Lauren Turner and Osmond Chia Reuters The US government has seized more than $14bn (£10.5bn) in bitcoin and charged the founder of a Cambodian business empire, Prince Group, with allegedly masterminding a massive cryptocurrency scam. UK and Cambodian national Chen Zhi was charged on Tuesday in New York for allegedly engaging in a wire-fraud conspiracy…
The Sindh government has launched a digital platform to simplify the process of obtaining business licences and registrations, eliminating the need for long queues and manual paperwork. The initiative, introduced under the World Bank’s economic reform programme, marks a major step toward full digitalisation of government services related to business approvals in the province. Under…
Courtney CroninOct 14, 2025, 05:49 PM ET Close Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever and GameNight on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast on…
Like many of us, Danny Strong watched a concert version of the musical Chess, and wasn’t entirely sure what was happening. But rather than giving up on the complicated plot and letting the rock score by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA wash over him, Strong was compelled to do something about it. “All…
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics on Monday for “having explained innovation-driven economic growth” including the key principle of creative destruction. The winners represent contrasting but complementary approaches to economics. Mokyr is an economic historian who delved into long-term trends using historical sources, while Howitt and Aghion…
The Israeli military said Tuesday that the remains of four deceased hostages returned by Hamas have been identified, including those of a Nepalese student. Separately, a Gaza hospital said it has received the bodies of 45 Palestinians that had been handed back by Israel, also as part of US President Donald Trump’s plan to end…
Michael RothsteinOct 14, 2025, 04:54 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein, based in Atlanta, is a reporter on ESPN’s investigative and enterprise team. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. SANTA ANA, Calif. — Questions surrounding the Los Angeles Angels‘ culpability in the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs in 2019 sat at the center of…
An expatriate mother may have drowned her seven-month-old daughter before hanging herself at their home in Hong Kong’s Southern district, police have said. The 34-year-old woman’s husband reported the case at around 4pm on Monday after arriving at their flat at the luxury Shouson Garden residential estate on Shouson Hill Road. Police said he returned…
The question that Murdaugh: Death in the Family, the latest true crime miniseries from Hulu, aims to answer is not who was behind the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. It knows you probably know, and while it flirts with misdirection, it does not stray far from the facts as previously reported. Nor is it…
All police personnel have been directed to avoid carrying anything that could prove ‘they belong to police department’ Police personnel gather at GT Road following clashes with Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan protesters during a Gaza solidarity rally on October 13. Photo: PPI In the wake of deteriorating law and order situation in Lahore, the senior police officials…
