PARIS: Sam Bankman-Fried donned a suit and tie this week, abandoning his preferred hoodie and dark T-shirt for a hearing before US Senators. The lawmakers had summoned the 29-year-old multi-billionaire on Wednesday to discuss the regulation of digital assets in his capacity as co-founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX. Less than three … Read more
At a time of a national Covid-19 crisis, a number of US officials have been revealed to have cashed in on the epidemic by insider trading while concealing vital epidemic information from the public. This, experts said, has contributed to the increasingly bleak national landscape, as President Joe Biden marks one year in office. US … Read more
WASHINGTON: US senators’ near agreement in the small hours of Thursday to stave off a catastrophic credit default after Democrats said they were close to accepting an offer from the Republicans to raise the debt limit for two months. Mitch McConnell, who leads the Republican opposition in the upper chamber of Congress, floated the truce as … Read more
WASHINGTON: Democratic and Republican senators called on President Joe Biden to expel Russian diplomats if Moscow does not issue more visas to US diplomats. 17 bipartisan senators, including leaders of the Senate Intelligence and Foreign Relations committees, wrote in a letter to Biden on Monday that there are over 400 Russian diplomats in the United … Read more
United States is pressurizing Saudi Arabia to put oil cut in motion. Media reports said that the Republican senators from oil states talked to officials from the Kingdom and urged them to take timely actions to cut crude output. Senators Dan Sullivan and Kevin Cramer the call. These are the senators who introduced legislation in … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday that talks with India not possible due to the ongoing situation in occupied Kashmir since India revoked its special status in August. United States Senators Chris Van Hollen and Maggi Hassan met PM Imran wherein they shared their observations about their recent visit to Azad Kashmir. The premier … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan held meetings with the US special envoy for Afghanistan, US senators and the Amnesty International secretary general Komi Naidoo, in New York. US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad discussed various issues, including the Afghan peace process with the premier. In a meeting with Amnesty International Secretary General Kumi Naidoo, … Read more
