A Convict’s Life in Russia’s Army: ‘We Are Not Human to Them’
In an account provided to The Times, a Russian soldier describes his commanders’ casual disregard for the lives of inmates like him, and how they are pressured to re-enlist.Read More
Colleges Change the Essays on Applications After Affirmative Action Ban
With affirmative action banned, application essays ask about “life experience,” the one place in admissions where discussing race is still explicitly legal.Read More
Fast Living and Foreign Dealings: An F.B.I. Spy Hunter’s Rise and Fall
Charles McGonigal had a family, a house in the suburbs and an influential job as a counterintelligence leader in New York. Federal prosecutors suggest it wasn’t enough for him.Read More
After Fire, A Lahaina Church Finds Sanctuary in a Cafe
Members of Grace Baptist Church, many of them now homeless, gathered on Sunday and described daring escapes from the fire.Read More
What to Know About the Trump Election Interference Case in Georgia
A grand jury could decide within days whether former President Trump should be indicted for interfering in the state’s 2020 presidential election.Read More
How Trump Tried to Overturn the 2020 Election Results in Georgia
The Georgia case offers a vivid reminder of the extraordinary lengths Mr. Trump and his allies went to in the Southern state to reverse the election.Read More
China’s Deepening Housing Problems Spook Investors
Chinese stocks fell in Hong Kong and mainland China, with real-estate developers, EV manufacturers and other companies in economically sensitive sectors declining the most.Read More
News & Views Podcast | Episode 126: Cross Border Payments, Email Phishing & Loan Fee Fraud
This week on the podcast, Polly, Tom and Francis take a deep dive into the news of the week, looking at new research from Wise revealing northern SMEs pay more for cross-border payments, email phishing in the workplace and FCA warnings over loan fee fraud. Discussion topics included: -How are international banking fees impacting SME […]
BaaS is at an Inflection Point — Here Are The Changes We Can Expect
Banking-as-a-service (BaaS) has been a transformative force, simultaneously heralded as a driver of innovation and critiqued for potential overreach. As some BaaS entities navigate the fine line between progress and opportunism, looming regulatory challenges add layers of complexity. With a keen entrepreneurial eye and a history in the fintech sector, Michael Galvin, CCO and co-founder […]
How Anti-Gambling Regulations Indirectly Boosted Crypto in South Korea: Tiger Research Report
Despite a small population of around 50 million in South Korea, the region has drastically taken control of a significant proportion of the global crypto trading volume. But why has the sector seen so much success? Tiger Research explores in its latest report. According to cryptocurrency data provider, CCData, Upbit, the South Korea-based crypto exchange, […]
