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Brittney Griner ‘talked about everything under the sun’ with flight crew on trip home after prisoner exchange

Brittney Griner ‘talked about everything under the sun’ with flight crew on trip home after prisoner exchange

Brittney Griner was ready to talk on her 18-hour flight back to the United States earlier this week. According to special presidential envoy for hostage affairs Roger Carstens, who helped secure Griner’s release from a Russian prison, the WNBA star spoke with him and others for nearly two-thirds of the flight from the United Arab Emirates to San Antonio on Thursday. “When she finally got onto the U.S. plane, I said, ‘Brittney, you must have been through a lot over the last 10 months…. Source link

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What’s happening at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX?

What’s happening at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX?

The imploding cryptocurrency trading firm FTX is now short billions of dollars after experiencing the crypto equivalent of a bank run. The exchange, formerly one of the world’s largest, sought bankruptcy protection last week, and its CEO and founder resigned. Hours later, the trading firm said there had been “unauthorized access” and that funds had disappeared. Analysts say hundreds of millions of dollars may have vanished. The unraveling of the once-giant exchange is sending shockwaves… Source link

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Funds vanish at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX; probe underway

Funds vanish at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX; probe underway

NEW YORK (AP) — Collapsed cryptocurrency trading firm FTX confirmed there was “unauthorized access” to its accounts, hours after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday. The embattled company’s new CEO John Ray III said Saturday that FTX is switching off the ability to trade or withdraw funds and taking steps to secure customers’ assets, according to a tweet by FTX’s general counsel Ryne Miller. FTX is also coordinating with law enforcement and regulators,… Source link

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Inside the logistical chess match of a prisoner exchange

Inside the logistical chess match of a prisoner exchange

The scene looked like it was stolen from a Hollywood script. On one end of a Turkish airport tarmac sat a Russian federal security plane. On the other was a private jet owned by a U.S. government contractor. Both had landed in secrecy within minutes of each other on April 27 to conduct a high-value prisoner exchange on neutral soil. Trevor Reed, an American citizen and Marine veteran, was sentenced to nine years in prison in July 2020 after he allegedly endangered the “life and health” of… Source link

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HUB Security Receives Court Approval to Summon Shareholders Meetings for the Approval of the NASDAQ SPAC Merger and Delisting from Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange

HUB Security Receives Court Approval to Summon Shareholders Meetings for the Approval of the NASDAQ SPAC Merger and Delisting from Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange

TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — HUB Cyber Security (Israel) Limited (TASE: HUB), a developer of Confidential Computing cybersecurity solutions and services (“HUB” or the “Company“), announced today that following its announcement on July 5th, the Company has received a formal approval of the Israeli district court to summon shareholders meetings for the approval of the upcoming SPAC merger and listing terms on NASDAQ. HUB Security Logo If approved by the shareholders and the… Source link

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