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Poland legislature votes on abortion rights issues, facing EU criticism for near-total abortion ban – JURIST
After a contentious debate Thursday, the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish legislature, voted on four abortion–related proposals Friday and created an Extraordinary Committee to draft new abortion laws. Meanwhile, the […]
Amsterdam’s fintech unicorn bunq raises €29M to fuel its “2024 growth ambitions”
Amsterdam-based bunq, the second-largest neobank in Europe, has secured a fresh capital injection of €29M from the company’s existing shareholders. Bunq’s annual report reveals that in March 2024, its shareholders signed a […]
Revolut to introduce Dutch IBAN to simplify business banking in the Netherlands: All you need to know
London-based fintech unicorn Revolut announced on Thursday that they will be introducing the Dutch International Bank Account Number (IBAN) to simplify business banking for its customers in the Netherlands Around six months […]
Human rights watchdog groups ask UN to address racial profiling by French police – JURIST
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International France, as well as three other French rights groups, on Thursday announced that they had lodged a formal complaint with the UN Committee on the […]
Argentina police clash with anti-government protesters over government spending cuts – JURIST
A confrontation between Argentine authorities and anti-government protesters, incensed by President Javier Milei’s economic measures, reached a boiling point on Wednesday. As tensions flared, police forcefully dispersed protesters blocking the capital’s crucial […]
What will humans do if technology solves everything?
In “Permutation City”, a novel by Greg Egan, the character Peer, having achieved immortality within a virtual reality over which he has total control, finds himself terribly bored. So he engineers himself […]
China’s state is eating the private property market
At an upmarket housing development in Wuhan, sales agents want to make clear that their state-owned firm has severed all its ties to the private sector. The firm had at first partnered […]
Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry
Selling more oil at higher prices ought to be the stuff of dreams for a petrostate. But for Russia it is a sign of a new, punishing phase in its war with […]
How fast is India’s economy really growing?
Optimism about India tends to spike now and again. In 1996, a few years after the country opened to foreign capital, the price of property in Mumbai, India’s financial hub, soared to […]
What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common
Gold has always held an allure. The earliest civilisations used it for jewellery; the first forms of money were forged from it. For centuries kings clamoured to get their hands on the […]
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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