Hackers drained about $6.3 billion from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, in about 20 minutes on Thursday — the biggest crypto theft on record — with roughly half the stolen assets since frozen and US law enforcement now involved.
Hackers drained about $6.3 billion from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, in about 20 minutes on Thursday — the biggest crypto theft on record — with roughly half the stolen assets since frozen and US law enforcement now involved.
Brazil is closing its year-long presidency of the United Nations climate process with roadmaps for moving away from fossil fuels and halting deforestation, arguing that governments must now implement past promises rather than negotiate them again.
Eastern Florida has been hit by catastrophic flash flooding after up to 24 inches of rain fell in 36 hours, forcing rescues, school closures and the relocation of polling places on Election Day.
An adviser to Europe’s highest court has said Google’s Gemini chatbot can infringe publishers’ rights when it reuses their stories to answer users, though training AI models on copyrighted material remains permitted — an opinion the court’s judges usually follow.
Britain and the European Union are set to agree a youth mobility scheme letting young people live in each other’s countries for up to three years, according to a draft summit statement seen by Reuters, alongside a commitment to revisit student tuition fees within six months.
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds will seek answers from US investment firm Gordon Brothers over Poundland’s future this week, after the discount chain, which employs about 12,000 people across more than 600 stores in the UK and Ireland, filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
Uganda has begun pulling its troops out of Somalia, starting with forces deployed under a bilateral arrangement, in a phased drawdown that will end a deployment lasting almost 20 years.
Senegal’s parliament has voted down the government’s revised budget, deepening a standoff that threatens a $2.2 billion support programme from the International Monetary Fund.
London’s High Court has ruled it would not be in the public interest to bring contempt proceedings against MI5 or its staff over false information given to the court, prompting the agency’s chief to apologise again for “serious failures”.
Britain will make a guaranteed income for life the default retirement option for about 17 million private sector workers, under plans unveiled on Tuesday that aim to spare savers from having to manage their pension pots alone.
Britain should brace for a ransomware attack involving AI-powered malware on its critical national infrastructure by 2028, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has warned, saying China is best placed to mount such operations.
