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When private corporations subvert states
Oped, Published on 12/12/2023
» Imagine a scenario where a private company effectively creates and controls its own jurisdiction within a sovereign country. This company introduces its own currency, enacts laws, and establishes courts, prisons, police forces, and even intelligence services. It formulates its own tax, labour, and environmental regulations (or lack thereof), regardless of their compatibility with national laws.
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Japan declines to appeal ‘comfort women’ ruling
Published on 09/12/2023
» SEOUL - A South Korean court ruling in favour of a group of 16 women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime brothels was confirmed on Saturday by Japan’s decision not to appeal, the Korean foreign ministry said.
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Venezuela-Guyana tensions soar, US mounts military exercises
AFP, Published on 07/12/2023
» GEORGETOWN (GUYANA) - The United States announced joint military flight drills in Guyana on Thursday as soaring tensions over a contested oil-rich region with neighbor Venezuela prompted the UN Security Council to call an urgent meeting.
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Venezuela holds referendum over Essequibo land dispute with Guyana
AFP, Published on 03/12/2023
» CARACAS - Venezuelans began voting Sunday in a referendum that the government hopes will strengthen its century-old claim to the oil-rich Essequibo territory controlled by neighboring Guyana.
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German court sentences Gambian death squad member to life in prison
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» CELLE (GERMANY) - A German court on Thursday sentenced a Gambian man to life in prison over his participation in a death squad that assassinated opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including an AFP journalist.
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Harassment case against former Spanish king dismissed
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» LONDON - Spain's former king Juan Carlos I on Friday welcomed a UK judge's ruling that a harassment claim brought by an ex-lover cannot be heard in London, saying it "confirms his innocence".
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Russia court rejects Navalny appeal against 19-year sentence
AFP, Published on 26/09/2023
» MOSCOW - Russia on Tuesday rejected an appeal lodged by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny against a court decision to jail him for 19 years in a maximum security prison on extremism charges.
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Ukraine presses for war 'reparations' from Russia
AFP, Published on 19/09/2023
» THE HAGUE - Ukraine on Tuesday said the International Court of Justice should impose reparations on Russia for its "war of annihilation", arguing that international law itself was at stake.
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Ukraine, Russia clash at top UN court
AFP, Published on 18/09/2023
» THE HAGUE: Russia and Ukraine will face off at the International Court of Justice from Monday over Moscow's claim of "genocide" in eastern Ukraine as a pretext for last year's invasion.
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Police nab Colombians behind home burglaries
News, Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 10/09/2023
» >> SAMUT PRAKAN: Three Colombian nationals -- two men and one woman -- have been arrested for a string of burglaries across luxury houses in Samut Prakan and nearby provinces.
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