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US charges nine in art, sports memorabilia theft conspiracy
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» NEW YORK - An Andy Warhol silkscreen, Jackson Pollock painting and World Series rings awarded to baseball legend Yogi Berra -- those were just a few of the high-value items US prosecutors charged nine people Thursday with stealing.
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US charges N.Korean hackers in $1.3bn theft scheme
AFP, Published on 18/02/2021
» WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department charged three North Korean military intelligence officials Wednesday in a campaign of cyberattacks to steal $1.3 billion in crypto and traditional currencies from banks and other targets.
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US charges Huawei in technology theft, sanctions violations
AFP, Published on 29/01/2019
» WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department on Monday unveiled sweeping charges against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in two cases likely to ratchet up tensions between the two superpowers -- including that of a top executive arrested in Canada on a US warrant.
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US-funded broadcaster exits Hong Kong
Published on 29/03/2024
» HONG KONG — The US-funded news service Radio Free Asia said on Friday that it had closed its office in Hong Kong because of concerns about the city’s recently enacted national security law that targets so-called foreign interference.
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Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI secrets for Chinese firm
New York Times, Published on 07/03/2024
» WASHINGTON — A Chinese citizen who recently quit his job as a software engineer for Google in California has been charged with trying to transfer artificial intelligence (AI) technology to a Beijing-based company that paid him secretly, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday.
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US state of Maine blocks Trump from ballot
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US state of Maine on Thursday blocked former president Donald Trump from its Republican presidential primary ballot, becoming the second state to disqualify him over his role in the January 2021 assault on the US Capitol.
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Ex-rebel leader faces extremism charges in Moscow
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» MOSCOW - A former top commander of Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, Igor Girkin, went on trial in Moscow on Thursday on charges of extremism for criticising the Kremlin's military strategy towards Kyiv.
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Prosecutors allege rapper Young Thug led gang as trial begins
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» ATLANTA - Prosecutors in Atlanta said Monday that rapper Young Thug was the "proclaimed leader" of a gang that "moved like a pack" to commit crimes, as opening statements in a long-delayed racketeering trial got underway.
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Four charged with theft of gold toilet from English stately home
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» LONDON - Four men are facing charges in relation to the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet that was stolen from an English country house, prosecutors said on Monday.
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Senegal opposition figure Sonko formally charged and detained: lawyer
AFP, Published on 31/07/2023
» DAKAR - Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko on Monday was charged with fomenting insurrection, three days after being arrested at his home, one of his lawyers told AFP.
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