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19th Mar 2024

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Spanish court jails former IMF chief Rato

Spain’s high court Thursday sentenced former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Rodrigo Rato to four and a half years in jail for embezzlement and found 64 other Spanish bank executives guilty of misappropriation. Rato, who headed the IMF from 2004 to 2007 was also a prominent member of the ruling Popular Party. He served as finance minister and headed up the Caja Madrid and Bankia banks between 2003 and 2012.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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