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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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REPORT HIGHLIGHTS KILLINGS OF STUDENTS AND ACADEMICS WORLDWIDE OVER FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND CONSCIENCE



Universities in Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti, Madagascar, Nigeria and Yemen have been highlighted as institutions where academics or students were killed because of their beliefs or activism in the past academic year, though a report from campaign group Scholars at Risk (SAR).…

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THE POTENTIAL OF ITALY’S HALAL FOOD MARKET EMERGING POST-PANDEMIC



When France’s fast-food chain O’Tacos (www.o-tacos.fr) announced in 2020 that it would be selling in Italy its halal-certified French-style meat and vegetable wraps, Italian Muslims took this as a sign that halal was going mainstream in their country. O’Tacos’ first Italian outpost will open in January 2022 in Rome (delayed by Covid-19) and more openings in 2022 are planned in major Italian cities, including Milan and Bologna, said Yassin Baradai, founder of Milan-based Meem Communication (https://meemcommunication.com/

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UNIVERSITIES ARE MAGNET FOR INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING – SPECIAL REPORT



Higher education institutions are being warned they could be a target for money laundering, with fees being financed by the proceeds of crime, including corruption, which might also buy property, cars and other items for students.

The problem has been highlighted in a series of reports.…

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DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS: NOT TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN



Since its foundation, the United States has regularly seen opposition party presidents defeat the candidate of the incumbent ruling party. Indeed, since the 1920s (when Republican presidents held sway), only one ruling presidential candidate won an election to replace a predecessor from the same party – President George Bush Snr in 1988.…

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HALAL FOOD EXPORTS GROW FAST FROM INDIA, WHICH HAS MAJOR DOMESTIC HALAL MARKET



Halal food exports from India are growing fast, according to a key Indian certification organisation, with domestic consumers among India’s 200 million Muslims also being increasingly demanding about halal standards.

According to Faiyaz Khan, the master technologist in food technology, of certification body the Jamait-Ulama-I-Hind Halal Trust, the volume of halal certified exported food products sold from India have grown by more than 50% over the past two years.…

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FATF CONSIDERS HOW TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS WITHIN AML/CFT – BUT IS AML/CFT EFFECTIVE, PER SE?



While FATF’s mutual evaluation reports continue to show growing compliance with the organisation’s recommendations, concerns remain that the global AML/CFT system continues to fail in either preventing ML and TF or detecting and punishing such crimes after they are committed.

With FATF undertaking a strategic review since 2018, launched by the former China presidency and continued by the German presidency under Dr Marcus Pleyer, change in how the world fights ML and TF may emerge.…

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LEADERS THAT HAVE TURNED PALESTINIAN LIVES INTO UNBEARABLE HELL!



The question of how to deliver human rights and self-determination to the Palestinians has been debated in many ways and forums, from the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, through the Oslo Accords of 1993, until the present day.…

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THE DEAL OF THE CENTURY AND NEGOTIATIONS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD



While in recent years, the peaceful approach to progress associated with Islam has not been given a high-profile, because of the activities of extremists, the truth is that there is much to be learned from the Noble Prophet Mohammed about the value of incremental negotiation.…

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THE BITTER FRIENDS - HANIYEH AND NETANYAHU SERVE EACH OTHER, WHEN NECESSARY



For nearly a hundred years, the city of Jerusalem has been the scene of violent confrontations between Jews and Arabs. This is the most recent of struggles over this most disputed city that have continued for more than three thousand years.…

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