(Reuters) – Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network LLC said on Thursday it has chosen Fahrenheit’s proposal as the winning bid to manage a new entity to be owned by its creditors, directing itself out of bankruptcy. Fahrenheit, a consortium that includes blockchain-based venture capital firm Arrington Capital, will provide the capital, management team and technology…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s internal spy agency said on Thursday it had detained two Ukrainian saboteurs plotting to blow up the power lines of two nuclear power stations to shut down the reactors and embarrass Russia on the eve of this month’s Victory Day holiday. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the main successor to the…
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Thursday it had shot down all 36 Iranian-made drones launched by Russia in overnight attacks which it said probably targeted critical infrastructure and military facilities. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said it had been an “uneasy night” but commended the work of air defences. “Continuing to terrorise Ukraine, the enemy used…
By Navya Mittal and Echha Jain (Reuters) -Australia’s Treasury Wine Estates warned on Thursday that inflation was squeezing demand for its commercial-grade wine and driving up packaging costs, sending its shares nearly 8% lower. The country’s biggest winemaker flagged challenging market conditions and consumption outlook for commercial wine, especially in Australia and the United Kingdom,…
MOSCOW (Reuters) -United States intelligence agencies believe that a drone attack on the Kremlin this month was likely orchestrated by Ukrainian spies or military intelligence, the New York Times said. The newspaper said the attack appeared to be part of a series of covert operations that have made officials in the United States — Ukraine’s…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Russia had said from the start that Ukraine was behind a drone attack on the Kremlin in early May, after the New York Times reported that U.S. spy agencies assessed one of Ukraine’s special military or intelligence units probably orchestrated it. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denied at…
By Zeba Siddiqui and Christopher Bing (Reuters) -A state-sponsored Chinese hacking group has been spying on a wide range of U.S. critical infrastructure organizations, from telecommunications to transportation hubs, Western intelligence agencies and Microsoft said on Wednesday. The espionage has also targeted the U.S. island territory of Guam, home to strategically important American military bases,…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Sony Group Corp said on Thursday its chip business would buy land in the western Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto. Local media reported in December the tech and entertainment conglomerate is considering building a factory in Kumamoto to make smartphone image sensors. ($1 = 135.0500 yen) (Reporting by Miho Uranaka and Sam Nussey; Editing…
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Cathay Pacific needs to address staff and resource shortages and raise pay to boost morale, its flight attendant union said, after three staff were fired for allegedly mocking passengers who could not speak English. A passenger on the CX987 flight from the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu to Hong…
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Cathay Pacific needs to address staff and resource shortages and raise pay to boost morale, its flight attendant union said, after three staff were fired for allegedly mocking passengers who could not speak English. A passenger on the CX987 flight from the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu to Hong…
