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A yr in a Russian jail for a U.S. reporter
One yr in the past right this moment, the Russian authorities detained Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and accused him of spying for the U.S. authorities. He is the primary American reporter because the finish of the Cold War to be held on espionage fees in Russia.
The Journal and the U.S. authorities have vehemently denied that Gershkovich is a spy, saying he was an accredited journalist doing his job. But he’s nonetheless incarcerated right this moment, held in the identical infamous jail because the individuals arrested in reference to final week’s terror assault in Moscow.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia stated in a latest interview with Tucker Carlson that he wished to commerce Gershkovich for Vadim Krasikov, a Russian citizen imprisoned in Germany for an assassination in a Berlin park.
Putin is training “transactional diplomacy,” however international locations fear that such exchanges might doubtlessly encourage extra incarcerations, stated my colleague Valerie Hopkins, who covers Russia.
“The White House has raised Evan’s case, President Biden talked about it within the State of the Union,” Hopkins stated, including, “But it’s extremely tough to make any form of settlement presently with Putin.”
Earlier this week, Gershkovich’s detention was prolonged for an additional three months. A trial date has not been set.
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Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in jail
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founding father of the FTX cryptocurrency trade who was convicted of stealing billions of {dollars} from his prospects, was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in jail.
His sentence was a fraction of the utmost penalty of 110 years he confronted, however it nonetheless ranks as one of many longest imposed on a white-collar defendant lately.
The sentencing signified the finale of a sweeping fraud case that uncovered the rampant volatility and risk-taking throughout the loosely regulated world of cryptocurrencies. In November 2022, FTX imploded nearly in a single day, erasing $8 billion in buyer financial savings. At a trial final fall, Bankman-Fried was convicted of seven counts of fraud, conspiracy and cash laundering.
Bankman-Fried vowed to enchantment his conviction, however in remarks after his sentencing he appeared to acknowledge that he could be in jail for a while. “My helpful life might be over now,” he stated.
Related: How Bankman-Fried’s sentence compares to these of different white-collar fraudsters, like Bernie Madoff and Elizabeth Holmes.
A ‘cataclysmic scenario’ in Haiti
Gang violence in Haiti has killed greater than 1,500 individuals this yr, the U.N. human rights workplace stated, the results of what it described as a “cataclysmic scenario” within the nation.
Armed gangs have taken management of a lot of the capital, Port-au-Prince, destroying police stations and authorities workplaces, in addition to looting banks and hospitals and killing and kidnapping dozens of individuals. There can be widespread, lethal vigilantism, with group teams attacking individuals suspected of petty crimes or gang affiliation.
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Dachshunds, the German canine breed identified for his or her distinctive lengthy our bodies and brief legs, face an unsure future in Germany if adjustments to an animal safety legislation are authorized, the nation’s kennel membership stated.
The membership is worried that the present draft of the legislation might ban the breeding of dachshunds as a result of their traits might trigger them to undergo. But don’t despair, doxie followers — a spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food stated that the invoice was more likely to be modified.
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The 25 items of furnishings that outlined the final century
T, The Times’s fashion journal, convened a panel of specialists that included architects, inside designers, curators and the actress Julianne Moore to make an inventory of probably the most influential furnishings from the previous 100 years.
The jurors had been decided to largely keep away from the standard collectors’ objects, although they couldn’t omit Charles and Ray Eames or Le Corbusier. Their checklist contains outré items, like Ettore Sottsass’s Ultrafragola illuminated mirror, and the immediately recognizable, like the ever-present plastic Monobloc chair.
You can peruse the entire checklist right here.
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