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What to know about the $6.3B hack on Binance, likely the biggest-ever crypto theft
Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, said Friday that hackers stole more than $6 billion in what appears to be the largest cryptocurrency heist on record. Blockchain firms have pointed to the attack coming from a North Korean hacking unit.The company said it has reserved more than $6.34 billion of company funds to cover the stolen assets and was beginning to recover assets for users. Binance worked with blockchain partners to freeze roughly $3 billion in affected assets.
The cryptocurrency exchange has promised to cover all losses, and it has been... Read More
France heads into third weekend of protests as youth-led rallies sweep Europe
PARIS (AP) — France prepared Saturday for a third consecutive weekend of protests over living costs and education, deploying 70,000 police and gendarmes and rerouting the Paris march to the capital’s edge as youth-led demonstrations spread across Europe.Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez warned of a “very high risk” of disorder, especially after dark on Halloween.
Paris police banned union and “yellow vest” marches through the city center, ordering demonstrations to follow a single route along the capital’s outer boulevards, from Porte de Bagnolet to Porte... Read More
Mideast leaders call for calm as fears mount of a renewed war in the region, and other Mideast news
Regional leaders called for calm Saturday as fears of a new escalation between the U.S., Israel and Iran grow.Speaking at a security forum in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs said the message from the region is that it wants a return to peace. Also at the forum, Syria's foreign minister said his country and Jordan would discuss ways to strengthen their shared border.
Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Saturday. Read our full coverage here.
Regional leaders call for calm amid fears of a new escalation between the US,... Read More
UK prime minister signals the government will consider an apology for its role in the slave trade
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says his government will consider apologizing for the first time for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade as it seeks to strengthen relations with nations in Africa and the Caribbean.Writing in the Guardian on Saturday, Burnham said Britain needed to acknowledge its “complicated history” in order to protect the Commonwealth, an association of 56 independent nations that grew out of the British Empire. Burnham travels to Antigua and Barbuda next week for a meeting of Commonwealth leaders.
“For years, those... Read More
Civilians from war-ravaged Oleshky arrive in Belarus on their way to Ukrainian territory
Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky in Ukraine arrived in Belarus on Saturday as part of a major rescue operation carried out under the most significant truce since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine 4½ years ago.Civilians from Oleshky, on the Dnipro River, began the long journey out of the war-ravaged region in bus convoys Friday. The ceasefire in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region began on 3 a.m. Tuesday and is expected to continue through Sunday evening.
The estimated 2,000 remaining residents were offered the choice of traveling to Ukrainian- or... Read More
Top Stories
- What to know about the $6.3B hack on Binance, likely the biggest-ever crypto theft
- France heads into third weekend of protests as youth-led rallies sweep Europe
- Mideast leaders call for calm as fears mount of a renewed war in the region, and other Mideast news
- UK prime minister signals the government will consider an apology for its role in the slave trade
- Congo's Ebola deaths top 5,000 as fear of continent-wide spread mounts
- From salmonberry harvests to traditional tattoos, Native American culture is spotlighted in November
- Evacuated Oleshky residents begin the long journey out of the war-ravaged region
- Carney eyes June deal for Canada to become EU associate member as Trump reshapes alliances
- On board a Spanish high-speed train in the aftermath of the system's latest catastrophe
- Justice Department seeks to isolate Alaska ballots as criminal probe underway over Senate candidate
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