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Nigeria releases American crypto executive after dropping money laundering case

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An American cryptocurrency executive held in Nigeria for the past eight months has been released after authorities there announced that they were ending his money laundering trial on health and diplomatic grounds. Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, was freed on humanitarian parole and was returning to the

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Birmingham police chief announces plans to retire, a month after city’s 3rd mass shooting this year

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Birmingham’s police chief Scott Thurmond is retiring next month. The decision comes two years into his tenure as the historic city’s top cop. Surging homicides and multiple mass shootings have propelled Birmingham into the national spotlight. A gunman killed four people outside of a nightclub in the bustling Five Points neighborhood

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Argentine police raid the Buenos Aires hotel where One Direction’s Liam Payne died

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s police raided the Buenos Aires hotel where ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne stayed before dying last week after falling from a third-floor balcony, a government official said Thursday. A police special investigations unit went to the Casa Sur hotel Wednesday night on orders from the public prosecutors’ office. Officers

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North Korean troops spotted in Russian border region with Ukraine, says Kyiv

By Niamh Kennedy and Darya Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — A group of North Korean soldiers have been spotted in Russia’s Kursk region, an area that borders Ukraine and has seen ongoing military operations, Ukraine’s military intelligence service announced Thursday. In a post on its official Telegram account, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine said some North

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Massive displacement from Israel-Hezbollah war transforms Beirut’s famed commercial street

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Inside what was once one of Beirut’s oldest and best-known cinemas, dozens of Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians displaced by the Israel-Hezbollah war now spend their time following the news on their phones, cooking, chatting or walking around to pass the time. Outside on Hamra Street, sidewalks are brimming with displaced

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