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JPMorgan Chase ended its banking relationship with prediction-market platform Polymarket last year, citing regulatory concerns, in a move that highlights the continuing caution among major financial institutions towards an industry growing rapidly
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, Mariana Katzarova, has warned that a new Russian law imposing sweeping restrictions on Russians living abroad represents an
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At a newly built factory in southwestern Japan, a robot makes a mistake — and then corrects it. At Yaskawa Electric’s new 20 billion yen ($126 million) factory building in Kitakyushu, one
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Nearly 80 years after the dissolution of British India produced the independent states of India and Pakistan, public opinion in both countries continues to be shaped by deep mutual distrust. A new
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka’s Government has rejected what it described as attempts by foreign countries to pressure Colombo over the holding of long-delayed Provincial Council elections, as a senior
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka’s Government is set to present the 22nd Constitutional Amendment Bill in Parliament on August 18, proposing to extend the retirement age of judges of the
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