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New law creates difficulties for foreign NGOs in China

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CHINA

China's overseas NGO law.

Indian corporations are unlikely to set up banks

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INDIA

The government and central bank are looking for ways to strengthen the country’s banking system, which is beset by low capital adequacy ratios (CARs) and rising non-performing…

COVID-19 will hit Brazil's indigenous groups hard

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BRAZIL

Brazil has a population of around 900,000 indigenous people, mostly living in remote regions of the Amazon forest. The scale of illegal activities in demarcated indigenous areas…

Russia will have fewer new special economic zones

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RUSSIA

Special economic zones in Russia.

New EU commissioner to get tougher on tech rules

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EUROPE

Scheduled to assume office on November 1, she has already indicated that the digital economy and its wider implications are a priority for her.

Global vulture funds action will be restricted

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INTERNATIONAL

Prospects for vulture fund activity.

South Africa's minerals bill could prompt legal battle

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SOUTH AFRICA

The government's persistence in revising the Mining Charter, despite claims by industry that the process of developing the amendments was not inclusive.

US SEC expects challenges to climate disclosure rules

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US

The SEC is one of several independent federal agencies being targeted by conservative legal activists seeking to shrink federal government powers and undermine the Biden…

UK plan to curb online harms may prove too broad

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UNITED KINGDOM

The OSB will impose a duty of care on internet companies, particularly social media firms and search engines, to protect their users from a range of online harms, both legal and…

Shadow lending threatens China's financial stability

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CHINA

Shadow finance in China.