PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday referred to Cambodia, which is hosting an international summit led by Southeast Asian leaders, as Colombia. “Now that we’re back together here in Cambodia, I look forward to building even stro…
Democrat Mark Kelly holds seat in Arizona’s U.S. Senate race
(Corrects first paragraph to clarify the situation heading into the election) By Moira Warburton (Reuters) -Control of the U.S. Senate still had not been determined as of Friday evening, three days after the Nov. 8 midterm elections. Heading into the e…
Collapsed FTX hit by rogue transactions, analysts saw over $600mln outflows
By Summer Zhen, Vidya Ranganathan and Elizabeth Howcroft HONG KONG/SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) – FTX was engulfed in more chaos on Saturday when the crypto exchange said it had detected unauthorized access and analysts said hundreds of millions of dolla…
Exclusive-At least $1 billion of client funds missing at failed crypto firm FTX – sources
By Angus Berwick New York (Reuters) – At least $1 billion of customer funds have vanished from collapsed crypto exchange FTX, according to two people familiar with the matter. The exchange’s founder Sam Bankman-Fried secretly transferred $10 billion of…
Trump sues Jan. 6 panel in bid to block subpoena
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to avoid being compelled to testify or provide any documentation to a congressional panel investigating his supporters’ violent attack on the U.S. Capitol last …
Alibaba stays mum on Singles Day sales tally, says in line with 2021
By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Alibaba Group on Friday opted not to disclose the final sales tally of its annual Singles Day shopping festival for the first time since it started the event in 2009, only saying the results were in line with last year…
A nation waits: U.S. election workers toil to count thousands of votes
By Tim Reid and Richard Cowan PHOENIX (Reuters) -Arizona and Nevada election workers were toiling on Friday to tally hundreds of thousands of ballots that could determine control of the U.S. Senate and the shape of President Joe Biden’s next two years …
Ex-Goldman banker Ng, convicted in 1MDB case, sues ex-boss Leissner for $130 million
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Roger Ng, the former Goldman Sachs banker convicted for helping loot Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund, on Friday sued the government’s star witness Tim Leissner for more than $130 million, alleging fraud. I…
U.N. nuclear watchdog says Ukraine research facility damaged, no material missing
(Reuters) – The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog on Friday said a probe of a research facility in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv found it was badly damaged, but there were no signs of a radiological release or diversion of nuclear material. An International Atom…
U.S. COVID public health emergency to stay in place
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will keep in place the public health emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing millions of Americans to still receive free tests, vaccines and treatments until at leas…