FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will released on $250 million bail in a deal designed by federal prosecutors and Bankman-Fried’s defense attorneys, a New York federal judge ruled.
Judge Gabriel Gorenstein said that Bankman-Fried would require “strict” supervision following his release to his parents home in California.
Gotta wonder how much cash is hidden offshore.
Fighters from Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group have ballooned from 1,000 to nearly 20,000 in Ukraine, British government officials say, a sign of Russia’s growing reliance on the military contractor in support of its invasion.
Russia is widely believed to be struggling to recruit soldiers and maintain morale. The West estimates Russia has lost tens of thousands of soldiers and President Vladimir Putin launched a recruitment drive in September to boost numbers.
Smith has previously suggested creating a provincial internet firewall to bypass federal internet censorship laws.
Alberta premier Danielle Smith has said she is very “concerned” about new federal legislation that, if passed, would regulate how online news media is shared on social media.
While speaking during a recent radio interview, Smith said that she had been talking with “members of the media,” in particular “the alternative media, who are very concerned about some of the laws that are coming down at the federal level.”
Critics say President Salva Kiir is unfit to lead long-suffering nation while others decry mocking of ‘an elder’
Footage of the South Sudanese president Salva Kiir apparently urinating on himself at an official event has sparked an online debate across Africa about his ability to lead the country, and the ethics of sharing the incident on social media.
SAD! South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit wets his pants at a public function. His guards bavimba. It should never get to this point. That why others wear pampers or move with mobile toilets. pic.twitter.com/sdaT2IbeEa
— Ronald Muhinda (@RonaldMuhinda) December 14, 2022
After four months of an Ontario school district saying it can do nothing about a shop teacher wearing giant prosthetic breasts to class, a parent’s group has obtained legal representation in a bid to force administrators to establish some kind of guidelines on teacher attire.
US Marines may soon stop using the words ‘sir’ and ‘ma’am’ to address their senior officers, a new report has revealed – as part of a sweeping effort to avoid ‘misgendering’ drill instructors.
The recommendation came in a recently completed academic report from the University of Pittsburgh, which was commissioned by the Corps in 2020.
Completed this year, the report offers a detailed independent study on gender-integration at boot camp, and suggests measures Marines should take to make both genders feel more at ease when hearing responses from aspiring privates.
According to new statistics, Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program has approved or paid out more than $2.7 million to claimants since the program opened in 2021.
So far, 50 claims of a serious and permanent injury connected to a vaccine authorized by Health Canada have been approved.
Between June 2021 and Dec 1, 2022, the program received 1,299 claims, 209 of which were determined to be inadmissible because they either didn’t meet the eligibility criteria or had incomplete information.
OTTAWA – An RCMP intelligence official accused of violating Canada’s secrecy law has been granted bail.
The reasons for Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger’s decision Wednesday in the case of Cameron Jay Ortis are covered by a publication ban.
Ortis was taken into custody in Ottawa on Sept. 12, 2019.
I bet they bought him a plane ticket too
In the year before John Tory took charge of Toronto as mayor, there were 32,474 incidents in what police deem to be major crimes. As of this past Sunday, there have been 42,925 and we still have two weeks to go in the year.
Since Tory became mayor, there has been a 32% increase in major crimes. The index, updated weekly by Toronto Police Service, includes assaults, break and enter, auto thefts, robbery, sexual assault and of course murder among other crimes.
Something is missing from this analysis but I can’t put my finger on it.
We aren’t yet as bad as many US cities but the contours of the GTA’s tribalized no-go zones are already apparent.
One thing is certain it will get much worse and is unlikely ever to get better. That is the future of all Liberal-Left run cities.
A traditional Christmas carol has been rewritten to be more inclusive towards women and ‘queer and questioning’ people, sparking outrage.
The woke update of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen was created by an American minister but has been sung at a Church of England carol service this week.
It only retains the first two lines of the original, which dates back to 17th century England, and the ‘o tidings of comfort and joy’ chorus.
Just as Ottawa publicly acknowledges that its assisted suicide regime might have gone too far, critics have highlighted the existence of a little-known medical assistance in dying children’s activity book that was funded by the Canadian government.
President Zelensky arrived in Washington this evening for talks with President Biden and a meeting with Congress that is expected to secure billions of dollars’ worth of fresh military equipment for Ukraine.
His first foreign trip since Russia’s invasion in February was fraught with security challenges but the prospect of another $47 billion in military support — and the opportunity to address American leaders — was worth the long journey. It included a flight from Poland, rather than his own country, which would have carried a greater risk of being shot down by Russian forces.
New $2 billion “green” Crown corporation will be permitted to buy, sell and swap shares in other companies without public scrutiny. @FinanceCanada Minister @cafreeland yesterday wrote confidentiality order into federal regulations. https://t.co/hVzikhWuuZ #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/QjbwHj1yti
— Holly Doan (@hollyanndoan) December 22, 2022
h/t Mauser
OTTAWA — A lawyer for some organizers of this year’s so-called “Freedom Convoy” protest in Ottawa is being sued for defamation.
The public affairs firm Enterprise Canada said in a statement Wednesday afternoon that it had filed a lawsuit against Brendan Miller, alleging he falsely accused the company and one of its employees of being involved in the weeks-long event.
The ex-girlfriend of disgraced crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried and a co-founder of FTX pleaded guilty to fraud charges in the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange and are both cooperating with federal prosecutors, officials announced Wednesday night.
Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Bankman-Fried’s crypto hedge fund company Alameda Research, and Gary Wang, a co-founder of FTX, pleaded guilty to the criminal offenses before Bankman-Fried landed in New York to face his own charges, Manhattan US Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement.
The charges filed against the pair were “in connection with their roles in the frauds that contributed to FTX’s collapse,” Williams said.
