The report on Ukraine’s violations of humanitarian law was based on an “extensive investigation,” the NGO maintains Amnesty International said on Friday that it stands by a report in which it accused Kiev of endangering civilians by placing its military assets in schools and residential areas. The investigation drew the ire of the Ukrainian government…

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New technologies are threatening an archaic financial system, according to the Russian president The Western financial system is becoming outdated because of new technologies and could lose its dominant global position in the near future, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.