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• ‘Cypherpunks have rallied to Assange’: NFT auction raises $52m for WikiLeaks founder

  09-02-2022 20:11
  
  Cryptocurrency funds aim to help Assange’s legal defense as he seeks to avoid extradition from the UK to the USAn online auction of digital art raised more than $52m worth of cryptocurrency to help fund Julian Assange’s legal defense, the winning bid coming from a group of supporters who had pooled their money.The Australian-born WikiLeaks founder is battling extradition from Britain to the US, where the authorities want him to face trial on 18 criminal charges including breaking a s
  
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• Prince Charles to unveil statue of 13th-century Jewish businesswoman

  09-02-2022 12:19
  
  Chief rabbi will bless the bronze of moneylender Licoricia to be installed in WinchesterA statue of a Jewish woman whose success in business and connections with powerful people made her a renowned figure in 13th-century England will be unveiled by the Prince of Wales on Thursday.The story of Licoricia, who was murdered in her home 13 years before all Jews in England were expelled on the orders of Edward I, “shines a light on the nature of the medieval Jewish community”, said Ephraim
  
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• Prince Charles to unveil statue of 13-century Jewish businesswoman

  09-02-2022 12:10
  
  Chief rabbi will bless the bronze of moneylender Licoricia to be installed in WinchesterA statue of a Jewish woman whose success in business and connections with powerful people made her a renowned figure in 13th-century England will be unveiled by the Prince of Wales on Thursday.The story of Licoricia, who was murdered in her home 13 years before all Jews in England were expelled on the orders of Edward I, “shines a light on the nature of the medieval Jewish community”, said Ephraim
  
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