Guo Wengui, who gained fans for criticising China’s Communist party, was found guilty in 2024 on nine charges including money laundering A US federal court has sentenced exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui to 30 years in prison, after he was convicted of defrauding thousands of people out of more than $1bn. In July 2024 , a jury unanimously found Guo, also known as Ho Wan Kwok and Miles Guo, guilty on nine of 12 charges, including securities offences, wire fraud and money laundering. The FBI arrest
Aftershock frays nerves as many Venezuelans left to fend for themselves Many areas of Venezuela devastated by last week's twin earthquakes have yet to receive significant government help, leaving residents to carry out much of the rescue effort. In the port of La Guaira, one of the hardest-hit cities, the BBC saw people using crowbars, mallets and pickaxes to try to dig out loved ones and neighbours. Tens of thousands of people are still believed to be missing. Early on Monday, nerves were fraye
Federal court judge rules Ofir Birenbaum breached parts of settlement with Middle Eastern restaurant reached after incident when working with Daily Telegraph Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A pro-Israel activist breached parts of a legal settlement with Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway, a court has ruled, after he claimed to have been “completely vindicated” following the settlement. Justice Robert Bromwich hande
Six trucks – including one carrying eight tonnes of butane cans – destroyed at NSW rest stop near Breadalbane, police say Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Police say it is “nothing short of a miracle” that six truck drivers emerged relatively unscathed after an explosive crash involving semi-trailers carrying tonnes of flammable materials on a major New South Wales highway. Two trucks appear to have collided when
As AI is adopted across industries, it’s also being taken up by scammers. Around 6% of U.S. adults, or around 15 million people, were scammed out of money last year, a new Gallup and Stop Scams Alliance survey finds, and victims reported that 12% of those scams involved AI or deepfakes. “These guys aren’t called organized crime for nothing. They’re actually organized, and they’re using their organization to start attacking us with scale now to a tune of $68 billion, which is like the annual reve
ABC News · Oct 8
The group of Venezuelans, which included several families, was sent to the Hotel Santuario La Llanada, family members of those impacted said.
BBC World News · Oct 8
People in areas devastated by twin earthquakes say they need more support from the government.
NBC News · Oct 8
¡Marruecos responde! Gol agónico de Issa Diop empata el partido ante Países Bajos en los 16avos 02:31 Gol de Cody Gakpo enciende Monterrey y adelanta a Países Bajos ante Marruecos en los 16avos 02:43Paraguay conmueve con sus declaraciones tras eliminar a Alemania en penales 08:02Joshua Kimmich: “Si no logras ganar en 120 minutos, mereces quedar eliminado” 07:11Lo que no se vio en TV: así festejó Paraguay tras el pase histórico a 8vos del Mundial ante Alemania 14:15La dramática tanda de penales c
NBC News · Oct 8
The FBI in Connecticut said it arrested four men who allegedly stole tens of thousands at a time from ATMs at rest stops along I-95 from Darien to New Haven. In a two-week span, the four suspects stole more than $500,000 from eight ATM locations, according to investigators. The suspects are Venezuelan nationals who used hardware and malware to get the machines to churn out endless streams of cash, law enforcement officials said. At a northbound rest stop in Fairfield, prosecutors said the men ma
