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South Korean prosecutors have asked a court to issue an arrest warrant for a crypto market maker implicated in an altcoin-related fraud case.

The EPA's internal watchdog will investigate why the agency didn’t get its specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors into the air over East Palestine until four days after the disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment last year

Finra has beefed up its enforcement muscle by appointing two veteran experts in financial services law to fill newly created roles in its leadership.

Supreme Court on Monday ordered that evidence shall not be recorded in a coal scandal involving M/s Revati Cements Private Limited till further orders. Many individuals and entities allegedly involved in the coal scandal had approached the top court seeking quashing of the proceedings initiated against them by the Enforcement Directorate as they have been made witness by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the predicate offence. The company had petitioned the top court challenging the order of the special CBI court trying the coal scandal.

pro-Palestine and pro-Hezbollah slogans and flags during a Muharram procession in Srinagar on Monday. The case has been registered at Kothibagh Police Station in Srinagar under sections 223 and 152 of BNS and 13 of UAPA against unknown persons. «This is an open FIR and the investigation will establish who all were involved in this,» said an official.

Richard Simmons sadly died following a fall at his Los Angeles home. His housekeeper had offered to call for emergency medical assistance, but the morning after his fall, he was discovered to be unconscious. Determined to enjoy his 76th birthday at home, Simmons resisted getting help when he felt lightheaded and fell in his bathroom. He decided to take it easy until the following day instead, as per the reports of 'Yahoo Entertainment'. Simmons was found unconscious in bed the next morning by his housekeeping. When the authorities arrived, they declared him dead on the spot. There were no indications of foul play, and first reports said the fall had not left any obvious wounds. The precise reason for his lightheadedness and eventual demise is still unknown pending additional examination and toxicology reports from his autopsy.

The Nigerian Police Force has arrested Linus Williams, a well-known local crypto celebrity known as BLord, for alleged crypto fraud.

Scientists are examining if a 5-meter (16-foot) whale corpse found on New Zealand's South Island is the remains of the elusive spade-toothed whale. Only six specimens of this species have been documented since the 1800s, and no live sightings have ever been reported. Scientists have an unparalleled opportunity to investigate this enigmatic creature due to the carcass, as per the reports of MSN. The Department of Conservation (DOC) of New Zealand's Hannah Hendriks, a technical advisor, emphasized the significance of this discovery. Studying the whale's food, environment, and any dangers to its existence may be gained through research. The spade-toothed whale is particularly rare. As per the reports of MSN, Gabe Davies, DOC Coastal Otago Operations Manager, described it as «the most poorly known large mammalian species of modern times.»

A report released by Senator Bernie Sanders says Amazon’s popular Prime Day sales event has been “a major cause of injuries” for warehouse workers who pick and pack customer orders at the company's facilities across the U.S. The report released to coin...

Madras High Court on Monday said that the firing against anti-sterile protesters in Tuticorin in 2018 was predetermined, reported TOI. “One particular industrialist wanted to teach the protesters a lesson and the authorities facilitated it,” said the court. The HC ordered Tamil Nadu’s Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption to scrutinise the assets of all officers, including IPS and IAS officers, who were serving in Tuticorin from 2016 to 2020.

Sri Lanka U-19 cricket captain Dhammika Niroshana was shot dead on Tuesday night near his home in Ambalangoda. Local media reported that Niroshana was with his wife and two children when an unidentified person opened fire. The 41-year-old ex-cricketer was attacked by an unidentified individual using a 12-bore firearm. The police suspect the killing is related to an underworld gang rivalry. Sri Lanka police are actively investigating the incident. Police media spokesperson Nihal Thalduwa stated, “Investigations are underway to arrest the suspect involved in the shooting which seemed to be a result of a gang rivalry.” Niroshana had returned to Sri Lanka three months ago after fleeing the country following the murder of his close friend, Dasun Manawadu, in the same area.

British regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into Microsoft’s hiring of an AI startup’s key staff over concerns that it could thwart competition in the booming artificial intelligence market

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says it’s shutting down all of its operations in the United States, just weeks after the Commerce Department banned the use of the company’s software in the country

US Secret Service continues to under fire for its alleged security lapses during the Trump rally at Butler in Pennsylvania. The Republican party’s official presidential nominee was shot at by an assassin. The failed assassination attempt on Trump has raised questions regarding the protocol followed by the US Secret Service. Its Director Kimberly Cheatle is in the news yet again for all the wrong reasons. In an interaction with ABC News, she refused to step down and attributed bizarre reasons for the failure to prevent the assassin. She also indulged in a game of blame game and accused the local law enforcement agencies of neglect.

Tijuana in North Mexico had discovered a tunnel that was being used to smuggle drugs into the US. The investigating authorities have come across a unique challenge. They are unable to proceed with the investigation without being able to arrange sufficient quantity of Oxygen tanks. The tunnel is believed to be so long that it needs sufficient quantities of oxygen to enter and sustain one’s self inside it. Mexico has emerged as a safe haven for the shipment and sale of drugs. Many of these tunnels extend into the US and the forces in these bordering states are actively contributing towards preventing smuggling of drugs.

Yet in interviews with 12 Donald Trump delegates at his Republican Party nominating convention in Milwaukee, none advocated for limits or bans on assault rifles, raising the legal age to buy a gun, or even more robust background checks. The delegates were dead set against any type of reform to US gun laws. Most viewed even mild measures, such as expanded background checks, or raising the legal age to buy an assault weapon to 21, as infringements on the US Constitution's Second Amendment, that gives citizens the right to own guns.

Chinese swimmers will have undergone at least eight drug tests by the start of the Paris Olympics, twice as many as athletes from other countries. The sport’s governing body, World Aquatics, was under pressure to act after 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance, heart medication trimetazidine, seven months before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, but were cleared of wrongdoing and went on to claim three gold medals. Eleven of them are competing in Paris this month. After a review of its decision allowing the swimmers to compete in Tokyo, World Aquatics said the incident “weakened” trust in the anti-doping system. To rebuild trust, it said, Chinese swimmers competing in Paris will have been tested “no less than eight times” this year by the International Testing Agency, twice the standard level. It said “a certain number of athletes from specific nations will be tested four times” by the agency which runs anti-doping programmes for many Olympic sports. Samples of Chinese athletes will ideally not be collected by the Chinese anti-doping agency and not be tested by laboratories in China. World Aquatics is likely to publish the results of the tests before the Olympics opening ceremony next week.

LONDON — Craig Wright, an Australian man who claimed to be the inventor of bitcoin, was on Tuesday referred to British prosecutors for committing alleged perjury.

Microsoft's hiring of certain former employees from artificial intelligence startup Inflection has been referred for an initial merger investigation in the U.K.

import of precious metals from the UAE under a free trade agreement with India. GTRI demanded an investigation, citing the negative impact on the domestic jewellery industry and potential annual revenue loss for India, PTI reported. The key issue centers around the India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) that permits unlimited imports of gold, silver, platinum, and diamonds from the UAE into India with zero tariffs in the coming years. GTRI's report highlighted that addressing these issues is crucial to ensure the integrity of import practices, safeguard domestic industries, and prevent significant revenue losses. The report noted that the zero-tariff policy under CEPA could cause an annual revenue loss of Rs 63,375 crore due to duty-free imports of gold and silver, based on FY2024 import levels. This policy is also likely to shift import business from banks to a few private traders and replace top suppliers with Dubai-based firms.

Trump Media have surged in the first day of trading following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump