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Ryan Salame pled guilty to tens of millions of dollars in unlawful campaign donations to boost causes supported by his boss.Ryan Salame, the former co-CEO of FTX’s Bahamian subsidiary and a top lieutenant of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been sentenced to 90 months in prison, United States federal prosecutors have said. Salame pleaded guilty in September to making tens of millions of dollars in unlawful campaign donations to boost causes supported by his boss. His seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence, announced on Tuesday, was longer than the five to seven years sought by prosecutors. Bankman-Fried was sentenced earlier this year…

Thirteen out of 21 people killed by Israel in an air strike on the so-called “safe area” of al-Mawasi were civilian women and girls, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reported on Tuesday. This was the second attack since Sunday, with a horrifying strike on Sunday night setting displaced people’s shelters ablaze not too far from Tuesday’s strike. The world had watched, aghast, on Monday as displaced Palestinians were forced to dig through smouldering remains with their bare hands – looking for bodies, or injured people, or in some cases, a few scraps of food they could salvage to keep their families…

After China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin pledged a “new era” of partnership, experts are questioning the depth of the relationship between the two most powerful rivals of the United States and its economic impact. China and Russia have a long and complex relationship. The assumption is that the two major powers sitting next to each other, each with a giant landmass, areas with extreme weather, and a long shared international border, would be natural allies. While this has not been the case historically, now, after decades of rivalry, the two were finally drawn together in the face of Western…

NewsFeedProtesters around the world have condemned Israel for its ongoing attacks on Rafah in southern Gaza, which have killed dozens of displaced Palestinians since the ICJ ordered Israel to halt its assault.Published On 28 May 202428 May 2024 Source link

Tanja Fajon discusses her country’s Palestine recognition process.In a bold move on the global stage, Slovenia has joined a coalition of European Union countries in a significant diplomatic initiative: the recognition of a Palestinian state. This step not only raises pivotal questions about the influence of smaller nations in global diplomacy but also underscores their potential to reshape entrenched geopolitical narratives. We will examine what effect this will have as the Slovenian foreign minister, Tanja Fajon, talks to Al Jazeera. Source link

Families of the victims killed in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, have filed two wrongful death lawsuits: one against the firearm manufacturer and another against two technology companies, Meta and Microsoft, for their alleged role in marketing the weapon used. Friday’s pair of lawsuits came on the second anniversary of the school shooting, one of the deadliest in United States history. The gunman, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, attacked Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022, and killed 19 children and two teachers, leaving 17 more people injured. The defendant in the first lawsuit, filed in the Uvalde County District Court,…

PodcastPodcast, The TakeThe aftermath of a deadly Israeli attack on a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah. Days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to stop its operation in Rafah, Israel hit a tent camp there, killing more than 45 displaced people. As the world condemns the attack, Israel’s war on Gaza continues. In this episode:  Akram Al Satarri, freelance journalist Imran Khan, (@ajimran) Al Jazeera senior correspondent Episode credits: This episode was produced by David Enders and Khaled Sultan, with Manahil Naveed, Catherine Nouhan and our host Malika Bilal. It was edited…

Opposition Labour Party slams election pledge as latest ‘desperate move’ by governing party.United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to cut taxes for millions of pensioners as he seeks to turn around his Conservative Party’s dismal poll numbers ahead of general elections in July. Under the plans announced on Monday, the tax-free allowance for pensioners would increase by at least 2.5 percent, or in line with the highest of average earnings or inflation. The proposals would see some 8 million pensioners pay about 100 pounds ($128) less tax in 2025 and about 275 pounds less annually from 2030. Under…

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, As world condemns attack on camp for displaced people that killed 45, Israeli bombs continue to fall on north and west Rafah, killing and wounding many more. Source link

The two governments say the exchange of fire near the Egypt-Gaza crossing is being investigated.The “competent authorities” are investigating the death of a member of an Egyptian security team in a shooting near the Rafah border zone, Egypt’s military spokesperson says. Earlier on Monday, Israel’s military said it was also investigating reports of an exchange of fire between Israeli and Egyptian soldiers near the crossing between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip. “The competent authorities in the Egyptian Armed Forces are investigating a shooting incident near the border strip in Rafah, which has led to the death of one of…