A 22-year-old Singaporean man has admitted leading a criminal network that stole $245 million in bitcoin and spent the proceeds on a lavish lifestyle. Malone Lam has pleaded guilty in the United States to racketeering conspiracy over one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts on record. He admitted to working with a group of associates to…
An Amazon Air cargo plane overshot the runway while attempting to land at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, killing five people and seriously injuring five others. The crash also triggered a major emergency response that grounded all flights at one of the country’s busiest international airports. The Boeing 767-300, operated by charter company 21…
An E. coli outbreak linked to frozen blueberries has grown to 17 confirmed cases, with six people hospitalised so far. Five additional infections were recorded in the latest federal update from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Two of the six hospitalisations were included in the…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has mounted a public counter to Donald Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, unveiling a large sign on Canada’s shoreline. The sign bears the words: “Lake Ontario. Now and Always.” Standing before the new sign, Ford was direct. “Long before President Trump, this lake was called Lake Ontario….
US President Donald Trump has announced what he described as a “historic” agreement. One that would give the United States control over more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven oil reserves. Trump said the deal would more than double US oil reserves, increase the country’s oil supply and help reduce petrol prices for American…
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America. Further escalating tensions with Canada amid a worsening trade dispute between the two countries. Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of changing the name of the Great Lake, which is shared by the US and Canada. On Thursday,…
The long-delayed trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged self-proclaimed mastermind of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, has been scheduled to begin in June 2028. A military judge at Guantanamo Bay ruled on Wednesday that the trial will begin on 5 June 2028, nearly 27 years after the attacks that…
CIA Director John Ratcliffe has reportedly travelled to Moscow for unannounced talks, according to the BBC’s US news partner CBS. Ratcliffe reportedly arrived in the Russian capital on Tuesday aboard a US military aircraft, although Washington and Moscow have not confirmed the visit or disclosed who he was due to meet. The reported trip would…
The United States has removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, ending a designation that had remained in place for 47 years and removing what Washington described as a major obstacle to investment and Syria’s reintegration into the global economy. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the decision recognised what he…
The FBI has arrested a 35-year-old woman accused of planning to bomb the state Capitol in Albany and kill lawmakers. Jessica Bowie, a resident of Albany, has been charged with providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organisation. Prosecutors allege that she had previously pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS) and spent weeks discussing…
