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Sam Bankman-Fried has little to lose by bucking conventional wisdom and taking the stand at his criminal fraud trial, following weeks of testimony that he stole billions of dollars from unwitting customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange, legal experts said. Bankman-Fried plans to take the stand in his own defense, his lawyer Mark Cohen said at a court hearing on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried plans to testify in his own defense at his criminal fraud trial, defense lawyer Mark Cohen said during a telephone hearing on Wednesday.

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Jaishankar on Wednesday embarked on a two-day visit to Kyrgystan to attend the 22nd meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG), to be held under the chairmanship of Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of External Affairs said. The October 25-October 26 meeting in the Kyrgyz capital city of Bishkek will be attended by the heads of governments of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, the Vice-President of Iran, and the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan. «In Bishkek, the external affairs minister will also meet with his counterparts from other SCO member states and call on the country's top leadership,» the MEA statement read. SCO observer States including Belarus and Mongolia as well as guest state Turkmenistan will also attend the meeting. The CHG is the second-highest forum in SCO.

BEIJING (Reuters) — China President Xi Jinping will meet California Governor Gavin Newsom, Chinese state media said on Wednesday.

Subra Suresh particularly received the award for advancing the study of material science and its application to other disciplines. The announcement from the National Science and Technology Medals Foundation noted Suresh's commitment to research and collaboration across international borders, which has demonstrated how science can forge understanding and cooperation among people and nations. Suresh is the former head of the National Science Foundation.

Finnish investigators say they believe an anchor of a Chinese container ship was dislodged and caused the damage to the undersea Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia on the Baltic Sea earlier this month

California regulators have revoked the license of a robotaxi service owned by General Motors after determining its driverless cars that recently began transporting passengers throughout San Francisco are a dangerous menace

Taliban government concede its demands for action against Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Baloch separatists, the Pakistan government has decided to target Afghan refugees on its soil as a leverage to pressurise the Taliban regime. Pakistan realises that without improvement in its internal security situation, the country will not be able to come out of the economic morass in which it finds itself. In fact, Chinese President Xi Jinping categorically told Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, the caretaker prime minister of Pakistan, in Beijing on October 19, the need for ensuring safety and security of Chinese institutions and personnel for further enhancement of projects under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor.

By Kirsty Needham

In the dynamic landscape of the financial industry, the role of First Loss Default Guarantee (FLDG) has emerged as a critical tool for lenders and regulated entities (REs) in securing their loan portfolios. Let’s delve into the significant aspects of FLDG and its impact on risk management, particularly after the recent Default Loss Guarantee (DLG) guidelines introduced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Washington on Thursday for high-level talks, the US state department has announced, as the two countries try to “responsibly manage” their fraught relations.

The leaders of opposition parties that collectively won the most votes in Poland’s recent elections say they have agreed to form a government together

An ambitious 2021 agreement by more than 140 countries and territories to weed out tax havens and force multinational corporations to pay a minimum tax has been weakened by loopholes and will raise only a fraction of the revenue that was envisioned, a ...

Foxconn, saying Beijing should «cherish» Taiwanese companies and not put pressure on them during an election. Foxconn is facing a tax probe in China, two sources close to the company said on Monday, confirming a report in China's state-backed Global Times.

Lifshitz, an Israeli grandmother released by Hamas militants on Monday, is a peace activist who together with her husband helped sick Palestinians in Gaza get to hospital for years, her grandson told Reuters. The Palestinian militants said they released Lifshitz, 85, and a second woman Nurit Cooper, 79, on health grounds, after taking them and more than 200 others hostage during an Oct.

A Singaporean payments firm has sealed a “cross-border” digital yuan cooperation deal with a major Chinese bank, in another breakthrough for the CBDC.

BEIJING (Reuters) — The China-U.S. Economic Working Group held its first meeting via video link on Tuesday, the Chinese finance ministry said.

European Union Herve Delphin on Monday said making the EU-India strategic partnership a defining force for the world of today and tomorrow will be his key focus. Delphin said the EU's partnership with India is one of the most significant relationships developed by the grouping on the global stage. The EU ambassador to India made the remarks after presenting his credentials to President Droupadi Murmu at an official ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares fell 1.5% in early Monday trade as investors were digesting updates from China.

tax havens and force multinational corporations to pay a minimum tax has been weakened by loopholes and will raise only a fraction of the revenue that was envisioned, a tax watchdog backed by the European Union has warned. The landmark agreement, brokered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%. The idea was to stop multinational corporations, among them Apple and Nike, from using accounting and legal maneuvers to shift earnings to low- or no-tax havens.