CHAMBERY, France — A Ukrainian billionaire and former legislator suspected of embezzling more than $100 million appeared in a French court Thursday, calling the case against him politically driven and declaring he wants to return to Ukraine to fight Russians who invaded his country. Mining magnate Kostiantyn Zhevago, 48, was arrested in the ski resort…
The first batch of Russian prisoners who were offered amnesty in return for fighting in Ukraine has been released, the head of Wagner, the Russian mercenary group, said in a video. In a video published by Russia’s Ria Novosti news agency, Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen telling a group of men, “You’ve worked through your contract.…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a limited objection to Binance.US’s proposed $1 billion acquisition of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital, a bankruptcy court filing showed on Wednesday. The regulator pointed out the failure to include necessary information in Binance.US’s disclosure statement. It said the purchase agreement lacks details on the crypto…
Coinbase found itself overwhelmed by frantic platform adoption in 2020 and 2021, the NYDFS claimed in its filing today. This resulted in the exchange failing to maintain a robust compliance system. Coinbase reached a settlement with the New York Department of Financial Services. According to the filing, the U.S.-based crypto exchange has agreed to a…
U.S. oil producer Chevron Corp (CVX.N) plans to export this month its first cargo of Venezuelan crude to its Pascagoula, Mississippi refinery following a U.S. license granted last year, according to shipping documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The 500,000-barrel cargo of Hamaca heavy crude, to be loaded at state-run PDVSA’s Jose port, comes from…
PRAGUE, – Czech billionaire and former Prime Minister Andrej Babis returned to court to fight fraud accusations over a 2 million euro subsidy on Wednesday, days before a presidential election in which he is a favourite begins. Babis has been a dominant force in Czech politics for the past decade, first as a powerful finance…
COLOGNE, GERMANY – In a square beneath the twin spires of Cologne’s gothic cathedral, around 2,000 protesters gathered in September to urge Germany’s government to break with the Western coalition backing Ukraine and make peace with Russia. “We must stop being vassals of the Americans,” rightwing German politician Markus Beisicht said from a makeshift stage on…
MOSCOW, Idaho — Investigators hired by Bryan Kohberger’s defense team arrived Tuesday at the home where he’s accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students, Fox News Digital has learned. Three men and two women arrived at the King Road house at about noon Eastern time and spent 45 minutes taking video inside and…
Prosecutors have urged a trial for the ex-head of France’s domestic intelligence agency in a sprawling probe into murky ties between the security services and private firms including luxury giant LVMH, a source close to the case said Tuesday. Bernard Squarcini, until 2012 head of the DGSI spy agency, and 10 others are targeted on…
Victoria’s Secret brand CEO Amy Hauk will resign after just eight months running the lingerie giant, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. Hauk, whose resignation goes into effect on March 31, will also relinquish her duties as brand CEO of PINK, the sister company which sells clothing geared toward…