Monday, March 20, 2023

Independent review says London police sexist, racist and homophobic

Britain Police

London police have lost the confidence of the public because of deep-seated racism, misogyny and homophobia, according to an independent review commissioned after a young woman was raped and killed by a serving officer.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/london-police-review-sexist-racist-homophobic-1.6785298?cmp=rss

The UBS-Credit Suisse deal, visually explained

Switzerland Credit Suisse UBS

How important Credit Suisse is, how its fall was a long time coming, and what the deal will look like.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ubs-credit-suisse-explainer-1.6784957?cmp=rss

Sri Lanka secures $3B IMF bailout to help salvage bankrupt economy

SRI LANKA-CRISIS/IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Monday that its executive board has approved a nearly $3 billion US ($4.1 billion Cdn) bailout program for Sri Lanka over four years to help salvage the country's bankrupt economy.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sri-lanka-economy-imf-international-monetary-fund-bailout-1.6785045?cmp=rss

U.S. regulator breaks up Silicon Valley Bank, seeks separate sale of private unit

GLOBAL-BANKS/SVB-FDIC

The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Monday decided to break up Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and hold two separate auctions for its traditional deposits unit and its private bank after failing to find a buyer for the failed lender last week.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/silicon-valley-bank-breakup-1.6784169?cmp=rss

Vaccine makers prep bird flu shot for humans 'just in case' as rich nations lock in supplies

avian flu

Some of the world's leading makers of flu vaccines say they could make hundreds of millions of bird flu shots for humans within months if a new strain of avian influenza ever jumps across the species divide.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/bird-flu-vaccine-human-1.6784487?cmp=rss

France's Macron faces no-confidence votes over contentious pension reform

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French President Emmanuel Macron's government faces two motions of no confidence in the National Assembly on Monday after it bypassed the lower house to push through a deeply unpopular overhaul of the pension system that will raise the retirement age.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-assembly-confidence-vote-pensions-1.6784302?cmp=rss