Monday, December 12, 2022

FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas

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Sam Bankman-Fried, who founded and led FTX until a liquidity crunch forced the Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange to declare bankruptcy, was arrested on Monday in the Bahamas after being criminally charged by U.S. prosecutors.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ftx-bankman-fried-arrested-bahamas-1.6683507?cmp=rss

Libyan woman who gave birth aboard migrant rescue ship 'doing well': midwife

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Two ships, carrying more than 500 passengers rescued from the Mediterranean Sea, were granted permission to dock on Sunday. Last Wednesday, a pregnant Libyan woman who gave birth aboard the Geo Barents was flown to hospital in Sicily.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/migrants-mediterranean-sea-italy-1.6683203?cmp=rss

Soccer journalist Grant Wahl's body returned to U.S. after he died covering World Cup

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The body and possessions of soccer journalist Grant Wahl were repatriated to the United States on Monday after his death last week while covering the World Cup in Qatar, a senior State Department official said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/worldcup/grant-wahl-soccer-journalist-body-united-states-1.6682883?cmp=rss

Israeli military admits responsibility for killing of Palestinian teen

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The Israeli military on Monday acknowledged that its troops fatally shot a teenage Palestinian girl during an operation in the occupied West Bank, a rare admission of an error by the military.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-west-bank-shooting-1.6682759?cmp=rss

Banshees of Inisherin leads Golden Globe nominations with 8

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After scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association into disarray and knocked its annual award show off television for a year, the Golden Globes geared up Monday for its return by showering nominations on The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/golden-globes-nominations-1.6682523?cmp=rss

Iran carries out 2nd execution linked to anti-government protests

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Iran hanged a man in public on Monday who had been convicted of killing two members of security forces, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported, the second execution linked to anti-government protests in less than a week.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-execution-protests-1.6682443?cmp=rss