Scale of alleged torture, detentions by Russian forces in Kherson emerges

By Anthony Deutsch, Anna Voitenko and Olena Harmash KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – Oksana Minenko, a 44-year-old accountant who lives in the Ukrainian city of Kherson, said she was repeatedly detained and tortured by occupying Russian forces. Her husband, a Ukrainian soldier, died defending Kherson’s Antonivskyi bridge on the first day of full-scale war, she said. …

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Bitcoin rises 6% to $19,005

(Reuters) – Bitcoin rose 6% to $19,005 at 21:04 GMT on Thursday, adding $1,075 to its previous close. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is up 15.2% from the year’s low of $16,496 on Jan. 1. Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, rose 3.06% to $1,432.8 on Thursday, adding $42.6 to …

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U.S. securities regulator charges Genesis, Gemini with unregistered offerings

By Hannah Lang and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday said it has charged Genesis Global Capital LLC and Gemini Trust Company LLC with illegally selling securities to hundreds of thousands of investors through their crypto lending program. Genesis, a part of Digital Currency Group, entered into …

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Carlyle considering senior Wall Street execs for CEO role – FT

(Reuters) -Carlyle Group is in discussions with senior Wall Street executives for its top role, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday, citing multiple people familiar with the matter. The private equity firm is considering Citigroup Inc’s chief financial officer Mark Mason and Morgan Stanley’s chief operating officer Jonathan Pruzan as contenders for its …

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Spain’s Supreme Court drops sedition charges against Catalan separatist leader

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday dropped sedition charges against the leader of Catalonia’s failed bid for independence, Carles Puigdemont, after a reform of the country’s penal code abolished the crime. Puigdemont, who is in self-imposed exile in Belgium to avoid prosecution in Spain, still faces charges of disobedience and embezzlement, which carry jail …

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Russia criticises Reuters story on Russian hackers targeting U.S. nuclear scientists

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday criticised Reuters for spreading what it said was poorly sourced anti-Russian propaganda with a story about a Russian hacking team which targeted three nuclear research laboratories. Reuters on Jan. 6 reported the Russian hacking team, known as Cold River, had targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the …

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