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Samuel Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, 32, was sentenced by a US court on Thursday (March 28, 2024) to 25 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $11 billion in forfeiture for his orchestration of multiple fraudulent schemes. more
Bus plunges into ravine in South Africa, 45 Easter worshippers die

At least 45 passengers, who were heading towards an Easter conference, died after the bus in which they were travelling plunged off a cliff in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Thu ...

World court issues fresh measures for Israel following depening of Gaza crisis

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday issued new provisional measures for Israel as the humanitarian situation in bombarded and besieged Gaza continues to deteriorate.

UN report says with 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste

While a third of humanity faces food insecurity, an equivalent of one billion meals go to waste every day, a new report by the UN environment agency (UNEP) revealed on Wednesday. One fift ...

Rumy Alqahtani to represent Saudi Arabia in Miss Universe

In a historic move, Saudi Arabia is set to participate in the prestigious Miss Universe competition for the very first time.

US govt might sue video app TikTok for allegedly deceiving users

The US Federal Trade Commission has been investigating social media platform TikTok, which is owned by the China-based company ByteDance, for faulty privacy practices and might decide to ...

Majority of US voters feel Joe Biden weaker military leader than past presidents

A majority of likely voters in the United States view President Joe Biden as a weaker commander and chief of the US military than other recent presidents, according to a Rasmussen Reports ...

British Museum to sue ex-curator over alleged theft of nearly 2,000 items

The British Museum has filed a lawsuit against former curator Peter Higgs, who has been alleged to have stolen almost 2,000 artifacts from the museum's collections and offered them fo ...

Data of 2.7 million citizens leaked, confirms Pakistani investigators

A joint investigation team (JIT) in Pakistan has presented a report on the leak of 2.7 million people's data from the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to the count ...

Six presumed dead in Baltimore bridge collapse in USA

Six people, who went missing following the collapse of a bridge in the US city of Baltimore after it was hit by a ship, are presumed dead, media reports said.