Rapper Young Thug, also known as Jeffery Williams, pleaded guilty in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to gang, drug, and gun charges. The 33-year-old Grammy-winning artist entered his pleas without reaching a deal with prosecutors. Lead prosecutor Adriane Love stated that negotiations between the two sides had broken down, leaving the sentencing entirely up to the … Read more
Intel announced a significant $18.7 billion set of restructuring and asset impairment charges on Thursday in an effort to streamline its operations and boost its competitiveness. The chipmaker’s latest quarter saw a less severe revenue decline than expected, leading to a 10 per cent increase in its shares in after-market trading. The company’s forecast for … Read more
AFP Sharmahd had told relatives he had been denied adequate healthcare while in custody Iran has executed German-Iranian dissident Jamshid Sharmahd, following his conviction for “leading terror operations”, state media is reporting. Sharmahd was sentenced to death last year for “corruption on Earth”, having been accused of leading the US-based pro-monarchist group Kingdom Assembly of … Read more
Barrett Pall revealing a diary entry detailing his encounter with Mike Jeffries to BBC reporter Rianna Croxford. In a federal courtroom in New York, I find myself face to face with Mike Jeffries for the first time – the ex-fashion mogul I’ve been investigating for the BBC for three years. He gazes directly at me, … Read more
The Grammy award-winning rapper Lil Durk has been arrested in Florida on federal charges that he paid for the attempted 2022 revenge killing of the rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station, a shooting that resulted in the death of Rondo’s cousin. Durk, 32, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire in the … Read more
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has dropped a money-laundering case against a top cryptocurrency executive to allow him to get medical treatment abroad. Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen, was arrested on a business trip to Nigeria in February and later charged alongside his company Binance with laundering $35.4m (£28m) – which they denied. The 40-year-old was in … Read more
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has dropped a money-laundering case against a top cryptocurrency executive to allow him to receive medical treatment abroad. Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen, was arrested on a business trip to Nigeria in February and later charged alongside his company Binance with laundering $35.4m (£28m) – which they denied. The 40-year-old was in … Read more