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The spot where a statue of Lenin once presided over Kyiv’s downtown is now in a state of mild decrepitude. The plinth remains, but it’s covered with graffiti, its steps painted the blue and gold of the Ukrainian flag. After protesters triumphantly toppled the statue in December 2013, the vacant pedestal served as a memorial to Ukraine’s violent rejection of its Soviet past.
From iPhone’s Siri to Amazon’s Alexa, from Google Maps to Netflix recommendations, and from customer service chatbots to the airplanes’ autopilot, artificial intelligence (AI) has seeped into our daily lives. It will soon impact every facet of our daily lives from driverless cars to smart homes.
LONDON (Reuters) - The first target of new British powers to combat the proceeds of suspected corruption is the wife of a jailed Azeri banker who spent more than 16 million pounds ($21 million) at department store Harrods, London’s High Court has revealed.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will improve its supervision mechanism for combating money laundering and for countering terrorism financing, the country’s central bank said on Wednesday.
In the context of an investigation of the Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office, led by the investigating judge of Limburg, 44 searches were conducted this morning across Belgium. 13 searches were also carried out in other States, particularly France, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Serbia and fYROM.
Peruvian police arrested opposition leader Keiko Fujimori on allegations she received illicit campaign financing, further roiling the country’s political elite just days after a judge ordered her father jailed in a separate case.
Today, the European Commission is reporting on the progress made towards an effective and genuine Security Union, calling on the European Parliament and the Council to finalise their work on priority security initiatives as a matter of urgency.
SAO PAULO — Brazilian officials say $16 million in undeclared cash and luxury watches seized from the delegation of Equatorial Guinea’s vice president may have been part of an effort to launder money embezzled from the African country’s government.
By now you’ve seen the headlines: An American resident, a Saudi Arabian journalist who wrote for The Washington Post, has gone missing abroad and is presumed dead. Jamal Khashoggi was last seen walking into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and Turkish security officials believe he was killed “on the orders of the Saudi royal court,” according to The New York Times.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court on Wednesday granted bail of 1 million baht ($30,000) to the son of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra after he was indicted of money laundering, a case his supporters condemned as politically motivated.