article about a government intelligence agency’s […]
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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