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Australia Fines Qoin Wallet Operator $14 Million for Unlicensed Activity
Australia’s Federal Court has fined crypto Qoin Wallet operator BPS Financial $14 million (US$9.9 million) after finding it misled consumers about whether its token could be spent at merchants or exchanged for cash and other digital assets. The penalty was handed down on Monday after the court found in 2024 that BPS Financial promoted and…
Read MoreThe President with No Shortage of Half-Baked Ideas
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Read MoreSmall plane crashes in rural area of Colombia, killing 15 people including congressman
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A small plane crashed Wednesday in a rural area of Norte de Santander province in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people on board including a member of congress, authorities said. Satena, the state-owned airline that operated the flight, said local officials in the community of Curasica notified authorities about where the…
Read MoreIsrael’s budget deadline: What happens if Knesset cannot agree in time?
By law, failure to pass the budget by March 31 leads to an automatic collapse of the government and snap elections within about 90 days. Israel’s government must pass the state budget by March 31, or the Knesset dissolves automatically, and elections are held roughly three months later, per Israeli law. The rule applies each…
Read MoreNigeria to try military officers accused of planning coup last year
Nigerian military authorities are set to try more than a dozen officers over allegations that they planned to overthrow the government last year, capping months of concerns about security in Africa’s largest democracy after a series of military takeovers in neighboring nations in recent years. The Nigerian army arrested 16 service members in Oct. 2025…
Read MoreThe Forecast Wars on Weather Twitter
For this week’s Infinite Scroll column, Brady Brickner-Wood is filling in for Kyle Chayka. What you expected from this past weekend’s winter storm likely depended on where you got your weather news. If you watched the Weather Channel or visited the National Weather Service web page, you’d have learned about the “increasing threat for accumulating…
Read MoreRwanda seeks £100m from UK over axed asylum deal
The Rwandan government is claiming it is owed £100m by the UK over payments due under an asylum agreement cancelled by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Rwanda has filed an international arbitration case, arguing the UK has breached the terms of the deal to send some asylum seekers to the African nation. Under the deal,…
Read MoreHerzog announces visit to Australia, will meet Australian Jews, political leaders during trip
President Isaac Herzog will be traveling to Australia from February 8 to February 12, where he will meet with Jewish leaders, victims of the Bondi Beach massacre, and Australian politicians. President Isaac Herzog announced an upcoming visit to Australia to meet with the local Jewish community and Australian officials on Tuesday, with his official schedule…
Read MoreEx-Nigeria oil minister in bribery trial spent £2m at Harrods, court hears
More than £2m was spent at Harrods on behalf of a then-Nigerian oil minister accused of accepting bribes from industry figures interested in government contracts, a court in London has heard. Diezani Alison-Madueke, 65, is alleged to have been provided with “a life of luxury in the United Kingdom”, including the use of multimillion-pound properties,…
Read MoreNigeria president ‘in great shape’ after falling at Turkey reception
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu is “in great shape” despite falling over at a reception ceremony in Turkey, one of his aides said. Tinubu, 73, was being welcomed by his Turkish counterpart at an official ceremony in the capital, Ankara, when he stumbled. After walking past a line of soldiers and dignitaries Tinubu can be seen…
Read MoreGaza’s unequal dead: 10,000 Palestinians under rubble, one Israeli captive
To retrieve one body, the Israeli military mobilised a fleet of tanks, drones, and what locals described as “explosive robots”. They turned a neighbourhood into a “kill zone”, dug up approximately 200 Palestinian graves, and left four civilians dead in their wake. The focus of this overwhelming force was Ran Gvili, an Israeli policeman killed…
Read MoreThe Beckhams’ Very Public Family Meltdown
This past week, after the semi-famous Brooklyn Beckham confirmed, via Instagram, a long-simmering rift with his very famous parents, people urgently wanted to know: What happened at his wedding? The intrigue stemmed from Brooklyn’s contention that his parents, David and Victoria Beckham, the English former football star and Spice Girl, had tried to ruin his…
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