India has updated its duty-free allowance for returning residents and Indian-origin travelers to ₹75,000, including one laptop. New weight-based rules for jewelry and digitized customs processes aim to simplify travel. Passengers are advised to declare…
Revealed: Toxic old Iraqi oil barrels being sold as water tanks
Across the southern province of Maysan, people are storing water in discarded oil field containers sold to them as ‘safe’. Aya Mansour investigates a public health crisis in the heart of the Iraqi marshlands
Maersk is a ‘great short’ as Red Sea opening will weigh on container markets
Analysts focus on share buybacks and 2026 guidance in tomorrow’s report
A US judge sentences Rui-Siang Lin, who pled guilty to operating the $105M+ dark web narcotics marketplace Incognito Market, to 30 years in US federal prison (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)
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A US judge sentences Rui-Siang Lin, who pled guilty to operating the $105M+ dark web narcotics marketplace Incognito Market, to 30 years in US federal prison — U.S. prosecutors say the Taiwanese operator of …
Elon Musk calls Pedro Sánchez ‘tyrant’ over plans to ban minors from using social media
The tech billionaire blasted the Spanish premier after Sánchez announced new laws Madrid intends to roll out to protect minors from social media harm, which would see executives potentially liable in court.
French footballer Kanté to join Turkish club after Erdogan intervenes to push transfer
French footballer N’Golo Kanté has joined the Turkish side Fenerbahce after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intervened to push through a transfer deal with Saudi club Al-Ittihad.
Threat Actors Conduct Widespread Scanning for Exposed Citrix NetScaler Login Pages
A coordinated reconnaissance campaign targeting Citrix ADC (NetScaler) Gateway infrastructure worldwide. The operation used over 63,000 residential proxy IPs and AWS cloud infrastructure to map login panels and enumerate software versions, a clear indi…
How Israel destroyed Gaza’s health system ‘deliberately and methodically’
Despite ‘ceasefire’, the health sector in Gaza continues to suffer from shortages, destruction and lack of equipment.
A whiff of familiarity in Mandelson’s 2009 collusion with the banks
For Labour veterans of the financial crisis the Epstein files revealed a betrayal – but 16 years on, is the City calling the shots? Today’s advocates of a windfall tax on the UK’s highly profitable banking sector detected a whiff of familiarity in Pet…
Fears mount that Trump administration could meddle in U.S. elections
Concern is mounting among political observers and critics of U.S. President Donald Trump that his administration is laying the groundwork to meddle in crucial midterm elections that could determine which party controls Congress.