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Former FTX exec starts prison sentence with LinkedIn post about a 'new position'
Former FTX executive Ryan Salame prepared to start his 7 ½ prison sentence by posting about his "ne…
Erin Snodgrass
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Elon Musk's ideas about government efficiency are all wrong, political scientists say
Elon Musk is talking about making the US government more efficient, but politics experts say runnin…
Erin Snodgrass
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I was part of Russia's prisoner swap with the US. Here's how it feels to finally, suddenly be free.
Aleksandra 'Sasha' Skochilenko was released in last week's prisoner swap. She told BI about her imp…
Joshua Nelken-Zitser
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WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison
Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was sentenced to 16 years in Russian prison for espion…
Joshua Nelken-Zitser
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Russia frees WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich in a major prisoner swap, report says
Russia freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan in a ma…
Erin Snodgrass,Thibault Spirl…
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Alexey Navalny is dead: Putin's political nemesis died suddenly in prison, Russian officials say
Alexey Navalny "felt unwell after a walk and almost immediately lost consciousness," according to a…
Tom Porter
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Russia wants to arrest Alexei Navalny's widow after resistance leader died in prison
Yulia Navalny is being charged with running an "extremist" organization as she accuses Vladimir Put…
Jacob Shamsian
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The US tried to secure Alexey Navalny's release in a historic prisoner swap with Russia before his death
Alexey Navalny, Putin's most vocal political dissident, was supposed to be included in Thursday's h…
Lloyd Lee,Kelsey Vlamis
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Ex-FTX exec's girlfriend accused of using his money to illegally fuel her political career
Federal prosecutors brought charges against Michelle Bond, a failed Republican congressional candid…
Jacob Shamsian
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Videos show the moment Americans were freed from Russian captivity after high-stakes prisoner swap
Russia freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan, and 14 ot…
Jake Epstein
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Russia says its democracy is the best in the world, days after Putin's only real political rival died in prison
Russians are set for an election many see as a sham, and Putin's main rival lies in his grave, but …
Mia Jankowicz
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Political assassinations are on the rise. It's a symptom of growing global instability.
Around the world, politics has been rocked by a wave of assassinations of political leaders, dissid…
Tom Porter
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Mark Zuckerberg calls Donald Trump a 'badass' after the former president threatened him with prison
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said seeing Donald Trump with his fist in the air after getting shot was …
Katie Notopoulos
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US deal freed a Russian prisoner whose crime was writing anti-war messages on supermarket price tags
Alexandra Skochilenko has been freed from Russian prison after she was charged for posting anti-war…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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One of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX allies is going to prison too
Ryan Salame, a former top executive at FTX and advisor to Sam Bankman-Fried, has been sentenced to …
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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As Ryan Salame stares down years in prison for his role in FTX, he's spending his time doing what he loves: posting
As the FTX insider recovers from a dog attack that delayed his prison sentence, he's posting on X a…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Security in NE a concern, India needs to engage with those in power in Bangladesh: Think tank
Former foreign secretary Harshvardan Shringla has said that India needs to engage with those in pow…
PTI
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison. SBF was previously found guilty of fraud and…
Katie Balevic,Jacob Shamsian,…
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Tough-on-crime former NYC judges say even they wouldn't sentence Trump to prison in the hush-money case
Will Justice Juan Merchan treat Trump like any other first offender? Will his hijinks count against…
Laura Italiano
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Everyone expected Putin to kill Navalny in prison, and here we are
Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin likely ordered the killing of Alexey Navalny to silence dissent befo…