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Spain Supreme Court summons Catalonia fugitive separatists in alleged terrorism investigation – JURIST
Spain’s Supreme Court summoned exiled Catalan separatists Carles Puigdemont and Rubén Wagensberg on Monday to provide voluntary statements in a terrorism investigation of protests related to the failed 2017 independence referendum.The court […]
Welcome to an artificial-intelligence Utopia
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 […]
Mercuryo Aligns Itself With CryptoUK to Advance UK Digital Assets Industry
Organisations within the crypto sector must all play a part in ensuring that the sector is able to grow from a regulatory standpoint. Mercuryo, the global payments infrastructure platform is achieving this […]
Western Sahara condemns Franco-Moroccan investment plans amidst territorial dispute – JURIST
The official press agency of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic released a statement Saturday condemning France’s intention to invest in the Western Sahara region through the French Development Agency (AFD). According to […]
HRW issues warning amid Philippine mayor’s renewed ‘war on drugs’ – JURIST
The mayor of the Philippine city of Davao, Sebastian Duterte, has declared a new ‘war on drugs’, watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Sunday. In the 24 hours since his announcement, local […]
In Conversation at Pay360: Watch Lloyds Bank and CoBa Technology Discuss New Partnership
At this year’s PAY360 conference held at London’s Excel – one of the largest payment events of the year in the UK – more than 5,000 payment and finance professionals from around […]
Brazil Supreme Court Justice Moraes opens criminal inquiry into Elon Musk, demands X comply with court order – JURIST
Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes opened a criminal inquiry on Sunday into X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk for possible obstruction of justice and incitement after the tech magnate defied […]
Russia calls for investigation into drone strike in Moldova breakaway region – JURIST
The Russian Foreign Ministry called on Saturday for an investigation into a drone strike in Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region. The ministry condemned the strike as a a “yet another provocation” to the […]
Afreximbank Joins Forces With Sterling Bank to Launch Supply Chain Finance Product in Nigeria
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has partnered with Nigeria-based financial institution Sterling Bank to launch its supply chain finance product ‘Payables Finance’ across Nigeria. Under this arrangement, Afreximbank will provide financing to corporates […]
UN Human Rights Council calls for aviation fuel embargo against Myanmar – JURIST
The UN Human Rights Council adopted resolutions Thursday to call on UN member states to refrain from supplying jet fuel to the Myanmar military. The council also extended the mandates of 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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