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19th Mar 2024

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EU remove eight places from tax havens blacklist

EU finance ministers removed on Tuesday eight countries and territories from its blacklist of tax havens. They considered that Barbados, Grenada, South Korea, Macao, Mongolia, Panama, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates have taken commitments to reform their tax policies and moved them to a 'grey' list of entities that have to implement their commitments. Nine countries and territories remain on the blacklist adopted in December.

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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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