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Digital life doesn’t have to be this way
Writer, activist Cory Doctorow wants you to be mad about tech monopoly — but not blindly terrified of AI
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Gunvor publicly condemned Russia’s war but continued to do business with Russian energy firms, records show
Even as the trading giant publicly claimed to be winding down its Russia business, Gunvor privately acknowledged the deals to its bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, saying they complied with sanctions laws.
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Wife, Daughter of Ecuador Gang Boss Arrested in Colombia
Colombian authorities arrested two Ecuadorian women suspected of helping manage the finances of a major transnational criminal organization, Ecuadorian police said Sunday. The women were detained in Sabana de Torres during a joint operation involving police from both…
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French Prosecutors Seek Prison Time for Ex-Minister Dati in Renault-Nissan Case
France's former Minister of Justice and Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, faces a requested four-year sentence for allegations of corruption and influence peddling stemming from her alleged lobbying work for the Renault-Nissan carmaking group between 2009 and 2013,…
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China Capital stories reveal how ICBC advanced China’s political goals across four continents
ICIJ’s media partners uncovered strategic deals and moves the Chinese bank made around the world to further the political priorities of the party-state.
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Azerbaijan Pardons French Citizen as EU Lifts Sanctions on Russian Billionaire
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan pardoned 20 prisoners on Wednesday, including a French national jailed on espionage charges, shortly after the European Union removed Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov from its sanctions list.Among those granted clemency under Aliyev’s decree…
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Trump administration gave firm with ties to ballroom donor the green light to do business with a sanctioned Russian bank
Private equity investor Konstantin Sokolov was also appointed to run a government enterprise fund.
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Accelerometer-derived real-world sleep stages and risk of incident diseases: A UK Biobank cohort study and phenome-wide association analysis
by Jingsong Luo, Ruiyi Liu, Jie Yin, Wangnan Cao, Shengzhi Sun, Rui Chen Background Previous studies utilizing self-reported data or polysomnography have found that poor sleep quality is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. However, the…
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French Prosecutors Seek Up to 5 Years in Prison for Sons of Ex-Yemeni President Saleh Over Ill-Gotten Assets
French prosecutors are seeking prison sentences and the formal forfeiture of luxury Paris real estate and Swiss bank accounts, accusing the sons of late Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh of laundering millions in embezzled state funds.
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UK Parliament debates infrastructure security after China Capital revelations
ICIJ and its media partners found that Chinese bank ICBC served as a financing hub for infrastructure in the U.K. and Australia, prompting questions about Beijing’s influence over public projects.
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