Rosy times for cybercriminals. The analytics company Chainalysis has traced $ 2.8 billion of Bitcoin that cybercriminals are believed to have transferred to crypto exchanges in 2019. More than half of the loot went to Binance and Huobi accounts. It is not a novelty that cryptocurrencies can be used to a large extent for money … Read more
First the facts: the Constitutional Court rejected the proposed referendum, carried out by five regions led by the center-right, which had a twofold objective: to cancel the proportional part of the Rosatellum and get to a pure majority. The Consulta motivated its decision by stating that the text is “inadmissible due to the absorbing reason … Read more
Kommersant’s interlocutors at United Russia are confident that the new Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Mishustin, will not replace Dmitry Medvedev as party chairman after his transfer to work from the government to the Security Council. Moreover, a number of party interlocutors believe that Mr. Medvedev has new political prospects. However, there is … Read more
After the outbreak of a mysterious new lung disease in China, the first case is now known in Japan. A man from Kanagawa Prefecture was with the corona virus infected, the consequences of which are already a cancer patient in China died. The native Chinese, who tested positive in Japan, stayed in the Chinese city … Read more
Roger Federer is currently the record holder for the men with twenty Grand Slam titles in singles, but the 38-year-old Swiss expects that he will be overtaken by Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. “As it stands now, it seems clear to me that ‘Rafa’ and Novak are going to win more Grand Slams than me. … Read more
Exclusive TMZ.com – 3:29 PM PT — A rep for Walmart tells us, “We apologize to Paul Walker’s family, friends and fans. The tweet was posted in poor judgment and has been removed.” 2:41 PM PT — The tweet has been deleted. We’ve reached out to Walmart for comment … so far, no word back. … Read more
The effects continue to be felt, more than two years after the explosion caused by the Weinstein affair and the speech-free campaigns that followed, around the keyword #metoo in particular. As in 2018, sexual violence was still on the rise in 2019 with more than 54,000 incidents recorded (+ 12%), explained by a change in … Read more
The costs of lifting Puerto Rico from the rubble 2:39– (CNN Spanish) – The Geological Service of U.S (USGS) reports that an earthquake of magnitude 4.3 shook about 3 miles away from Tallaboa, Puerto Rico, just a few minutes before 4 p.m. The magnitude was initially registered at 4.8 The quake was the most intense … Read more