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New Zealand alleges Chinese state-sponsored group conducted cyberattacks on parliament in 2021 – JURIST

New Zealand’s government expressed concerns Tuesday about China’s alleged involvement in a cyberattack that targeted New Zealand’s parliament. According to New Zealand’s intelligence agency, the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), the cyberattack […]

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Banks

Preventing Future Fraudsters After Five Convicted for £500,000 Shell Company Money Laundering

Five people, including convicted fraudster Neale Rothera, were sentenced for their involvement in a fraud and money laundering scheme which cost banks over £500,000 earlier this week. But with the money unrecoverable, […]

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Economy

How India could become an Asian tiger

Is India achieving its potential? In the year to the third quarter of 2023, the country grew at a blistering rate of 8.4%. Over the next half-decade it is expected to expand […]

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Economy

How the “Magnificent Seven” misleads

Forget the supergroup of stockmarket darlings

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Economy

Which country will be last to escape inflation?

In January prices across the rich world rose by 5.7% year on year, down from a peak in late 2022 of 10.7%. This conceals wide variation, however. Some countries have slain the […]

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Economy

China’s banks have a bad-debt problem

Bank of Jiujiang, a mid-tier lender from a southern Chinese river town, imparted some bad news on March 19th. In a rare disclosure, it told investors profits for 2023 might fall by […]

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UN migration agency reports 8,542 died or disappeared during migration in 2023 – JURIST

The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) revealed in a report on Tuesday that 8,542 people died or disappeared during migration in 2023. This represents a 20 percent increase in migrant deaths […]

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Artificial intelligence

The #1 Hotel Chatbot in 2024: boost direct bookings

7 Best Hotel Chatbot Use Cases for 2023 Our chatbots are available 24/7, allowing guests to make reservations at any time, regardless of their location. Beyond their involvement in guest interactions, chatbots […]

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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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