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The head of the United Nations has called for “armed action” in Haiti, warning that residents face a “nightmarish” situation, especially in the capital, Port-au-Prince. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that he believed such action was necessary to ease the grip gangs have on a port that is critical to allowing fuel supplies into the country. A weeks-long gang blockade of the Varreux terminal in Port-au-Prince has led to critical shortages of fuel and water and complicated efforts to respond to a dangerous outbreak of cholera. “It’s an absolutely nightmarish situation for the population of Haiti, especially in…

UK regulators have fined Barclays £50mn for allegedly “failing to disclose certain arrangements” about the bank’s controversial Qatari fundraising 14 years ago. Mark Steward, head of enforcement at the Financial Conduct Authority, said Barclays had failed to make appropriate disclosures about paying “hundreds of millions of pounds in fees to certain Qatari investors so that they would contribute new capital” at the height of the financial crisis. “Barclays’ failure to disclose these matters was reckless and lacked integrity and followed an earlier failure to disclose fees paid to Qatari investors in June 2008,” Steward added. “There was no legitimate reason…

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Brazilian cities are racing to allow their citizens the ability to pay their local taxes in crypto – with the nation’s eighth largest city set to allow residents to settle their bills in bitcoin (BTC) and other tokens from next year.Per CNB, the latest development comes from the city of Curitiba, the capital of Paraná and the same state’s biggest city (population over 1.9 million). The media outlet reported that a crypto tax payment proposal was put forward by the councilor Noemia Rocha. The councilor’s proposal was “unanimously approved” by the City Council at a meeting this week – paving…

Rightmove has appointed a new chief executive from outside the company in a bid to expand the UK’s largest property website and reverse a share price slide that has accelerated through the year. Johan Svanström will take over as Rightmove boss in March next year, after the FTSE 100 group’s full-year results. He will replace Peter Brooks-Johnson, who stepped down after a 16-year spell at the company. Svanström will join the group from Stockholm-based private equity firm EQT, where he is currently a partner in the growth advisory team. Andrew Fisher, Rightmove’s chair, said Svanström would bring a “proven ability…

CNN  —  Almost five months after the Supreme Court suffered one of the worst breaches of confidentiality in its 233-year-old history, triggering a rare investigation into the inner workings of the high court, the public has been left in the dark. Over the summer recess two justices suggested they expected to be updated about the status of the probe this fall, but no announcements have been made. The lack of transparency comes as the leak of the draft of opinion in Dobbs that reversed Roe v. Wade spurred protests across the country as well as the arrest of a man…

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A red panda who captivated the hearts of Washington D.C. residents and animal lovers nationwide has unexpectedly died, according to the Pueblo Zoo in Colorado.Rusty the red panda reportedly died on Oct. 14 at 10 years old, the zoo told NPR.Rusty’s claim to fame took place in June 2013 when he escaped from his habitat at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in D.C. at only 11 months old. The search was on for the young cub, and it didn’t take long for reports of Rusty sightings to be called in across the city.MICHIGAN ZOO WELCOMES AN ENDANGERED RED…

Vice-minister Ma did not specifically mention this, although his choice of words seemed to hit back at the West in a veiled retort. “There are indeed some forces in the world that attempt to go against the trend of history, cling to a Cold War mentality and zero-sum game, and are bent on putting together small circles, waging a new Cold War, drawing ideological lines, stoking bloc-based confrontation and wilfully pursue power politics, bullying and hegemonism,” he said. “That represents the biggest threat to the world order.” Mr Ma maintained that the goal of China’s foreign policy was to safeguard world peace and…