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🎯 State-backed tourism booms in China's troubled Xinjiang. Chinese travelers throng the bazaars of old Kashgar, munching mutton kebabs and soaking up heavily commodified Uyghur culture – part of a government push to remold troubled Xinjiang into a tourism paradise. AFP
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💥 Binance Executive Departures Gather Pace With Kostarev, Smerkis Leaving. Two Binance executives overseeing regions including Eastern Europe and Russia have left the world’s largest crypto exchange, which has been rapidly losing senior managers as regulators in the US and elsewhere crack down. Bloomberg
💥 Mar-a-Lago IT worker struck cooperation agreement with special counsel. The filing marks the first public acknowledgment that special counsel Jack Smith has won the cooperation of key witnesses as part of his prosecution of Trump, his longtime valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos de Oliveira. CNN
💥 The Fintech Owner Accused of Laundering Drug Money in Huge Bitcoin Scheme. Authorities in Belgium are seeking the extradition of Caio Marchesani from the UK as part of their effort to dismantle a transnational gang. Bloomberg
🚩 US and UK Sanction Additional Members of Russia-Based Trickbot Cybercrime Gang U.S. Treasury Department
💥 Implementing the U.S. Strategy on Countering Corruption. The implementation plan articulates activities the U.S. Department of State is undertaking to integrate and elevate the fight against corruption across all aspects of our global engagement. U.S. State Department
💥 EU court dismisses sanctions appeals of 3 Russian oligarchs. The complaints by several Russian oligarchs and tycoons about sanctions imposed by the European Union have been dismissed. Around 60 further Russian lawsuits against EU sanctions are still pending. DW
💥 Dozens of ‘Cop City’ Activists Are Indicted on Racketeering Charges. The sweeping indictment accused 61 members of a group called “Defend the Atlanta Forest” of illegally occupying the training site while committing vandalism and violence. NY Post
💥 U.S. Seized Iranian Oil Over Smuggling Incident That Escalated Tensions in Gulf. The apprehension of the ship, the Suez Rajan, came after a group opposed to Iran raised accusations of sanctions violations last year. NY Times
💥 How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products. Some foreign companies may be complying – potentially offering China’s spies hints for hacking their customers. Wired
💥 Microsoft details a chain of mishaps leading to Outlook hack on government officials. A China-based hacking group was able to attack U.S. government email accounts earlier this year because it found information about a digital key after compromising a Microsoft engineer’s corporate account. The Record
💥 Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach. Armed with your secret seed phrase, anyone can instantly access all of the cryptocurrency holdings tied to that cryptographic key and move the funds to anywhere they like. Krebs on Security
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