Rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua province have killed a construction worker and seriously injured three others in an attack at a construction site ByALFIAN KARTONO Associated Press October 20, 2023, 5:49 AM JAYAPURA, Indonesia — Rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua province killed a construction worker and seriously injured three others in an attack at a … Read more
In the three weeks since his trial began, Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of crypto exchange FTX, has watched in near silence as a parade of ex-colleagues, peers and other witnesses have taken the stand. They have testified to his greed, recklessness, bullying and chicanery. His lawyers have offered relatively little in the way of riposte—and have … Read more
KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel — Nearly two weeks after Hamas militants left his village scorched and shattered, Shachar Butler returned to bury a friend who was slain. But it was the town itself, a quarter of its residents dead or missing, that he eulogized. “It was the happiest place alive. It was a green place, … Read more
“These cryptocurrency companies lied to investors and tried to hide more than a billion dollars in losses, and it was middle-class investors who suffered as a result,” Letitia James, New York attorney general, said in a statement. “Hardworking New Yorkers and investors around the country lost more than a billion dollars because they were fed … Read more
A court in Amsterdam has sentenced a Polish-Canadian national to two months in prison for projecting a message alluding to an antisemitic conspiracy theory onto the Anne Frank House museum ByMOLLY QUELL Associated Press October 19, 2023, 10:26 AM THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A court in Amsterdam sentenced a Polish-Canadian national to two months in … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya — The widow of a prominent Pakistani journalist who was killed a year ago in Kenya filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against an elite Kenyan police unit she accuses of the wrongful death of her husband. Javeria Siddique said she filed the lawsuit in Nairobi to get justice for her husband Arshad Sharif, … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Bruno Plácido, a well-known leader of a civilian “self-defense” group, was shot to death Tuesday in southern Mexico, eliminating one of the last true chiefs of the country’s armed vigiliante movements that sprang up a decade ago. Vigilante squads in other parts of southern and western Mexico still call themselves “self-defense” groups, … Read more
A Thai construction magnate whose conviction on poaching charges became a rare example of the rich and influential facing justice in the country was freed on parole, two months before his prison term ends ByJINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press October 17, 2023, 10:44 AM FILE – Thai business tycoon, chairman of Italian-Thai Development Plc, one of … Read more
BRUSSELS — Police in Belgium searched Tuesday for a suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting on a Brussels street before disappearing into the night. Amateur videos posted on social media of Monday’s attack showed a man wearing an orange fluorescent vest pull up on a scooter, take … Read more
ARRAS, France — French President Emmanuel Macron was holding Monday a special security meeting amid heightened alert against feared terror threats, as a high school where a teacher was fatally stabbed in an attack last week has been evacuated over a bomb alert. Several hundreds of students and teachers could be seen going back into … Read more