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Casino mogul Wynn sued for acting as agent for China
AFP, Published on 18/05/2022
» WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department sued Las Vegas and Macau casino mogul Steve Wynn Tuesday to force him to register officially as an agent for the Chinese government.
Jeffrey Epstein's other fiddle
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 08/05/2022
» When Jeffrey Epstein died in prison in 2019, he took many secrets with him. One was how a sexual predator and college dropout managed to forge bonds with an astonishing number of the world's richest and most powerful men, like Britain's Prince Andrew and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.
N Korea-tied hackers executed $620m crypto heist: FBI
AFP, Published on 15/04/2022
» WASHINGTON: North Korean-tied hackers were responsible for a US$620-million cryptocurrency heist last month targeting players of the popular Axie Infinity game, US authorities said Thursday.
US crypto expert jailed 63 months for helping N.Korea
AFP, Published on 13/04/2022
» NEW YORK - A US cryptocurrency expert was sentenced Tuesday to 63 months in prison for advising North Korea on how to create cryptocurrency services and blockchain technology to circumvent US sanctions over its nuclear program, court officials in New York said.
Cairo to Kyiv: Social media's rocky ride through conflict zones
AFP, Published on 29/03/2022
» PARIS: When Yarema Dukh set up Ukraine's official Twitter account in 2016, he knew that social media was the best way for his country to get its message out.
Ukraine launches website for cryptocurrency donations
AFP, Published on 15/03/2022
» The Ukrainian government on Monday launched a website in partnership with crypto-firms FTX and Everstake that will funnel donations to Ukraine's central bank as it combats a devastating invasion by Russia.
Deal-maker Trump still rakes it in
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 27/02/2022
» In early December, Donald Trump put on a tuxedo and boarded the private jet of a scrap-metal magnate and crypto-miner for a short flight across Florida, touching down at an airport in Naples. There, a long red carpet marked the pathway into a Christmas-decorated hangar filled with supporters of Mr Trump who had paid US$10,000 (323,400 baht) to $30,000 for the privilege of attending a party and taking a photo with him.
Amsterdam hostage taker dies of injuries in hospital: prosecutors
AFP, Published on 24/02/2022
» THE HAGUE: A 27-year-old man who held several people hostage at an Apple store on a busy Amsterdam square has died in hospital from his injuries, Dutch prosecutors said late Wednesday.
Police clearing protesters from Canadian capital
Published on 19/02/2022
» OTTAWA: Canadian police were working on Saturday restore normality to the country’s capital after trucks and demonstrators occupied the downtown core of Ottawa for more than three weeks to protest against pandemic restrictions.
Police start to clear trucker-led protests in Canada capital
AFP, Published on 18/02/2022
» OTTAWA - Canadian police on Thursday began a massive operation to clear the trucker-led protests against Covid health rules clogging the capital for three weeks, with several arrests made.