An offshore cryptocurrency trading firm pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to a charge of operating as an unlicensed money transmitting business in the United States while seeking customers in New York and other states. In pleading guilty, the Seychelles-based company that operates OKX, which the government described as one of […]
It has been another bad week for Manchester City. But after being knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid and symbolically dethroned as Premier League champions in a 2-0 home defeat to runaway leaders Liverpool, it could get even worse from here for Pep Guardiola’s team. Leaving aside the shadow of the hearing […]
Greenpeace went on trial on Monday in North Dakota in a bombshell lawsuit that, if successful, could bankrupt the storied group. The Dallas-based company Energy Transfer sued Greenpeace in 2017, accusing it of masterminding raucous protests over the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation nearly a decade ago. The […]
President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands at the end of a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House on Monday. Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images President Trump says there has been tremendous distrust between Russia and Ukraine, but that […]
Apple plans to invest more than $500bn (£396bn) in the US over the next four years, starting with a new advanced manufacturing factory in Texas. The tech giant said it expected to create 20,000 new jobs over that time, with the “vast majority” of roles in research and development, software and artificial intelligence (AI). It […]
A man found dead on the M4 had been arrested hours earlier after being confronted by a self-proclaimed “online child protection team”. Avon and Somerset Police arrested the man on Friday night after accusations against him were live streamed on social media. He was released from custody on police bail on Saturday and later found […]
Getty Images Starbucks is cutting 1,100 jobs and simplifying its menu in the US as it tries to improve flagging business in its home market. The first items to get the axe include the Royal English Breakfast Latte, White Hot Chocolate and several kinds of blended frappuccinos. But Starbucks said more offerings would be cut, […]
Israel has deployed tanks into the occupied West Bank and ordered its military to prepare for an “extended stay” to fight Palestinian armed groups in the area’s refugee camps. Sunday’s move comes among an expansion of military operations that have expelled an estimated 40,000 people from their homes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank over the […]
Philippa Roxby Health reporter University College London A consultant radiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital reviews the brain scan and AI report of a child with complex epilepsy An artificial-intelligence tool can detect two-thirds of epilepsy brain lesions doctors often miss, say the UK researchers who have developed it, paving the way for more targeted […]
Astute skywatchers may have already seen the striking line of planets across the night sky in January. This week Mercury joins the queue. Now every other world in our solar system will be visible among the stars at the same time — if you know where to look. According to Gerard van Belle, director of […]