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Police have launched a manhunt in Barcelona for ex-Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont

In a setback to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a federal judge on Wednesday ordered Ripple Labs to pay a little over $125 million civil penalty in its ongoing legal battle with the regulator.The SEC initially sought a nearly $2 billion penalty, while Ripple pushed for the fine to be capped at $10 million.

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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Tarique Rahman, and the student leadership which led the protests that ousted the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh earlier this week are at loggerheads over general elections, according to people in the know. Sources told ET that Rahman is in a hurry to hold elections that may enable him to become the next PM, and is worried that «pro-BNP» and «pro-Jamaat» sentiments may dilute if elections are delayed. However, the student leadership has a different view. It does not have a political structure and wants time to create a party before contesting the polls.

The Sam Bankman-Fried founded FTX and its sister company Alameda Research have been ordered by a New York judge to pay $12.7 billion to creditors, effectively ending a nearly two years long lawsuit from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Kerala High Court on Thursday registered a case on its own over the massive landslides that ravaged the Mundakkai and Chooralmala areas of Wayanad on July 30, which has claimed the lives of at least 226 persons and displaced thousands of people. A bench of justices A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and V M Syam Kumar directed the court's registrar general to register a case based on media reports.

The AAP chief was presented in court for the hearing through video conferencing. The court had on July 29 reserved its order on the Central Bureau of Investigation's plea requesting the extension of Kejriwal's judicial custody.

NEET PG 2024 today, ahead of the entrance exam scheduled for August 11, 2024. Candidates who have registered for the exam can now download their hall tickets from the official NBEMS website, nbe.edu.in, by using their roll number, date of birth, and other required details. NBEMS had previously released the NEET PG 2024 exam city intimation slips on July 31 and August 4. The admit cards will provide detailed information regarding the exam schedule and venue. To download the NEET PG 2024 admit cards, candidates should follow these steps:

Muhammad Yunus will helm Bangladesh's interim government after the ouster of premier Sheikh Hasina, who had hounded him in speeches and through the courts. The 84-year-old, known as the "banker to the poorest of the poor", was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his work loaning small cash sums to rural women, allowing them to invest in farm tools or business equipment and boost their earnings. Grameen Bank, the microfinance lender he founded, was lauded for helping unleash breakneck economic growth in Bangladesh and its work has since been copied by scores of developing countries.

Ripple Labs has been ordered by a Manhattan court judge to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about $125 million in penalties over charges of improperly selling the cryptocurrency XRP, according to a court filing. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The SEC had been seeking fines and penalties totaling $2 billion in its case against Ripple Labs, its chief legal officer Stuart Alderoty said in March. This penalty would qualify only for a fraction of that amount.

Supreme Court on Thursday said it has listed for hearing on August 9 a plea challenging the verdict of the Bombay High Court which had upheld a decision of a Mumbai college to impose a ban on wearing of 'hijab', 'burqa' and 'naqab' inside the campus. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of the submissions of a lawyer that the term exam is commencing from today and the students, belonging from a minority community, are bound to face difficulties due the instructions on dress code. Lawyer Abiha Zaidi, appearing for petitioners, including Zainab Abdul Qayyum, sought urgent hearing saying the unit tests in the college are commencing. «It is coming up tomorrow (Friday). I have listed it already,» the CJI said.

Waqf Act, 1995, aiming to curb the unbridled powers of Waqf Boards, powers that were further enhanced by a 2013 amendment. This move is intended to bring transparency and accountability in the regulation and monitoring of over 8.7 lakh properties controlled by state boards across India and to address issues of corruption. Here’s a comprehensive look at what Waqf comprises and the challenges in managing these assets.

A South Korean court has ordered Dumamu, the operator of the crypto exchange Upbit, to compensate a customer for delaying a LUNC transfer just before the Terra ecosystem crash.

services tax authorities have sent notices to more than 20 general insurance companies with operations in special economic zones (SEZs), demanding about ₹2,000 crore in unpaid GST over services provided to employees of industrial units at SEZs and their families. HDFC Ergo General Insurance Co, Star Health & Allied Insurance, Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Co, New India Assurance Co and United India Insurance Co are among the companies that received show-cause notices (SCNs) over Integrated GST from the Directorate of GST Intelligence (DGGI), people in the know said. No tax is levied on exports and supplies to SEZs under Section 16 of the Integrated GST (IGST) Act.

Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont says he plans to return to his country on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return

A Maine utility wants to be an ally with law enforcement in the crackdown on illegal marijuana grow operations — if it can overcome privacy concerns

Pakistani national with alleged ties to Iran has been charged with plotting to assassinate former United States President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and several other public officials. US attorney general Merrick Garland, who announced the charges against Pakistani national Asif Merchant on Tuesday, indicated without naming Trump that the target was the former president. According to a criminal complaint unsealed in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday, Merchant, after spending time in Iran, flew from Pakistan to the US in April to recruit hitmen to carry out the alleged plot. The plot failed, as per the complaint, as the person Merchant had contacted was a confidential informant working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Blackstone Inc. debuted an infrastructure fund targeting individuals with at least $5 million of investments, departing from the paths of rivals such as KKR & Co. and Apollo Global Management Inc. that have courted the less-wealthy “mass affluent” for such funds.

A «massive advertiser boycott» allegedly deprived X of billions of dollars.

The British government has called on Elon Musk to act responsibly after the tech billionaire used his social media platform X to unleash a barrage of posts that risk inflaming the violent unrest gripping the country

The ex-partner of former Argentine President Alberto Fernández has accused him of physically and emotionally abusing her