Economy Today 11:37 am The SBF Verdict and Crypto’s Unindicted Scam Network The SBF Verdict and Crypto’s Unindicted Scam Network The high-profile trial leaves many questions unanswered, chiefly about FTX’s apparent role as a money-laundering operation. Jacob Silverman November 6, 2023 Former crypto titan Sam Bankman-Fried outside Manhattan Federal Court. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty…
19 minutes ago About sharing By Imran Rahman-Jones BBC News The founder and chief executive of one of the biggest dating apps in the world is stepping down after nearly 10 years in charge. Whitney Wolfe Herd, who created the company in 2014, will become Bumble Inc’s executive chair. She will be replaced by Slack…
30 minutes ago About sharing Narges Mohammadi, 51, suffers from heart and lung conditions By David Gritten BBC News Jailed Iranian human right activist Narges Mohammadi has begun a hunger strike, a month after she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, her family says. The 51-year-old is protesting against Iran’s denial of medical care to…
November 6, 2023 The Republican Party Has Devolved Into Utter Incoherence As we face so many crises globally, the legislative branch of the world’s (theoretically) most powerful country has ceased to function. Rebecca Gordon Ad Policy Former US speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) departs after speaking to reporters in Statuary Hall at the…
November 6, 2023 The Left Is Not “Anti-Jewish” What we are witnessing is an effort to get people to see slogans like “Free Palestine” as anti-Semitic and the protests as threats to Jewish existence. Dave Zirin Ad Policy WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 18: Demonstrators are detained by U.S. Capitol Police after they staged a sit-in…
26 minutes ago About sharing Exhibition attendees view the work of Hannah Reyes Morales – which was closed off to under-18s by the government By James FitzGerald BBC News The head of Hungary’s National Museum has been sacked for allegedly letting under-18s view LGBT content. A controversial Hungarian law bans the “display and promotion of…
1 hour ago About sharing Mohammed Farooq had planned to detonate an IED at St James’s Hospital in Leeds, a court heard By PA Media BBC News A former patient talked a man out of detonating a bomb in a Leeds hospital after spotting him looking upset, a jury has heard. Mohammed Farooq, 28, who…
2 minutes ago About sharing Callum Rycroft was hit by a car as he tried to cross the M62 with his father By Chloe Laversuch BBC News A drink driver who “abandoned” his son on a motorway moments before the boy was hit and killed by a car has been jailed for 10 years. Callum…
8 minutes ago About sharing Birmingham man used petrol to attack mosque worshipper By Caroline Gall BBC News, West Midlands A man who set fire to two elderly worshippers after they left mosques has been convicted of attempted murder. Mohammed Abbkr, 29, sprayed petrol on and set Hashi Odowa, 82, and Mohammed Rayaz, 70, alight…
1 hour ago About sharing Humza Yousaf and Nadia El-Nakla say they fear for family members left in Gaza Humza Yousaf has described as “bittersweet” the return of his parents-in-law after four weeks of being under siege in Gaza. The first minister said his father-in-law has shed tears for the family members left behind. Elizabeth…