NEW YORK CITY – A federal judge sentenced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s former girlfriend to two years in prison, citing her extensive cooperation with prosecutors that led to the conviction of the former face of the cryptocurrency industry in one of the largest financial frauds in U.S. history. Judge Lewis Kaplan cited Caroline … Read more
Visa shares took a hit on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit accusing it of violating antitrust law by suppressing competition by threatening merchants with high fees and paying off potential rivals. Visa, one of the world’s largest payment networks, processes more than 60 per cent of debit transactions … Read more
LOS ANGELES – Another woman sued Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday, alleging that the music mogul and his head of security raped her and recorded it on video at his New York recording studio in 2001. The lawsuit filed in federal court in New York, the latest of several similar suits against Combs, … Read more
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump flubbed the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, while going off script during a speech on Tuesday otherwise focused on economic policy, slamming U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris for lying about “Charlottestown.” The former president was talking about imposing tariffs and other steps he’d take to bolster U.S. manufacturing in Savannah, … Read more
An image of the unidentified object shot down over Canada’s Yukon territory in February 2023 has been obtained by CTVNews.ca. Released through a Canadian freedom of information request, the grainy image appears to be a photocopy of an email printout. Heavily redacted documents show how the image was approved for public distribution within days of … Read more
OTTAWA – Given the continued progress the Bank of Canada has made in bringing inflation back down to the 2 per cent target, it is reasonable to expect more rate cuts, Governor Tiff Macklem said on Tuesday. Macklem was making his first remarks since data showed the consumer price index in August fell … Read more
The Canadian government is advising Canadians in Lebanon to leave now while flights are available amid escalating violence between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Asked about the escalating risk level and an updated travel advisory, Global Affairs Canada said it isn’t currently offering Canadians in Lebanon help to leave the country. … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine – Ukrainian troops engaged in hand-to-hand combat as they drove Russian forces out of a huge processing plant in the town of Vovchansk in Ukraine’s northeast that had been occupied for four months, officials said Tuesday. The plant, a partly steel structure with some 30 buildings, had been a Russian stronghold … Read more
A key employee with the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic pushed back at a question from a Coast Guard investigator about whether OceanGate felt a sense of “desperation” to complete the dives because of the high price tag. “Not a desperation, there … Read more
Brooklyn, New York – When Boubacar Lukaku is on the soccer field, it’s like nothing else matters. His concerns disappear, leaving just him and his laser focus on the ball, the net and his teammates. Lukaku has a lot to worry about. The 22-year-old asylum-seeker emigrated to the United States in 2023, fleeing political violence … Read more
