South Africa's ex-president is barred from standing in May's general election, it is announced.
Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of the failed FTX cryptocurrency exchange, was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a federal judge Thursday. A federal jury in November 2023 convicted Bankman-Friend on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy related to the collapse of his cryptocurrency company and related hedge fund. The charges had carried a …
Humza Yousaf has been accused of dismissing “stark” warnings from senior police officers that his controversial hate crime laws will be “weaponised to tarnish the name of innocent people”.