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Has any government published a cost benefit analysis on KYC regulations in terms of frequency of data loss?
Most countries require people to provide a significant amount of personal data to providers of financial services before you are able to make use of them. This is know as Know Your Customer (KYC) ...
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Did any ICC member state country ever refuse to arrest members indicted by the ICC?
This has huge implications, because if IDF and government officials
are indicted, over 125 ICC member state countries, including most of
the EU, could be put in the difficult position of being ...
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Can the UN charge/"fine" Mali for equipment lost due to movement restrictions imposed by the Mali junta?
Reuters:
The U.N. has acknowledged difficulties with its departure. MINUSMA said in statements that it has been forced to destroy equipment including vehicles, ammunition and generators that its ...
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What are the political impediments for a country in sending aid to Palestinians in Gaza, without an international consensus?
As we are all aware, recently 1,400+ people (mostly civilians, including women, children and babies) were killed in Israel in a terrorist attack by Hamas. In revenge (note that this is Israel's state ...
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Have the UK government explained exactly why a march for peace in Gaza on Armistice Day would be disrespectful?
It is reported that various members of the UK government consider a march calling for peace in Gaza planned in London on Saturday 11 November disrespectful. However, while there are multiple quotes ...
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How does the ICC determine whether a country's internal probe on breaches of international laws are sufficient or not?
According to the ICC’s Rome Statute, it cannot intervene if a country
properly self-investigates.
So the greatest battle over whether the ICC would get involved in the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict has ...
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Is there any precedent of technology falling into the hands of the Chinese or Russians through Israel?
Is there any precedent of technology falling into the hands of the Chinese or Russians through Israel?
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-approves-selling-f-22-raptor-to-israel-report/
US Secretary ...
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Transcript of public discussion between Elon Musk and Rishi Sunak, 2 Nov 2023, about the macroeconomic theme of artificial intelligence? [duplicate]
Is there a transcript (not audio or video) online of the public discussion about the macroeconomic theme of artificial intelligence that took place between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and British prime ...
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Time and place scope for the new EU law (proposal) that limits border closures
Sometime in September
the European Parliament’s home affairs committee on Wednesday [Sep 20] backed legislation that allows EU countries to enact border controls only when faced with emergencies such ...
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Is there any evidence that supports the claim that IDF killed their own citizens on 7th October? [closed]
Few people and news sources claim that IDF killed its own citizens on the 7th October, the first time I heard this was on Hassan Nasrallah's (Secretary-General of Lebanon's Hizbullah) speech today, ...
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On what basis did the Russian ambassador to the UN say "Israel Has No Right to Self-Defense as Occupier"?
From this:
Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya tells the world body that
Israel does not have the right to self-defense under international law
in its fight against Hamas because it is an “...
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How does the Biden Administration intend to keep humanitarian aid to Gaza out of the hands of Hamas?
President Biden announced that he was sending aid to the Gaza strip, and warned Hamas against taking said aid
President Biden on Thursday warned Hamas against diverting
humanitarian shipments to the ...
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What kind of political system do Palestinian political entities want?
What kind of political system do the key players of Palestinian politics (Fatah, Hamas etc.) want to establish, as the next step after a successful resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict?
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Why is Iran, of all Muslim countries, the strongest ally of Palestine and opponent of Israel? [duplicate]
It is clear why Muslim-majority countries may have tense relations with Israel and support Palestine. Why however, of all Middle Eastern, Muslim-majority countries, does Iran appear to be the most ...
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Why is the Muslim world focusing on Israel's conflict with the Palestinians, yet expresses virtually no interest in the Uighurs?
All over the world, we witness public marches in support of the Palestinians from Gaza. Yet the Muslim Uighurs (and Myanmar Rohingya) attract virtually no attention, in fact Muslim leaders explicitly ...
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Does the European Union play any role in mediating conflicts related to industrial espionage between two member countries?
AFP - France is the top offender when it comes to industrial
espionage, and is even worse than China and Russia, the head of a
German company was quoted as saying in a leaked US diplomatic cable
made ...
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How does the Federal Reserve learn from its mistakes?
How does the Federal Reserve learn from its mistakes?
Establishments use internal reviews, post-mortem analyses and other means to improve upon existing mechanisms and governance framework, but I am ...
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Is there any fiscal responsibility merit to Congress's plan to use IRS funds to pay for Israeli relief?
The U.S. Congress is debating a plan to take $14 Billion dollars allocated to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or tax collectors and give it to Israel for emergency aid. The idea for this as ...
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Why have more countries cut the diplomatic ties with Israel than with Russia?
Many countries (Bahrain, Jordan, Turkey, Bolivia, Chile and Colombia, Honduras, maybe others) have recalled their ambassadors from Israel. I cannot find any country that has recalled their ambassador ...
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Is there any agreement between Israel and the United States that could force the U.S. to become a belligerent for Israel in a war?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Israel
Is there any agreement between Israel and the United States that could force the U.S. to become a belligerent for Israel in a war? The U.S. ...
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Why was Iran appointed to chair the UN's Human Rights Forum?
On 10 May 2023, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC)
President appointed the Islamic Republic of Iran to chair the 2023
Social Forum, which opens today.
“The upcoming Forum focuses on ...
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What are the tools the U.S. president can use to circumvent the chambers in granting military aid to Ukraine?
Debate over the funding request is beginning in earnest after a
weeks-long delay while House Republicans struggled to name a new
speaker, and it is unclear what, if anything, can get through both
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Is there no presumption in international law that people fleeing from a country at war are valid refugee applicants?
A fairly upvoted answer to a Q here writes:
There is no obligation to "accept them" if they are still in Gaza
IMHO there is a difference however between just being in Gaza and standing ...
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Are there post-1920s examples of excluding someone from a ballot or not sitting them thereafter for providing aid and comfort to 'the enemy'?
It's somewhat well known that (the Socialist) Victor Berger was convicted in 1919 under the Espionage Act of 1917
"for publicizing his anti-interventionist views", and then denied a seat in ...
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According to pro-Palestinian sources, does Hamas indeed embed itself into civilian areas (to complicate IDF operations)?
It doesn't take long reading about Gaza events and civilian casualties before finding examples of the pro-Israel narrative that those casualties are largely caused by Hamas' propensity to keep its ...
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If the EU considers a group to be a terrorist group, does that mean every EU member also does?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/26/eu-court-upholds-hamas-terror-listing
The European Union’s top court has ruled that the Palestinian Islamist
movement, Hamas, should remain on the EU ...
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Why doesn't Israel consider the Muslim Brotherhood to be a terrorist group?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood
Why doesn't Israel consider the Muslim Brotherhood to be a terrorist group?
For some reason, Egypt considers it to be a terrorist group, but Israel ...
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How critical will be Samarium Cobalt Magnets to the US war effort in case of a war in Taiwan strait with China? [closed]
I am working on a case study as part of my MPhil research project in regards to which I want to know the importance of Samarium Cobalt (SmCo) magnets to the US military in case of a large scale war.
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Did Hamas or the Islamic Jihad ever took blame for rocket misfires?
The recent Gaza hospital blast has caused significant loss of life.
Estimates range between 471-500 (Gaza HM) and 100-300 (US intelligence) people killed. (AP), and there still an ongoing ...
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Why is the $14 billion aid bill to Israel "bad for Israel", according to the White House?
VOA reports
U.S. senators from both parties voiced doubts on Tuesday about House Republicans' plan to provide $14.3 billion in aid to Israel by cutting Internal Revenue Service funding, without ...
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Has Hamas commented on the burning of the Israeli dead during Oct 7?
There are numerous reports of Israeli victims being burned (sometimes after being killed) on Oct 7. E.g.
As in other sites attacked by Hamas, the bodies were grouped together and set on fire. “They ...
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Why has the EU not used the Temporary Protection Directive for refugees from Syria?
Wikipedia says:
The Temporary Protection Directive (TPD; Council Directive 2001/55/EC) is a 2001 European Union directive providing for immediate, temporary protection for displaced people from ...
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Is the requirement to accept refugees unconditional in international law, even in the case of a forced population transfer?
In a translation of a document allegedly leaked from the Israeli government the following claim appears:
Israel should act to evacuate the civilian population [of Gaza] to Sinai. [...] and the return ...
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Aside China, is there another country whose constitution forbids foreign meddling?
China consistently opposes imperialism, hegemonism and colonialism,
works to strengthen its solidarity with the people of all other
countries, supports oppressed peoples and other developing countries
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Is "forced expulsion" equivalent to "genocide"?
As an example, most sources don't cite the expulsion of Germans from Sudetenland as an example of a "genocide". However the proposed expulsion of Gaza residents into Egypt is sometimes ...
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Effects of investment in infrastrucuture on rural migration?
I am not sure if this is the correct form, but when I hear or read about countries that had huge economic development in the recent past(ex: China) there is always a talk of large investment in ...
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What evidence exists for / against the claim that Hamas wants genocide (and / or that Israel does not)?
Most positions I've heard regarding the war seem to fall into two broad categories:
Intent doesn't matter; only outcomes do (usually followed by arguments about whether Israel is committing war ...
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Disqualification to hold US office for having "given aid or comfort to the enemies" of the United States
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution reads:
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or ...
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Is there a precedent of Hamas allowing the Red Cross to visit their hostages?
It seems the Red Cross is operative in the Gaza Strip, so Hamas doesn't object in principle to their activity, quite the opposite, they depend on humanitarian aid, and they're accepting it readily, ...
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Israeli officials taking responsibility for a miscalculation in predicting a possible Hamas attack
I read in the news that the Israeli Defense Minister took responsibility for the 7/10 Hamas threat assessment/attack miscalculation (unfortunately I can't find a reference to this).
Is this true?
Did ...
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What is the best country according to Popper's criterion? [closed]
Karl Popper judges a system of government by how it removes bad leaders and bad policies without violence. What would be the ranking of political systems of countries in the world according to this ...
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Why are Eastern European countries more likely to recognize Palestine as a state than Western European countries?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine#/media/File:Palestine_recognition_only.svg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Meaning of "Israel has right to defend itself"
Every time the Israel-Palestine conflict flares up, the US reaffirms that "Israel has right to defend itself" (examples in 2003, 2009, 2023).
Literally, this seems trivial: Israel has right ...
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What proposals are there to disarm Hamas in a one-state solution?
Liberal political blogger Matt Yglesias tweeted this:
What’s the best thing to read on the plan for how to disarm Hamas and other armed factions in the context of creating a secular binational state?
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Need help understanding NYS 2023 ballot proposals [closed]
The ballot proposals state:
A. The proposed amendment to Article 8, section 4 of the Constitution
removes the special constitutional debt limitation now placed on small
city school districts, so they ...
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How justified are the US strikes against the IRGC troops of Iran in Syria from the point of view of international law?
Pentagon(U.S. Department of Defence 26 October 2023:
Today, at President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces conducted
self-defense strikes on two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s
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Are the Levant countries not accepting more refugees?
There's again war in the Middle East, and where's war, there's displaced people who seek asylum.
But it seems the neighboring countries are struggling with refugees from the previous one.
According to ...
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Where is the Coordination Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus located? And who runs it?
I'm confused by this:
Daghestani officials accused "enemies of Russia" of instigating the anti-Semitic sentiments after the Coordination Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus called on ...
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Is Elon Musk sticking with his promise to deliver Starlink to aid agencies in Gaza, after Israel threatened to "cut all ties" with Starlink in return? [closed]
Euronews reports that after Elon Musk said Starlink will be delivered to aid agencies in Gaza, Israel said they'll "cut all ties" with the company in retaliation. So, is Starlink sticking ...
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Is there a more exact quote/translation of what Orban said recently about aid to Ukraine?
RFERL has it as
Speaking in Brussels on the sidelines of the EU summit where discussion was focused on support for Ukraine, Orban said there was a “big battle” over the matter and added that he saw ...
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