Caroline Ellison, former chief executive officer of Alameda Research LLC, exits court in New York, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Caroline Ellison, who ran Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto hedge fund while also dating the FTX founder, told jurors in her second day of testimony that one way her … Read more
Kenya’s high court temporarily has barred deployment of the country’s security forces to other countries for two weeks until a case filed by a local politician challenging such action as unconstitutional is looked into ByEVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press October 9, 2023, 12:33 PM NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s high court temporarily barred on Monday deployment of … Read more
LONDON — The British government’s contentious policy to stem the flow of migrants faces one of its toughest challenges this week as the U.K. Supreme Court weighs whether it’s lawful to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda. The Conservative government is challenging a Court of Appeal ruling in June that said the policy intended to deter immigrants … Read more
An Egyptian appeals court has upheld a six-month prison sentence for a fierce government critic who was convicted of defamation ByThe Associated Press October 7, 2023, 12:29 PM CAIRO — An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday upheld a six-month prison sentence for a fierce government critic who was convicted of defamation last month in a … Read more
Activists in Guatemala are blocking roads in surging demonstrations to support President-elect Bernardo Arévalo ByThe Associated Press October 6, 2023, 12:42 PM Protestors block the Inter American highway to demand the resignation of Attorney General Consuelo Porras and prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche in Totonicapan, Guatemala, early Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. For the fifth consecutive day people … Read more
Guatemala’s highest court has ruled that prosecutors can suspend President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s political party, though legal experts had questioned the move ByThe Associated Press October 6, 2023, 12:42 PM Protestors block the Inter American highway to demand the resignation of Attorney General Consuelo Porras and prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche in Totonicapan, Guatemala, early Friday, Oct. 6, … Read more
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s main opposition said Thursday it will present new evidence to support its court challenge seeking to overturn this year’s presidential election, saying it can show the declared winner provided faked academic credentials to authorities. President Bola Tinubu forged a diploma from an American university that he presented to Nigeria’s election commission … Read more
Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange FTX may have lost at least $8 billion in customer money, but he “didn’t intend to defraud anyone,” his defense team said Wednesday during the opening arguments of his highly anticipated trial. Though legal experts had long speculated that Bankman-Fried, or SBF for short, would take a “blame the lawyers” approach, … Read more
A Congolese military court has sentenced a colonel to death after soldiers fired upon a crowd of protesters earlier this year ByJUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press FILE – Arrested members of the Wazalendo sect are sat and lined up in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Aug. 30, 2023. A military court on Monday, Oct. … Read more
Former President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media while arriving for the second day of his civil fraud trial in New York on Oct. 3, 2023. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he plans to testify at the New York trial accusing him of … Read more