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Ex-ISI chief among Pakistani Generals who illegally stashed billions of dollars in Swiss bank
Christened as “Suisse secrets”, this huge leak of confidential banking data was provided by a whistleblower to a German newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. This data was analysed and organized by a wide network of working under the umbrella of Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).
EU, UK meet on citizens' rights, N.Ireland protocol
In a joint statement issued after their meeting here on Monday, they said that the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, which enables Northern Ireland to remain in the EU's single market thereby avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland, is the only way to protect the Good Friday Agreement and to preserve peace on the island of Ireland, reports Xinhua news agency.
'Chinese President Xi Jinping’s daughter living in USA'
On 16th February, Representative Hartzler (of the Republican Party) introduced the said bill “to ban individuals serving in the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and their family members from receiving student or research visas,” a press release issued by her official website said. “Xi Mingze, the daughter of General Secretary Xi Jinping, previously completed her undergraduate degree at Harvard in 2014.
'Countries must make prudent decisions' : India on China’s debt trap diplomacy
FM Jaishankar was responding to a question asked by Bangladesh FM AK Abdul Momen at the recently concluded Munich Security Conference 2022. “China comes forward with a basket of money and aggressive proposals, affordable proposals, and then you have a problem. What to do?” FM Momen asked. Without explicitly naming China, FM Jaishankar recommended resource-strapped countries to not make “uninformed decision” on debt borrowing for critical projects.
Over 1,500 UN staff to remain in Ukraine
"As a result of the evolving situation on the ground, we've allowed for temporary relocation of some nonessential staff and some dependents," said Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. "At the same time, we have more staff coming in...to support our operations."We are continuing to be committed to staying and delivering in Ukraine, especially in Eastern Ukraine," Dujarric said.
Afghans seek release of frozen assets
A number of Afghan men and women staged protests demanding the release of the frozen assets that have led to the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the war-torn nation. In Kabul on Monday, a group of Afghan women held a gathering near the UN office and called for the return of the assets to Afghanistan, reports TOLO News. Also on Monday, several teachers at the Shaikh Zayed University in Khost province launched a demonstration against Biden's decision to split the frozen assets, calling it unfair.
'N.Korea massacred over 1,100 Christians, Catholics during Korean War'
The North's Korean People's Army killed 1,026 Christians and 119 Catholics during its retreat from the South following an amphibious Incheon landing operation by UN forces, also known as Operation Chromite, on September 26, 1950, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission said, citing a report from the Seoul Theological University.
Putin orders troops to eastern Ukraine after recognising rebel regions
Currently, Ukraine is being surrounded by more than 150,000 Russian troops on its borders. On Monday night, Putin inked the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between Russia and "the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR)" and "the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR)" with the heads of the two Moscow-backed separatist regions, Xinhua news agency quoted a Kremlin statement as saying.
Switzerland faces risk of EU blacklist after Credit Suisse data leak
The fallout from a huge leak of Credit Suisse banking data threatened to damage Switzerlands entire financial sector on Monday after the European Parliaments main political grouping raised the prospect of adding the country to a money-laundering blacklist, The Guardian reported. The European People's party (EPP), the largest political grouping of the European parliament, called for the EU to review its relationship with Switzerland and consider whether it should be added to its list of countries associated with a high risk of financial crime.
King of Jordan used Swiss accounts to hoard wealth
King Abdullah II of Jordan opened two new accounts with Credit Suisse in 2011, the Swiss bank that had discreetly served the region's well-heeled for decades, The Guardian reported. Abdullah, one of the world's longest-serving current monarchs, had chosen a banker that shared his approach to secrecy, particularly surrounding his personal wealth.
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