Nine people have been charged in Britain for promoting unauthorised foreign exchange trading schemes on Instagram in the first crackdown on "finfluencers", the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Thursday. Emmanuel Nwanze, 30, and 33-year-old Holly Thompson offered advice on buying and selling high-risk contracts for difference (CFDs) over the social media platform between May 2018 and April 2021, although they were not authorised to do so, the regulator alleged. The FCA alleges...
The mistakes made at one point in time have an eerie way of re-emerging as memories fadeGet Robert Reich’s latest columns delivered straight to your inboxI’ve been spending the last several weeks trying to find out what’s really going on with the campus protests.I’ve met with students at Berkeley, where I teach. I’ve visited with faculty at Columbia. I’ve spoken by phone with young people and professors at many other universities.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of...
Updated guidelines strip bishops of power to recognise ‘supernatural’ nature of purportedly divine eventsApparitions of the Virgin Mary and weeping statues have been part of Catholicism for centuries, but the age of social media has prompted the Vatican to issue a crackdown against potential scams and hoaxes.New rules issued on Friday say that only a pope, rather than local bishops, can declare apparitions and revelations to be “supernatural”. The document, Norms for Proceeding in the...
The jeepney protest against the public utility vehicle modernization program was peaceful and quiet, the National Capital Region Police Office said, despite unconsolidated transport groups vowing to continue to ply their routes.
Officials see an uptick in use of advanced technology, including artificial intelligence, to mask threats and enhance disruptions.
One year since Uganda passed a harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law, prominent activists
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Robinhood accused SEC of creating a "world of confusion around crypto."
DALEVILLE, Ala. (WDHN) — Daleville city officials making safety a priority by spending thousands of taxpayer's dollars to install security measures at the park after several troubling incidents. The city of Daleville is spending around $10,000 to put up surveillance cameras and more lighting at Culpepper Park. This comes after there have been about five []
Edmonton police dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of Alberta's campus on Saturday, prompting outrage from students and academics who described the operation as violent and contested allegations that demonstrators were breaking the law. Organizers said police fired tear gas and pepper-spray balls and wielded batons against students at the university's north campus quad shortly after arriving at 4:30 a.m., resulting in one hospitalization and several attendees placed in...
One of the largest phishing-as-a-service platforms, LabHost, was severely disrupted by law enforcement in 19 countries during a year-long operation that resulted in 37 arrests.
Many supporters of Pakistan's jailed former PM have yet to get over their physical and emotional wounds.