June 10, 2023
Despite his apparent role in the Tutsi genocide, the Rwandan financier of the infamous radio station will not be convicted by a UN tribunal in The Hague because he suffers from widespread dementia. For decades, Félicien Kabuga has been one of the most wanted criminals indicted for genocide, the most serious crime under international law.
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Six crew members of Liberian-flagged tanker held hostage by pirates for more than a month West Africa were released, the Danish shipping company that owns the ship said on Monday. On March 25, pirates boarded the Monjasa Reformer southwest of Port Pointe Noire, Congo. The ship was found abandoned five days later by a French
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U.S. Attorney’s Office on Wednesday urged the judge to impose tough restrictions on the defendants Cryptocurrency exchange FTX founder Sam Bankman-Frieduse of the Internet, arguing that existing conditions “leave too much room for inappropriate behavior.” Additionally, court documents earlier Wednesday showed that the former dean of Stanford Law School and a computer science researcher at
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CNN — An Iranian doctor and human rights activist has been released from Tehran’s notorious Evin prison a week after pictures of his severely malnourished state surfaced on social media. Farhad Meysami was released from prison on Friday, Iranian pro-reform publication Shargh Daily reported. News of his release broke when France announced that the Franco-Iranian
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A US court on Thursday extended a ban on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Freed’s ability to contact employees of companies he once controlled and use encrypted messaging technology while on bail while awaiting trial on fraud charges. United States District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Feb. 1 has temporarily banned Bankman-Fried from contacting any current or former
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FTX objected to the US Department of Justice’s request for an independent investigation into the collapse of the once-famous cryptocurrency exchange, saying it was already conducting a wide-ranging investigation involving members of the FTX founder’s family. Sam Bankman-Fried.FTX said in a Wilmington, Delaware lawsuit late Wednesday night that the Justice Department’s proposed scrutiny would only
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At least $1 billion of client funds disappeared from the collapsed crypto exchange. FTXaccording to two people familiar with the matter. Exchange Founder Sam Bankman-Fried secretly transferred $10 billion of client funds from FTX to trading company Bankman-Fried Alameda Researchpeople told Reuters. Much of that number has since disappeared, they said. One source estimated the
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CNN — Haitian authorities they are said to have regained control of the main gas terminal in the capital, Port-au-Prince, ending the gang’s stranglehold on a vital energy facility. The news follows two weeks of talks with Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherisier to relinquish control of the Varre terminal, according to Haitian politician Dr. J.
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