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Sam Bankman-Fried, who founded and led FTX until a liquidity crunch forced the cryptocurrency exchange to declare bankruptcy last month, was arrested on Monday in The Bahamas after being criminally charged by U.S. prosecutors. It marks a stunning fall from grace for the 30-year-old entrepreneur who rode a cryptocurrency boom …

Six people were killed, including two police officers, at a remote property in Australia’s Queensland state, authorities said on Tuesday, after police visited the place to investigate reports of a missing person. Initial information indicated the officers were shot by two armed offenders on Monday evening when they approached the …

Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc will operate 30 special flights to carry soccer fans from Casablanca to Doha for the country’s Wednesday World Cup semifinal game against France, the airline said on Monday. The flights would depart on Tuesday and Wednesday, it said. To the delight of Moroccans, and not just …

Sam Bankman-Fried, who founded and led FTX until a liquidity crunch forced the cryptocurrency exchange to declare bankruptcy last month, was arrested on Monday in The Bahamas after being criminally charged by U.S. prosecutors. It marks a stunning fall from grace for the 30-year-old entrepreneur who rode a cryptocurrency boom …

Abbott’s sustainability plan prioritizes designing affordable life-changing technologies and aims to extend the reach of innovation to more than 3 billion people globally. Abbott announced it has committed to upgrading 75 primary health centers to Health and Wellness Centers (HWCs) in India by early 2024 in partnership with Americares India …

Visitors to Bali will not be put at risk by Indonesia’s newly ratified criminal code, the island’s governor said, dismissing concerns that revised laws which include articles criminalising sex outside marriage may scare away tourists from its shores. Indonesia’s parliament last week passed the controversial bill that also prohibits cohabitation …

A Panama-flagged cargo ship hit a Vietnamese fishing boat off the southern coast Monday, causing six fishermen to fall into the sea and one of them remains missing. The Lady Roxana ship left HCMC and hit the fishing boat at around 7:20 a.m. when they were more than 4.5 km …

One train of HCMC metro line No. 1 is planning a trial run along an elevated section on December 21. The pilot run for metro line No. 1 will be carried out on a section of more than 8km in Thu Duc City, the Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR) …

Macau’s government will allow people infected with Covid-19 to isolate at home from Wednesday, a key step towards relaxing strict virus control measures in the world’s gambling hub for the first time in almost three years. Health officials said that infected patients would be able to stay at home and …

Mayor of Amsterdam tells Vietnam’s prime minister the Dutch city is willing to share its experience with Hanoi in tackling urban problems. In a meeting Sunday with Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said he was impressed with what the city has achieved in dealing with …