A Chinese woman who was found with 5 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) in Bitcoin after defrauding more than 128,000 people in China in a Ponzi scheme was sentenced by a UK court on Tuesday to over 11 years in prison. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/Gptu04s
Ron Dermer, a longtime ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an influential figure in the Israeli government throughout the war in Gaza, resigned as minister of strategic affairs. from World News https://ift.tt/ca8omyK
Thailand has said it was halting progress on a peace agreement with Cambodia, signed last month in Malaysia and overseen by US President Donald Trump, after a landmine explosion at the border injured several Thai soldiers on Monday. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/fbVYQkr
Rescuers recovered several bodies near the site of a capsized boat carrying members of the Rohingya ethnic minority, which faces persecution in Myanmar. Another boat carrying hundreds more people was missing, too. from World News https://ift.tt/LMbt4nQ
British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi is set to be released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/tb47HzO
South Korea’s special prosecutor on Monday indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on additional charges of abusing power and aiding an enemy state related to his short-lived imposition of martial law last year. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/bRxXKi1
A Chinese coffee chain has apologized and changed its name after state media roasted it for misusing a word revered by the nation’s communist government. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/XT6AHzF
A 2014 security report resurfaced this week showing that the password for the server managing the CCTV network at the Louvre was simply “LOUVRE.” Here are some examples of technological mishaps and infamous faux pas(swords). from World | CNN https://ift.tt/O3Et2I9
Turkey on Friday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and dozens of other Israeli officials on “genocide” charges. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/tEIZvfp
The wives of a missing Malaysian Christian pastor and a Muslim activist won a landmark lawsuit after a court ruled the government and police were responsible for the men’s enforced disappearances years ago. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/VySTiRH