Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, a notorious people smuggler, showed his strength two years ago when he escaped from the Ethiopian court where he was tried. Before being sentenced in absentia to life in prison for human trafficking and extortion, Eritreans asked…
The collapse of the crypto market, which is close to $1.4 trillion in 2022, does not affect traditional assets like stocks or the real economy. But one academic has warned that the failure of the main stablecoin could have an…
Apple is cutting Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook’s compensation by more than 40% to $49 million in 2023, citing investor guidance and requests from Cook himself to adjust his pay. As part of the changes, the percentage of stock units…
A woman walks between signs showing the price of food on a street in Buenos Aires, Thursday © Luis Robayo / AFP / Getty Images Argentina closed the year with annual inflation accelerating to 95 percent, bringing the South American…
WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon spoke at a news conference announcing the WWE Network at the 2014 International CES in Las Vegas. Getty Images All Elite Wrestling, a professional wrestling league owned by the Khan family, is interested in…
Elon Musk’s lawyer argued for the securities fraud trial to be moved from San Francisco if 82% of all potential jurors had a negative opinion of the billionaire. Questionnaires from nearly 200 would-be jurors returned to the federal judge handling…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has sued digital asset trading group Genesis and Gemini, a crypto exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, saying the crypto asset lending program was not properly registered as a securities offering. The SEC’s enforcement…
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta Platforms Inc., left, arrives in federal court in San Jose, California, US, Tuesday, December 20, 2022. David Paul Morris Bloomberg Getty Images Meta filed a complaint against Voyager Labs on Friday, alleging that the…
The Republican-controlled House on Thursday voted to block oil from the country’s emergency stockpile to China. The bill, one of the first introduced by the new GOP majority, would prohibit the Department of Energy from selling oil from the Strategic…
The Welsh Government is seeking to end strikes by NHS workers in Wales by proposing a one-off payment to all health service staff worth around £1,000, a move that will put pressure on prime minister Rishi Sunak to follow suit…