Ruja Ignatova, also known as the “missing Cryptoqueen”, has been placed on the FBI’s top ten most wanted list. The Bulgarian woman is wanted for her alleged role in running a cryptocurrency scam known as OneCoin. Federal investigators accuse the fugitive of using the scheme to defraud victims out of more than $4bn (£3.2bn). She
Month: June 2022
Getty Images Hong Kong will on Friday mark 25 years since the city was handed back by the British to China. President Xi Jinping is visiting the city in what is his first trip outside mainland China since January 2020 when the pandemic broke out. His last trip to Hong Kong was in 2017 during
PA Media Tory deputy chief whip Chris Pincher has resigned from the government, as a newspaper alleged he groped two men at a private members’ club. In his resignation letter, he told the PM he “drank far too much” and “embarrassed myself and other people”. Witnesses told the BBC he was seen “extremely drunk” at
Getty Images In a win for pro-choice activists, a Florida judge has blocked a state law banning abortions after 15 weeks. The controversial law signed in April by Governor Ron DeSantis, was set to go into effect tomorrow, and made no exceptions in cases of rape or incest. The decision comes amid a flurry of
Reuters/US Supreme Court Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in as the newest associate Supreme Court justice, becoming the first black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court. The appointment follows one of the most consequential Supreme Court terms in recent memory, with significant rulings on abortion and gun rights. Ms Jackson, 51, will
Getty Images The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has lost some of its power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The landmark ruling by the US Supreme Court represents a major setback to President Joe Biden’s climate plans. He called it a “devastating decision” but said it would not undermine his effort to tackle the climate
One of the most common ways to get started on your fantasy football preparation for the season ahead is to not only look at positional rankings but also at the state of each NFL team’s offense. Which teams are most set up for success? Which teams are set to struggle? Which of those expected bottom-feeder
Getty Images The UK will increase its defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade, Boris Johnson has said. As Nato members discussed their response to Russian aggression, the prime minister said the “cost of freedom” is “always worth paying”. It is expected to mean an extra £55bn by 2030, and
Reuters The prime minister has made a new pledge on defence spending, but there has also been attention on one of his older promises. At the summit of the military alliance Nato in Madrid, Boris Johnson said the UK would spend 2.5% of its GDP (a measure of the size of the economy) by the
PLANET LABS PBC This tiny, rocky outcrop in the north-west of the Black Sea was seized by Russia on the first day of its invasion of Ukraine, and it has played an outsized role in the war ever since. After more than four months of repeated Ukrainian bombardment, Russian forces have abandoned Snake or Zmiinyi
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Britain has been training hundreds of Ukrainian troops, with new weapons being provided by the UK for their fight with Russia. The training has been taking place over the past few weeks in south-west England’s Wiltshire county.
Getty Images Ferdinand Marcos Jr has been sworn in as the Philippine president in a ceremony in Manila, succeeding the outgoing leader Rodrigo Duterte. His inauguration marks a stunning comeback for the Marcos political dynasty, which was ousted after a popular revolt in 1986. Mr Marcos Jr – nicknamed Bongbong – won an election landslide
Reuters The UK will provide an additional £1 billion in military aid for Ukraine, a near-doubling in its support for the fight against the Russian invasion. The new funding takes the military aid given to Kyiv to £2.3bn – and the UK has also spent £1.5bn in humanitarian and economic support for Ukraine. Boris Johnson
Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin still wants to capture most of Ukraine, US intelligence agencies believe. Moscow’s troops have been so weakened by combat, however, that US officials assess they are only capable of making slow territorial gains. It means the war could last for a long time, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines
It’s been changing — slowly — but for decades NFL quarterbacks were almost exclusively white, by design. Fairly or unfairly, they were painted as their respective teams’ CEO, an extension of the owner class and head coaches. Maybe some of them wanted to speak up for things like human rights, civil rights and equality, but
Asteroids hold large amounts of valuable minerals and metals. That is what International Asteroid Day is raising awareness about on 30 June. As resources are depleted on Earth, some scientists suggest asteroids could be mined instead. But could developing countries be left out of this new space race? Video produced by Suneth Perera and Joe
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