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HIGHER EDUCATION SHOULD EMBRACE NEW AI TECH, INNOVATION CONFERENCE TOLD



Higher education should embrace rather than shun artificial intelligence and related modern technologies, such as the increasingly ubiquitous AI apps ChatGPT and GPT-4, this year’s ASU+GSV Summit, staged in San Diego, heard yesterday. (Monday, April 17).

Assessing the fast-changing technological landscape and its impact on higher education, Dan Schwartz, dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Education, in the USA, commented: “We need to be able to navigate the future and future is changing.”…

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ISSB PUSHES FOR ITS STANDARDS TO BE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING GLOBAL BASELINE

An International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) symposium in Montréal, Canada, has heard how accounting standards experts are striving to build a “global baseline” of regulation based on ISSB standards, despite the contrasting guidance being developed worldwide. 

Speaking at the event on Friday (Feb 17), Mark Carney, UN special envoy for climate action and finance, and former central bank governor for the UK and Canada, said of the baseline: “It’s critical. You need compatible information.”  

Mr Carney stressed ongoing discussions between the ISSB and major jurisdictions, such as the EU (European Union), the USA and Japan, about the need for regulatory harmony.

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HUNGRY SUB-SAHARAN STUDENTS IN TUNISIA DENIED ACCESS TO MONEY BY BANKS AND POST OFFICES



Students from sub-Saharan African countries in Tunisia say that they are being discriminated against in the country’s banks and post offices, preventing them from receiving international money transfers to pay for essentials, including food.

They and executives of the Association for African Students and Stagiaires in Tunisia (AESAT – Association des Étudiants et Stagiaires Africains en Tunisie) told UWN that many banks and branches of La Poste Tunisienne are refusing to hand over the money sent by their parents and blocking them from opening personal bank accounts if they lack a full residency permit – a ‘carte de séjour définitif’.…

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PROS AND CONS OF HAVING BLOCKCHAIN IN THE TEXTILE SUPPLY CHAIN



Can blockchain technologies help the textile industry resolve past transparency weaknesses in the supply chain, as well as inefficient inventory management, by facilitating fundamental changes to existing supply-chains and processes. Blockchain technologies’ decentralised storage of immutable records of physical asset transactions within digital ledgers, say some experts, can help transform the textile industry throughout the supply chain, from source (raw material point of origin) to shopfloor (brands and retailers).…

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PUBLIC SPENDING ON AML GROWS, BUT IS IT SPENT WISELY?



The fact that AML/CFT is expensive is widely appreciated by governments and international organisations, but they still support policies and programmes that cost a considerable proportion of the USD274.1 billion that LexisNexis Risk Solutions says is lavished on financial crime compliance (1).…

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AUTOMATED LABELLING PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY ESSENTIAL, SAY EU AND US EXPERTS



LABEL-MAKING automation is increasingly important to the global packaging industry. Indeed, the Wisconsin, USA-based global identification and compliance solution specialists Brady Corporation calls automated labelling a “must-have” – saying that the question is not if a company will automate its labelling process, but when (1).…

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CYPRUS SEEKS TO SHED REPUTATION AS SUNNY HOME FOR RUSSIAN DIRTY MONEY



Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has given the Cypriot government an additional incentive to remedy its past reputation as a haven for Russian money of questionable provenance. As the war launched by President Vladimir Putin has as of March 27 caused 8,401 civilian casualties, according to UN figures, the internationally recognised government of Cyprus, which still controls just the southern two-thirds of its island (the north being run by the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus), has launched some significant AML/CFT reforms.…

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SCREENING OUT BAD HATS FORM CLIENT LISTS MAKES COMMERCIAL SENSE TO OBLIGED ENTITIES



AML is expensive, and for obliged entities, the cost increases the more suspicious transactions they must assess and process. So, it is far better for them to prevent – where possible – a potential money launderer from opening an account with them in the first place.…

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DEPOSIT RETURN SYSTEMS KEY TO BOOSTING RECYCABILITY, SAY EUROPEAN CAN EXPERTS



Deposit return systems (DRS) promoted by European Union (EU) regulation are the best way to help EU can manufacturers achieve high recycling and collection of quality materials, EU (European Union) can sector experts told the March 28-30 Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum, in Brussels.  …

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IRELAND’S HIGH WINDS FUEL EXPANDING RENEWABLES SECTOR – BUT WITH TEETHING TROUBLES



 

The high winds buffeting Ireland, blowing in from the Atlantic Ocean, are providing the island country with a solution to ease its reputation as a laggard in climate action policies required by international agreement and European Union (EU) politics. (1) .…

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