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US and Gulf states hold talks with Ukraine over drone detection
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The guards rise again: the force still shaping Iran
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Bitcoin worth $14bn seized in US-UK crackdown on alleged scammers
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…
My husband would still be alive if hed received Post Office compensation
Emma SimpsonBusiness correspondent Jonathan Armstrong died in October before receiving full compensation A sub-postmaster whose life was ruined by the Post Office’s faulty accounting software has died without receiving his full compensation. Jonathan Armstrong passed away in October from a heart attack at the age of 58. His widow, Sarah, is now looking into claiming…
European firms unite in bid to rival SpaceX
Key European aerospace firms have agreed to pool their space operations into a single business in a bid to compete in the rapidly developing space industry against rivals including SpaceX. Pitched as a ‘European Space Champion’, the new company will be headquartered in Toulouse, employ around 25,000 people and have an annual turnover of €6.5bn…
