Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested the founder of Bitzlato, a cryptocurrency exchange they said has been a financial haven for Russia-aligned criminals engaged in ransomware and illicit drug sales on the dark web.
Japan’s Military Resurgence Takes the Heat off India
The rise of alternative military partners means that the U.S. doesn’t need to press New Delhi to align with it on sensitive geopolitical issues or against China or Russia.
London’s nightlife district Soho introduces ‘anti-pee’ paint
In central London’s Soho district, Westminster City Council have decided to tackle the issue of public urination in a novel way: treating the walls with ‘anti-pee paint’ that delivers a nasty surprise to those who attempt to relieve themselves on it. T…
Changes ‘need to happen on the outside,’ says Thunberg in Davos
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says participants at the World Economic Forum in Davos will continue “to throw people under the bus for their own gain,” as she makes the case that “the changes we need right now need to happen on the outside”. I…
The French ‘are being lied to’, says hard-left leader at pension reform march
“There is already a battle that the government is losing (…) nobody believes the arguments presented by the government.,” says Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of the far-left party La France Insoumise, at the beginning of a demonstration in Marseille …
Appeals Court Asked to Void Derek Chauvin’s Guilty Vedict
On January 18, an attorney representing Derek Chauvin urged an appeals court to throw out the former police officer’s conviction in the murder of George Floyd.
FBI Responds to Another Attack on the US Power Grid
Early on January 17, the FBI responded to gunfire at another North Carolina power substation. Fox News reports that the incident comes nearly two months after the electric grid in Moore County, NC, was affected by what authorities deemed an act of crim…
How fashion pollutes
Sustainable influencers take on fast fashion. Videographic on pollution generated by fast-fashion industry. VIDEOGRAPHIC
Swedish ex-intel agent gets life for spying for Russia
A former Swedish intelligence official is handed a life sentence for spying for Russia’s GRU military intelligence service between 2011 and 2021, and his brother jailed for nearly 10 years. Stockholm’s district court found 42-year-old Peyman Kia, who s…
Alec Baldwin shot a woman on set. He’s now facing involuntary manslaughter charges. What changed?
Nearly 15 months after the fatal shooting, investigators announced criminal charges over the on set fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Bevan Hurley explains the complicated case