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๐ฏ U.S. prosecutors recommend DOJ criminally charge Boeing. In May, officials determined the company breached a 2021 agreement that had shielded Boeing from a criminal charge of conspiracy arising from two fatal crashes. Reuters
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๐ A year after mutiny, Kremlin controls Wagner remnants. Following Prigozhin's death, Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov toured African capitals, assuring officials that the services provided by the group would not dissipate. BBC
๐ Swiss Push to Rewire Financial System in Wake of Banking Crash. As Credit Suisse spiraled toward insolvency early last year, a group of Swiss bankers, technocrats and regional officials were already busy laying the groundwork for a new type of financial infrastructure. Bloomberg
๐ All eyes should be on Al Jazeera for being founded, funded โ and directed โ by terrorists. A โnetworkโ whose โjournalistsโ seem never to be more than one step away from terror, but who seem to get no criticism for it. NYP
๐ Binanceโs General Counsel Faces Some of the Toughest Challenges in Crypto. Eleanor Hughes has a lot to keep her busy, ranging from a testy dispute with Nigerian officials to strict monitoring by US authorities. Bloomberg
๐ AI Is Helping Scammers Outsmart You โ and Your Bank. In recent years, criminals have used AI-based software to impersonate senior executives and demand wire transfers. WSJ
๐ Vatican's trial of the century heads to British court. Archbishop will be cross-examined over ยฃ350m London property fraud case that saw Pope Francis authorize wire-tapping. DM
๐ Michael Flynn Has Turned His Trump-World Celebrity Into a Family Business. The former national security adviser took over a nonprofit group. Soon, it was paying five of his relatives and trafficking in conspiracy theories. NYT
๐ The SEC has become another tool in Bidenโs arsenal as it becomes more and more woke. Faux investors can simply buy a few shares of stock to promote their political cause and, presto, they can put their proposal to a vote. NYP
๐ Iran Stripped of $300B in Oil Revenues Under Sanctions. Rouhani accused former president Ebrahim Raisi's government of "betraying" the Iranian people over the course of three years. Iran International
๐ TikTok legal filing details case against potential US ban. TikTok expressed several reasons why selling itself โ what the law refers to as a "qualified divestiture" โ is a practical impossibility. VOA
๐ฉ The schoolchildren being lured by rebels on TikTok BBC
๐ The EU Digital Identity Wallet: Everything you need to know about the EUโs plans for a universal digital identity system TechCrunch