Month: June 2023

Already notorious as an agent of market chaos, the crypto industry has also unleashed political havoc, leading to a critical general election in Montenegro, a troubled Balkan nation struggling to shake off the grip of organized crime and Russian influence. Just days before the June 11 vote, Montenegro’s political landscape was thrown into disarray by the intervention of Do Kwon, the fugitive head of a failed crypto business whose collapse last year contributed to to a $2 trillion industry-wide drop. In a handwritten letter sent to the authorities from the Montenegrin prison where he has been held since March, Mr….

Boston: A recent outbreak of Covid-19 among staff and patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has officials closely monitoring those cases, the hospital announced Saturday. Universal masking has been implemented in the affected unit, hospital officials said in a statement. “BIDMC recently detected a cluster of cases of COVID-19 among staff and patients. We quickly isolated the patients and then initiated universal masking in the affected unit in accordance with infection control protocols,” says the statement. “We continue to monitor this situation closely and will adjust this plan in the future as necessary, and have notified the cluster to…

A record heat wave enters its third week in Texas, as temperatures soar three digits across the broader US South and tens of thousands of people in affected states are without power and air conditioning. More than 40 million people in the US are under a heat alert. Texas cities have reached an unprecedented heat index, which combines temperature and humidity. Corpus Christi has struck 125F (51C), while Rio Grande Village hit 118F (47C) and Del Rio hit 115F (46C). States like New Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri are also experiencing scorching heat, with the National Weather Service predicting…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – A Tiverton man is facing four felony charges after police say he admitted to breaking into a home to steal sex toys to give as birthday presents. Benjamin Nadrowski, 32, was arraigned before a judge in district court Tuesday morning on two counts each of entering a building with criminal intent and attempted breaking and entering. According to police, officers were dispatched around 10:45 p.m. on June 2 to a home on Power Street for a report of a suspicious person. The dispatcher told police a person was trying to break a window. When police arrived,…

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission charged Binance Holdings Ltd. and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao, of mishandling client funds, misleading investors and regulators, and violating securities rules. In a 136 pages In a complaint filed Monday in US federal court in Washington, the SEC filed a series of alleged violations against the world’s largest crypto exchange and its leader. For years, they ignored basic know-your-customer rules, letting Americans open accounts and trade incorrectly, the watchdog said. It’s just the latest legal headache for Zhao and Binance. [ad_2] Source link

BAY RIDGE, Brooklyn (WABC) — Two people were shot outside a Brooklyn sneaker store Friday, leaving a bullet-riddled scene in a normally quiet neighborhood. The shooting happened around 4:15 pm outside the PluggedIn Sneaker Boutique located at 9413 Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge. “It’s a very popular sneaker store. I think they were waiting for a sneaker release. And then it was chaos,” said a witness named Jared. Witnesses tell Eyewitness News reporter Sonia Rincon that the victims were in a bullet-riddled dark gray Hyundai Sonata. They had just been picked up from the shoe store and someone who had…

Attorney General Merrick Garland denied allegations of political interference in the Justice Department’s investigation into Hunter Biden, and reiterated that the U.S. attorney overseeing the case had full authority to decide what charges to file. Garland said during a press conference on Friday that he had said early on that David Weiss, the U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware who was appointed by former President Trump, could continue his investigation into the Biden administration and decide what he wanted to prosecute “of any way you want.” Hunter Biden reached a deal with prosecutors on Tuesday to plead guilty to…

Amirabdollahian said he discussed a regional dialogue forum proposed by the UN, in addition to trade and investment prospects. Tehran, Iran — Iran has promoted a regional forum for dialogue and cooperation during a four-country tour by Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian as he met with senior officials from neighboring Arab countries. Amirabdollahian visited Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) between June 19 and Thursday afternoon. Iran’s top diplomat welcomed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ proposal to convene an eight-nation regional forum in New York in September. The forum would include Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates,…