All news for 2024-09-24

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Putnam & Ramirez have been ordered to pay over $16 million in a SEC fraud judgment
Following settlement of fraud charges related to operation of multiple MLM Ponzi schemes, monetary relief has been ordered against defendants Dan Putnam and Jean Paul Ramirez Rico.
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AI has been trained to identify buildings and settlements in areas that are under-mapped
AI is being trained to spot buildings in low-resolution images to try to end inequality between the global North and South when it comes to mapping.
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TikTok has banned Russian state media accounts for engaging in "covert influence operations" ahead of the U.S. election
The massively popular video app follows Meta’s recent move and pulls down accounts associated with the Russian state.
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X-ray reveals ’cocaine bullets’ found in stomach of woman stopped at airport
A 30-year-old woman, described as a "drug mule" by South African police, was carrying 68 "cocaine bullets" in her stomach with an estimated weight of 850g when she was detained at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo airport, according to police.
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Suspect in Kenya’s Anglo Leasing Scandal employed offshore secrecy to hide connections to various companies
Leaked documents from the Pandora Papers reveal that Sri Lankan-Irish businessman Anura Perera, named by the Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission as a suspect in the Anglo Leasing procurement scandal, was the owner, director or signatory of at least six offshore firms implicated in the case.
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The covert supply chain transporting EU trucks to Syria
The Syrian army is getting its hands on new-looking EU-branded trucks. An undercover investigation found evidence of a secretive supply chain routing vehicles from Europe to Syria through neighboring countries such as Jordan and Lebanon.
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A UK tribunal has heard that a firm disclosed phone data belonging to a shot Tanzanian politician
Tigo’s former investigator claims he was unfairly dismissed for raising concerns over 2017 attack on Tundu Lissu
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Dulux owner AkzoNobel has announced plans to cut 2,000 jobs globally
Dutch group has not said how many of its 3,500 employees in the UK and Ireland will be affected
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Swiss police have made arrests in connection with a suspected death involving a "suicide capsule"
Criminal case opened after Sarco capsule – which releases nitrogen gas at the touch of a button – used in Merishausen
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Israel claims to have killed senior Hezbollah commander in targeted strike on Beirut
Israel has claimed to have killed Ibrahim Qubaisi, the head of Hezbollah’s missile systems, in what it described as a targeted attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
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Keir Starmer has been warned that he risks "being complicit" if he fails to take action regarding the Nuked Blood Scandal
Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said he would report crimes against British veterans to the police if there is no inquiry ordered by Christmas
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Rachel Reeves announces free breakfast clubs in primary schools starting next year
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the free schoold breakfast programme to tackle child hunger will kick-off in schools in April 2025 as she delivered a major speech
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Woolwich stabbing: Two arrested on suspicion of murder after victim, 15, identified
Two people have been arrested by detectives who have today named the teenage victim of a stabbing in Woolwich as Daejuan Campbell
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Sean ’Diddy’ Combs moved to jail cell with ’enhanced protection’ alongside cryptocurrency fraudster
Sean ’Diddy’ Combs has reportedly been moved to a different area of the Metropolitan Detention Center where there is ’special protection’
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Terrifying simulation shows what would happen if nuclear bomb hit central London
Russian television has shown a simulation of a nuclear strike on central London with more than 850,000 deaths.
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Urgent warning issued to TSB customers as users report payment problems
TSB, one of Britain’s biggest banks, issued an ‘urgent’ warning to customers this morning as people reported issues with receiving payments.
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Titan sub boss’s chilling seven words spoken before the disaster
The CEO and captain of the doomed Titan sub insisted ‘no one is dying under my watch’ in an argument over safety concerns.
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Jet2 flight tragedy as man dies unexpectedly in front of shocked passengers
The Jet2 flight from Burgas, Bulgaria, to Liverpool was diverted after the crew declared an emergency and were forced to land in Germany - a man was pronounced dead
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Maksym Krippa: How the “pound” of oligarch Malofeev manages real estate acquisition schemes in Kyiv through Cypriot offshore companies
Let’s analyze the situation with specific details, considering all the involved parties, schemes, and mechanisms used by Russian oligarchs to purchase real estate in central Kyiv through intermediaries like Maksym Krippa and his connection to the traitor, FSB agent Vladimir Sivkovich.
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Joseph Heit has been sentenced to prison for financial fraud in Luxembourg
Scandal surrounding a halted hyrdoelectric plant has seen Croatian journalists link the project to Sasa Svalina and brother-in-law Josip Heit.