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Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried have filed an appeal claiming that the imprisoned FTX founder was the victim of a rush to judgment by a public that wrongly believed he was guilty before he was even arrested

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. jumped Friday after former President Donald Trump said he won’t sell shares of the company, saying that he doesn't need the money and likes the social media platform to get out his voice

Before he ran for the Senate in Pennsylvania, David McCormick was a big name on Wall Street as CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund

Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine on Sunday. «The rescue operation in Kharkiv continues. A Russian air strike. An ordinary residential building, a multi-storey building, was damaged. There is a fire and rubble between the 9th and 12th floors,» President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messenger app. He posted photos of smoke and fire billowing out of the windows of a multi-storey building. All windows had been blown out.

President Joe Biden has voiced his opposition to Nippon Steel buying U.S. Steel, but the federal government appears to be in no hurry to block the deal

Algeria's constitutional court has certified President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s landslide victory in last weekend’s election after re-tabulating vote counts that he and his two opponents had called into question

Volodymyr Zelenskiy told CNN in an interview aired on Sunday. Russia has been gaining ground in parts of eastern Ukraine including around Pokrovsk. Capture of the transport hub could enable Moscow to open new lines of attack. Zelenskiy said the situation in the east was «very tough», adding that half of Ukraine's brigades there were not equipped.

Jagdeep Dhankhar for his apparent attack on Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on reservation, the Congress on Sunday asked the Vice President who he supports, «the One adamently refusing to conduct a caste census or the one championing» the demand for it. The opposition party's jibe came after Dhankhar said, «A person from a constitutional post saying on foreign land that reservation should be ended underscores the same anti-constitutional mindset. The baton of prejudices against reservation has been handed over. It is the same old anti-constitutional mindset.» «Reservation is not against meritocracy, but it is the soul of the country and the Constitution. It is an affirmative action and not negative. It is not depriving someone of opportunity but hand holding those who are pillars of strength of the society,» the vice president said addressing a public event in Mumbai.

Taylor Swift’s public endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris has sparked mixed reactions among voters, according to a recent YouGov poll. Swift, known for her massive global following, took to Instagram to express her support for Harris. However, the endorsement may not have had the desired effect on the electorate.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. If I had to grade the debate between US Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump from a climate perspective, I would give it a C, and that’s being generous. One candidate mainly looked backward and talked a little too favourably about fossil fuels.

Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said India was no longer a «sleeping giant», emphasising that the country's ascent is now unstoppable. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating a digital tower at Ramdeobaba University in Nagpur, Dhankhar asserted that education is service and not commerce. «The quality of education defines democracy,» he said. Dhankhar further said middlemen had been removed permanently from the corridors of power, which had been infested with corruption earlier.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Elon Musk is making things really clear: He is a Bro. He is such a Big Time Bro that this past week he tweeted an apparent offer to impregnate America’s Sweetheart, Taylor Swift, and publicly detailed a raunchy joke about male and female anatomy that he wanted to tell on national television.

India's democracy, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said 140 crore Indians gave a verdict which believed in our long-standing institutions, painstakingly built by the makers of our nation. He also alleged that in the past 10 years, there has been a concerted effort to erode democratic structures, bulldoze institutions and hurt the integrity of our systems. Kharge quoted India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru as saying, «Democracy is the best form of government. It allows people to have a say in how they are governed and to hold their leaders accountable.» «The year 2024 is a watershed year for India's Democracy. 140 crore Indians gave a verdict which believed in our long-standing institutions, painstakingly built by the makers of our nation,» Kharge said in a reference to the 2024 Lok Sabha poll results.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on «ending reservation», Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said such comments by a person holding a constitutional post shows «anti-constitutional mindset». Addressing a public event in Mumbai, Dhankhar also said that awareness about India's Constitution is highly needed as some people have forgotten its soul. «A person from a constitutional post saying on a foreign land that reservation should be ended underscores the same anti-constitutional mindset. The baton of prejudices against reservation has been handed over. It is the same old anti-constitutional mindset,» he said. «Reservation is not against meritocracy, but it is the soul of the country and the Constitution. It is an affirmative action and not negative. It is not depriving someone of opportunity but handholding those who are pillars of strength of the society,» the vice president said.

Melania Trump called the FBI's 2022 raid at Mar-a-Lago an «invasion of her privacy.» She warned it is a reminder that American freedom and rights must be respected. In a promotional video for her upcoming memoir, Melania Trump criticized the FBI's actions. The video begins by citing the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution, stating: «US Constitution Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.» Melania Trump said, “I never imagined my privacy would be invaded by the government here in America. The FBI raided my home in Florida and searched through my personal belongings. This is not just my story, it serves as a warning to all Americans, a reminder that our freedom and rights must be respected.”

A 36-hour monetary rollercoaster will start with the Federal Reserve’s probable decision to cut interest rates on Wednesday, and finish on Friday with the

India is preparing to finalize a significant deal with the United States for 31 weaponized MQ-9B Predator drones. This agreement is expected to be signed next month. The defense ministry is currently finalizing a draft note for the finance ministry before seeking approval from the Prime Minister-led cabinet committee on security. A report from the Ministry of Defense’s contract negotiation committee has been accepted for this government-to-government deal, originally quoted by the US at $3.9 billion (over Rs 33,500 crore). Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the US for the Quad leaders’ summit hosted by President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 21. “The contract should be inked in mid-Oct. The costing, setting up of a MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul) facility here, performance-based logistics support and other such issues have been finalized after hard negotiations,” a source said to TOI.

Receding inflation and growing economic concerns prompted the European Central Bank to lower interest rates a quarter point for the second time this year. Clues on the timing of the next cut were in short supply on Thursday, with President Christine Lagarde and colleagues awaiting data on how drastically the economy is deteriorating — and how that will shift inflation. In the US, an unexpected pickup in underlying inflation reduced odds of a bigger rate cut from Federal Reserve policymakers this coming week.

Revolutionary Guard, state-run media reported, the latest for a program the West fears helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program. Iran described the launch as the second such launch to put a satellite into orbit with the rocket. Independent scientists later confirmed the launch and that the satellite reached orbit. Footage later released by Iranian media showed the rocket blast off from a mobile launcher. An Associated Press analysis of the video and other imagery later released suggested the launch happened at the Guard's launch pad on the outskirts of the city of Shahroud, some 350 kilometers (215 miles) east of the capital, Tehran.

Biden was hosting a celebration of Black excellence at the White House with lawmakers, advocates and celebrities this past week, Kamala Harris was instead headed off to campaign in Pennsylvania. The nation's first Black vice president spoke with voters there about supporting small businesses, building more housing and expanding the child tax credit. She said the country «needs a president of the United States who works for all the American people.» What she did not do was spend time talking about her race or gender or the prospect that she would be the nation's first Black and South Asian woman to be president if she defeated Republican Donald Trump.

Biden administration said it is getting ready to send a sizable aid package to Ukraine in the upcoming weeks. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated on Saturday that President Biden will meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, his counterpart from Ukraine, this month, and that Washington is preparing a «substantial» round of further help for Kyiv. «I do think we need a comprehensive strategy for success in this war, and that is what President Zelenskyy says he is bringing,» Sullivan said.