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U.S. authorities accuse Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg of bank fraud, money laundering as his yacht is seized
The yacht called “Tango” owned by Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, who was sanctioned by the U.S. on March 11, is seen at Palma de Mallorca Yacht Club in the Spanish island of Mallorca, Spain March 15, 2022. Juan Medina | Reuters U.S. authorities accused Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg of conspiring to commit bank fraud and […]
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Sri Lankan president tries to preempt protests with nationwide curfew
“I don’t know why a curfew has been declared. What we need now is not a curfew, we need food, gas, fuel and the freedom to express ourselves,” said one protest organizer in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ishara S. Kodikara | Afp | Getty Images Sri Lanka imposed a countrywide curfew starting Saturday evening until Monday […]
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Sri Lanka’s president declares emergency as police clash with angry protesters
Protestors in Colombo on April 1, 2022. Inflation has wracked Sri Lanka, rising to 17.5% in February from 16.8% a month earlier, according to the country’s central bank. Ishara S. Kodikara | AFP | Getty Images Sri Lanka’s president declared a state of emergency in the island nation Friday, a day after angry protesters demonstrated […]
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Solomon Islands says security deal with China won’t include military base
Smoke rises from the Chinatown district of Honiara last November. Riots struck the country after Solomon Islands Prime Minister Sogavare severed diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favor of China. Charley Piringi | AFP | Getty Images Seeking to counter international fears over its new security alliance with China, the Solomon Islands said Friday it won’t […]
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Make $87.50 in 3 minutes: Reporting idling trucks in NYC has become a lucrative side hustle for clean-air vigilantes
Ernest Welde says he’s been chased, swung at and even pushed by truck drivers, who disapprove of his side gig. From his phone, Welde records trucks that are parked for longer than three minutes with their engines still running, an offense in New York City. “Every time I go out of my house, I am […]
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SEC targets SPACs with rules on inflated business forecasts, merger disclosures
A flag outside the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday debuted a host of new rules for SPACs that, if enacted, would mark one of the broadest attempts to date at cracking […]
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Democrats demand Supreme Court’s Clarence Thomas recuse himself from key 2020 election, Capitol riot cases over wife’s push to overturn Biden win
Two dozen Democratic lawmakers demanded that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas “promptly recuse himself” from future cases related to pro-Trump efforts to challenge the 2020 election results, including those tied to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. In a letter dated Monday, 24 Democrats in the House and Senate asked the senior justice to “immediately issue […]
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‘Significant’ evidence suggests Trump Organization misstated asset values for more than a decade, NY AG says
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Iowa States Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, October 9, 2021. Rachel Mummey | Reuters The New York Attorney General Office’s probe of the Trump Organization has “uncovered significant evidence” suggesting that the company’s financial statements for more than a decade relied on misleading valuations […]
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‘We will come and we will find you’: U.S. issues warning to anyone helping Russia bypass sanctions
Wally Adeyemo, deputy U.S. Treasury secretary, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. will hold accountable any actor that seeks to help Russia bypass economic sanctions amid the Kremlin’s unprovoked onslaught on Ukraine, Deputy U.S. […]
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UK police issue first 20 fines over lockdown gatherings in Downing Street
People take part in a protest against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he flouted coronavirus lockdown rules by attending a garden party in 2020, at the Parliament Square and 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom on January 26, 2022. Rasid Necati | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images British police said on Tuesday they […]
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