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Anna Sorokin, Of Netflix's 'Inventing Anna' Fame, Released From Jail
Fake heiress Anna Sorokin, whose breathtaking deception of New York's financial elite inspired a hit Netflix series, was released Friday from an immigration detention center but still faces deportation from the United States.
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China Toughens Covid Response As Omicron Hits Its Power Centers
Omicron has breached the political, financial and technology centers of China for the first time, putting pressure on the country's response to the more transmissible variant as it awaits the Winter Olympics starting in less than three weeks.
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Jack Ma To Step Down As President Of Academy He Founded: Report
Jack Ma will step down as president of Hupan University, an elite business academy he co-founded six years ago, amid pressure from Beijing, the Financial Times reported.
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Donald Trump Sounds Warning Over Hong Kong's Future
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that Hong Kong could lose its status as a global financial center if a proposed Chinese crackdown goes ahead, and promised a "very interesting" US response within days.
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Officers Watching Jeffrey Epstein Were On Overtime, Union President Says
The two correctional officers assigned to watch the special unit in the detention center where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was being housed when he apparently hanged himself Saturday were working overtime - one forced to do so by management, the other for his fourth or fifth consecutive day, the president of the local union for jail ...
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While The World Cracks Down, Japan Emerges As A Crypto Haven
Japan's emergence as a global center for cryptocurrencies didn't start with open-minded lawmakers or prescient investments by the country's financial giants. Instead, it began with an American felon who arrived in the country looking for a fresh start.
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The ISIS's 'Business Model' Is Failing, Study Says
When the Islamic State advanced in Syria and Iraq in 2014, its fighters looted banks, took over oil fields and kidnapped foreigners, seemingly without facing much resistance. But fortunes have changed, and the caliphate is now in deep financial trouble, according to a new study.
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Panama Needs New Anti-Corruption Laws To Combat Tax Dodgers: Panel
Panama can remain a competitive financial center while cracking down on tax evaders and other criminals who have used the country to launder money, according to the panel formed by the government after the "Panama Papers" scandal broke in April.
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Mom, Dad Both Work in Nearly Half of Two-Parent Families: US Study
Both parents in nearly half of all two-parent families in the United States work outside the home, creating a better financial cushion but a sometimes precarious work-life balance, a new study found.
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'Bang! and Down': Afghan 'Superhero' Inspires Awe and Disdain
He is called a superhero and feted with financial rewards from Afghan politicians, but the lionisation of the soldier who singlehandedly killed six attackers in parliament belies bubbling discontent over deteriorating security.
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Ebola Could Lead to a Food Crisis
Financial aid and global coordination are needed to prevent the Ebola health care crisis from becoming a food emergency, agriculture ministers from West African nations at the center of the Ebola epidemic said. In Sierra Leone, where thousands are infected...
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Museum Takes Painful Look Into 9/11 Attacks
President Barack Obama inaugurates today, a museum commemorating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the culmination of three years of delays, controversy and financial woes as he opens a memorial to an event that changed America.
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China issues serious alert for worsening smog
China today issued an alert for worsening smog in some regions, a day after its financial hub suffered one of its worst bouts of smog, delaying flights and keeping people indoors.
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Bangladeshi sent to 30 years in jail for foiled New York bomb plot
A judge in New York City sentenced a Bangladeshi national to 30 years in prison on Friday for attempting to bomb the Federal Reserve Bank in the Wall Street financial district last year.
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Anniversary of 9/11 marked under cloud of health problems, funding fights
Eleven years after the September 11, 2001, attacks, New Yorkers will mark the anniversary on Tuesday against a backdrop of health concerns for emergency workers and a feud over financing that has stopped construction of the $1 billion Ground Zero museum. While notable progress on redevelopment of the World Trade Center has been made since early di...
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Anna Sorokin, Of Netflix's 'Inventing Anna' Fame, Released From Jail
Fake heiress Anna Sorokin, whose breathtaking deception of New York's financial elite inspired a hit Netflix series, was released Friday from an immigration detention center but still faces deportation from the United States.
-
China Toughens Covid Response As Omicron Hits Its Power Centers
Omicron has breached the political, financial and technology centers of China for the first time, putting pressure on the country's response to the more transmissible variant as it awaits the Winter Olympics starting in less than three weeks.
-
Jack Ma To Step Down As President Of Academy He Founded: Report
Jack Ma will step down as president of Hupan University, an elite business academy he co-founded six years ago, amid pressure from Beijing, the Financial Times reported.
-
Donald Trump Sounds Warning Over Hong Kong's Future
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that Hong Kong could lose its status as a global financial center if a proposed Chinese crackdown goes ahead, and promised a "very interesting" US response within days.
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Officers Watching Jeffrey Epstein Were On Overtime, Union President Says
The two correctional officers assigned to watch the special unit in the detention center where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was being housed when he apparently hanged himself Saturday were working overtime - one forced to do so by management, the other for his fourth or fifth consecutive day, the president of the local union for jail ...
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While The World Cracks Down, Japan Emerges As A Crypto Haven
Japan's emergence as a global center for cryptocurrencies didn't start with open-minded lawmakers or prescient investments by the country's financial giants. Instead, it began with an American felon who arrived in the country looking for a fresh start.
-
The ISIS's 'Business Model' Is Failing, Study Says
When the Islamic State advanced in Syria and Iraq in 2014, its fighters looted banks, took over oil fields and kidnapped foreigners, seemingly without facing much resistance. But fortunes have changed, and the caliphate is now in deep financial trouble, according to a new study.
-
Panama Needs New Anti-Corruption Laws To Combat Tax Dodgers: Panel
Panama can remain a competitive financial center while cracking down on tax evaders and other criminals who have used the country to launder money, according to the panel formed by the government after the "Panama Papers" scandal broke in April.
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Mom, Dad Both Work in Nearly Half of Two-Parent Families: US Study
Both parents in nearly half of all two-parent families in the United States work outside the home, creating a better financial cushion but a sometimes precarious work-life balance, a new study found.
-
'Bang! and Down': Afghan 'Superhero' Inspires Awe and Disdain
He is called a superhero and feted with financial rewards from Afghan politicians, but the lionisation of the soldier who singlehandedly killed six attackers in parliament belies bubbling discontent over deteriorating security.
-
Ebola Could Lead to a Food Crisis
Financial aid and global coordination are needed to prevent the Ebola health care crisis from becoming a food emergency, agriculture ministers from West African nations at the center of the Ebola epidemic said. In Sierra Leone, where thousands are infected...
-
Museum Takes Painful Look Into 9/11 Attacks
President Barack Obama inaugurates today, a museum commemorating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the culmination of three years of delays, controversy and financial woes as he opens a memorial to an event that changed America.
-
China issues serious alert for worsening smog
China today issued an alert for worsening smog in some regions, a day after its financial hub suffered one of its worst bouts of smog, delaying flights and keeping people indoors.
-
Bangladeshi sent to 30 years in jail for foiled New York bomb plot
A judge in New York City sentenced a Bangladeshi national to 30 years in prison on Friday for attempting to bomb the Federal Reserve Bank in the Wall Street financial district last year.
-
Anniversary of 9/11 marked under cloud of health problems, funding fights
Eleven years after the September 11, 2001, attacks, New Yorkers will mark the anniversary on Tuesday against a backdrop of health concerns for emergency workers and a feud over financing that has stopped construction of the $1 billion Ground Zero museum. While notable progress on redevelopment of the World Trade Center has been made since early di...
