The author is English managing editor at OVD-Info, a group monitoring human rights in Russia More than a year into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, my western friends often ask me: why don’t Russians protest? The answer is that some do — but protest is largely futile in the face of a decade-long Kremlin crackdown.
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Germany’s Dax index rose to a record intraday high on Friday as growing investor confidence in corporate earnings made it Europe’s second-best-performing main equity market this year. The index, a measure of Germany’s 40 biggest listed companies, added 0.9 per cent to more than 16,320, surpassing its previous high of 16,290 set in November 2021.
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Terri Velasquez is ending her term as president of the Government Finance Officers Association with a full year of accomplishments. Representing the city of Aurora, Colorado the 20-year GFOA veteran brought a toolkit full of policy innovation and technology solutions to a grateful organization.  Velasquez came into the presidency with a complete set of goals, some
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Tesco’s chair, John Allan, is to step down next month after eight years in the role, following allegations about his behaviour towards women that risked “becoming a distraction” to the UK’s largest supermarket chain. Allan, also a former president of the CBI business lobby group, denies three separate allegations of inappropriate conduct. He has “unreservedly”
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When the histories of the war in Ukraine are written, it seems a fair bet that the African mediating mission announced by South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa this week will struggle to make a footnote. Would-be mediators are two-a-penny these days, and anyway South Africa has marked its card as being rather too cosy with
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In today’s post-pandemic world, brick-and-mortar retail has surprisingly made an incredible comeback. At one point, as consumers stayed home and shopped online, the future of physical stores was called into question. Yet now many retailers are welcoming in customers who seek an experience or the chance to see and touch merchandise before making a purchase.
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European stocks rose on Friday, pushing Germany’s Dax close to a record high, as investors awaited speeches by central bankers later in the day for clues on the future direction of interest rates. The benchmark index in Frankfurt gained 0.3 per cent in early trade, putting it less than 100 points off the 16,290 high
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G7 leaders have called for the formulation of “guardrails” around the development of artificial intelligence, at a summit of the grouping that is tackling the emerging technology for the first time. Rapid advancements in AI in recent months have sparked calls for greater oversight of its myriad applications, but there is little concrete agreement between
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