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🎯 Royal cousin hosted luxury Kenyan safari for sanctioned oligarch. Alexandra Bowes-Lyon and conservation charity Space for Giants linked to Oleg Deripaska’s holiday. The Times
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🌎 The beheading of tech CEO Fahim Saleh, and the tiny clue that may clinch the case against his personal assistant. New evidence alleges a massive underlying embezzlement, four times larger than Saleh ever knew. Insider
🌎 Why PayPal's stablecoin is likely to succeed where Facebook's Libra failed. PayPal's stablecoin is likely to succeed thanks to the payment giant's standing in Washington and policymakers' greater understanding of the issues in the last three years. Reuters
🌎 Citi Buys $160 Million of Russian Aluminum Others Won’t Touch. There are no blanket sanctions that outlaw trading in Russian aluminum, but it has nonetheless become a politically charged subject in the metals industry following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Bloomberg
🌎 Frozen Iranian assets transferred to Swiss central bank. The Swiss National Bank plans to exchange its $6 billion holdings in won for dollars and then euros in the currency market, converting $223 million each day for the next five weeks. Reuters
🌎 Despite Iran’s retaliation threats, $56 million worth of sanctioned crude oil transferred from seized tanker near Houston. The fate of the cargo aboard the Suez Rajan has become mired in the wider tensions between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic. Fortune
🌎 Singapore Seizes More Houses From Chinese Money Laundering Gang. Singapore banned the disposal of 11 more properties as the police pushed forward with the investigation into one of the country’s biggest money laundering and forgery cases. Bloomberg
🌎 Looks Like the Website for Trump's Patriot Legal Defense Fund Just Got Hacked. On Friday, someone defaced the website for the organization funding the legal costs for some Trump staffers and allies. Gizmodo
🌎 US sanctions 100 Nicaraguan municipal officials over rights abuses. The State Department said Saturday it is imposing visa restrictions on 100 Nicaraguan municipal officials to “promote accountability for the Ortega-Murillo regime’s relentless attacks on civil liberties.” The Hill
🌎 Russia Seeks To Seize Power Assets Belonging To One Of Nation's Richest Individuals. The Prosecutor General is seeking to nationalize Siberian Energy Company from Andrei Melnichenko, an energy and fertilizer tycoon whom Forbes named Russia's richest man. RFE
🌎 US tightens export controls of nuclear power items to China. The steps are among the latest signs of strained relations between Washington and Beijing, which have clashed over spying allegations, human rights, and China's industrial policies. Reuters
🌎 Lab Owner Sentenced for $463M Genetic Testing Scheme. A Georgia man was sentenced today to 27 years in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting over $463 million in genetic and other laboratory tests that patients did not need. U.S. Justice Department
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