by Agency Reporter | Mar 31, 2022 | Briefing
THE BANK OF ENGLAND’S latest Money and Credit data shows that in February, UK consumers borrowed an additional net £1.9 billion in consumer credit, of which £1.5 billion was new lending on credit cards. Debt advice charity StepChange says this will in part be...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 31, 2022 | Briefing
FOLLOWING THE OCCUPATION of the historic Petra Hotel in East Jerusalem by members of a settler group, Patriarch Theophilos III and the heads of churches in Jerusalem are urging the Jerusalem police to act fairly and in accordance with their responsibilities. The...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 30, 2022 | Briefing
IN A HISTORIC MOVE, the Philippines has taken a major step towards eradicating statelessness in the country by acceding to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, becoming the 78th country to do so. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends the strong...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 30, 2022 | Briefing
A CROSS-PARTY GROUP of MPs and peers is applying to the European Court of Human Rights to challenge the UK government’s failure to investigate Russian interference in UK electoral processes. The landmark legal action has been launched in response to the government’s...
by Staff Writer | Mar 29, 2022 | Briefing
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HAS RESPONDED to the latest briefing from Justice Secretary Dominic Raab, in which he suggested that scrapping the Human Rights Act and replacing it with a Bill of Rights would ensure the principle of free speech, Laura Trevelyan, Amnesty’s Human...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 29, 2022 | Briefing
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) and the Government of India have signed an agreement to establish the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine. This global knowledge centre for traditional medicine, supported by an investment of USD 250 million from the...
