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Standard Bank cannot market itself as a champion of human rights and green progress while it bankrolls environmental destruction and community dispossession in east Africa. This matter is now before South Africa’s Advertising Regulatory Board.

<p>An Office for Budget Responsibility for public financial institutions like the National Wealth Fund and the British Business Bank is starting to look essential</p><p>Two winners in the budget are known already. They are the National Wealth Fund (NWF) and the British Business Bank (BBB), state-funded investment bodies that have rapidly become central to th

Industry resistance thwarts effort to examine ratings on billions of dollars in private loans held by insurers

Mr. Paxton, the Republican candidate for Senate in Texas, has taken about 350 trips outside of the state since he was sworn in as attorney general.

U.S. stocks were modestly higher after ending Friday in the red.

A CBS News investigation found online sports betting platforms rewarded customers losing large sums of money with lavish perks while capping winners. Jim Axelrod has more.

The Bank of Thailand has ordered financial institutions to thoroughly check daily cash transactions totalling 5 million baht or more at their brick-and-mortar branches from Nov 1.

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Reviewing security arrangements, Nandyal SP directs officials and staff to maintain constant oversight to ensure strict adherence to the election code of conduct

Health officials are investigating whether Ebola patients in Kenya and Nigeria crossed paths at Uganda's main airport as conflicting accounts cloud the source of one infection.

Michigan reactor restart is delayed as Trump administration champions nuclear energy to meet booming AI power demand

Radio: Colm Ó Mongáin and Katie Hannon favour sober reporting, as Oliver Callan hears lurid revelations

The Supreme Court has asked the State Election Commission to decide where candidates were unable to file nominations

Cape Town’s multimillion-rand surveillance grid promises safer streets. However, unchecked technology, vague safeguards and historical precedent raise urgent questions about liberty and data privacy.

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The rolling release of long-secret files could add detail to the history of a legally disputed Bush-era counterterrorism program.

Earlier this month, Eurovision announced that countries involved in armed conflict would not be considered for hosting the competition.