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Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Cryptocurrencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.The US’s successful prosecution of Binance’s Changpeng Zhao this week removed the top executive at the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, a key target in its efforts to clean up a market with a Wild West reputation.Zhao, also known as CZ, agreed to plead guilty to a criminal charge of failure to protect against money laundering, pay $50mn in penalties and step down as chief executive as part of the deal he struck with US authorities. He is due to be sentenced in February.His…
5/5 © Reuters. Chef Davide Sanna works in the kitchen of Piccola Cucina in the SoHo area of New York City, U.S., November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 2/5 By Antonella Cinelli ROME (Reuters) – Like many young people growing up in Sardinia, Davide Sanna loved Italian cuisine and wanted to have a successful career as a chef. But to do so, he had to move to New York. Sanna had worked in kitchens on the Mediterranean island and in northern Italy for four years, starting when he was only 19. But he was toiling 60 hours a week to take…
4/4 © Reuters. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Swiss President Alain Berset, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte attend an international summit on food security ‘Grain from Ukraine’, amid Russia’s ongoing attack on 2/4 By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine needs more air defences to protect its grain export routes as well as regions bordering Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, as he addressed an international summit on food security in Kyiv. “There is a deficit of air defence – that is no secret,” Zelenskiy told the Grain from Ukraine summit, which was attended by senior…
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Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the EU trade myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Major European shipping nations are resisting the EU’s plans to charge vessels entering their waters for emissions, saying the policy could divert maritime trade away from the bloc.In a letter to the European Commission, seen by the Financial Times, ministers from seven EU countries including Spain and Italy have called for the option to pause plans to include shipping in the EU’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) from January. The letter said the move risks driving business away from European ports, while offering…
Russia’s air offensive has been an impediment to Ukraine’s counteroffensive. Ukrainian soldiers are training to shoot at drones without the help of Western weaponry. On Saturday, Russia launched its largest drone attack since the beginning of the war. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Ukrainian soldiers are preparing to face Russian drones without the help of Western weapons in training centers hidden away in the northern part of Ukraine, ABC News reported.At the northern training center, Ukrainian soldiers in training target drones that mimic…
Nigerians are turning to expensive emergency loans to cover the cost of essentials, as the country’s economic woes push more people into poverty and fears grow of a consumer debt crisis.High inflation and a controversial austerity drive by the government have weighed down on Nigerians’ incomes at a time when payday loan providers have become ubiquitous.“You become enslaved,” said Samuel, the owner of a small dry cleaning company in Lagos who declined to give his surname because of the stigma attached to borrowing in Nigeria. At one point he owed money to four different fintechs at interest rates as high…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Marty Krofft (C) speaks as he and brother Sid accept a Pop Culture award during their tribute at the taping of the seventh annual TV Land Awards in Los Angeles, California April 19, 2009. REUTERS/ Fred Prouser (Reuters) – Marty Krofft, who created popular children’s television shows such as HR Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos, has died of kidney failure at the age of 86, his publicist Harlan Boll said on Saturday. Referred to as the “King of Saturday Mornings,” Krofft rose to prominence for his work on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour before starting Sid and…
Russia has been accused of forcibly removing thousands of Ukrainian children from their homes.One study claimed that children are being sent to re-education camps across Russia.Some Ukrainian students were told they needed to go to Crimea for school “camp,” WaPo reported. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Some Ukrainian teenagers were told that they needed to go to a “camp” in Russian-occupied Crimea for school only to have no way of returning home, The Washington Post reported.Students from Kherson, which was seized…
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