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Jeremiah Peikert, 30, was arrested on Thursday by Connecticut State Police. May 4, 2024, 7:36 PM ET • 5 min read A United States Army sergeant and his brother have been charged in a failed murder-for-hire scheme that targeted four individuals, including two juveniles, according to officials. Servicemember Jeremiah Peikert, 30, was arrested on Thursday by […]
By David Shepardson and Yuka Obayashi WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) -The head of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday urged the White House to scrutinize the relationship between Nippon Steel and the Chinese steel industry, citing national security concerns amid bipartisan opposition in Congress to the Japanese company’s $14.9 billion deal to acquire U.S. Steel Corp. […]
The sanctions identify a company and individuals accused of collaborating with the Chinese government to launch cyberattacks. The United States and the United Kingdom have announced sanctions against a Chinese company and two individuals after an alleged cyber-espionage operation targeted millions of people, including legislators, voters and prominent Beijing critics. In announcing the sanctions on […]
On Sept. 3, 2020, the staff of a $90 million yacht placed an order with a U.S. company for a set of luxury bathrobes that came to $2,624.35. For roughly two years before that, according to federal prosecutors, the yacht’s management had been falsely claiming it was working for . . .
One of the largest military contractors in the US paid commissions to a Saudi company later alleged to have been a conduit for bribes for the kingdom’s royal family. A document disclosed in a UK criminal trial revealed that Harris Corporation, now L3Harris, paid commissions to the Saudi company for over two decades for services […]
State Department says escalating violence poses risk to millions of people facing displacement and deprivation. The United States has condemned growing violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), blaming an armed group it says is backed by neighbouring Rwanda. Fighting has flared in recent days in the eastern part of the DRC between […]
State Department says escalating violence poses risk to millions of people facing displacement and deprivation. The United States has condemned growing violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), blaming an armed group it says is backed by neighbouring Rwanda. Fighting has flared in recent days in the eastern part of the DRC between […]
The US has charged an Iranian drug trafficker with intelligence ties to Tehran, a Canadian Hells Angel and another Canadian man in an alleged plot to carry out assassinations in the US. According to statements by the justice department and the Treasury on Monday, the alleged drug smuggler Naji Sharifi Zindashti, ran an assassination ring […]
Foreign ministers of nearly 50 countries say such activities breach UN sanctions on North Korea. Dozens of countries have joined Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States in condemning alleged ballistic missile transfers between North Korea and Russia, which they said were in breach of United Nations sanctions. In a joint statement, European Union […]
By Jacqueline Howard BBC News 30 December 2023, 15:03 GMT Updated 7 minutes ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Ms Abdul (bottom right) claims that Mr Lythgoe (top left) first assaulted her during an early season of American Idol American singer and dancer Paula Abdul is suing British television executive heavyweight Nigel Lythgoe over […]