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Yen slips after rallying on suspected intervention, stocks mixed
Yen slips after rallying on suspected intervention, stocks mixed
by  AFP

The yen weakened Thursday following another surge against the dollar that fuelled speculation Japanese authorities had intervened for a second time this week, after Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell warned interest rates would stay higher for longer.

Evictions surge in Arizona with housing shortage and rising prices
Evictions surge in Arizona with housing shortage and rising prices
by  AFP

Wearing a bulletproof vest and with a gun strapped to his waist, Constable Lennie McCloskey opens his folder and looks through the court orders: eleven evictions to be carried out today. But what he sees most nowadays is people who haven't been able to scrape together enough money to make the rent that month -- sufficient cause for a landlord to get a court ordered eviction.

13 years in US prison for Ukrainian REvil hacker
13 years in US prison for Ukrainian REvil hacker
by  AFP

A Ukrainian man was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison in Texas on Wednesday for his role in ransomware attacks by the notorious Russia-based REvil hacking group, the US Justice Department said. Vasinskyi, also known as Rabotnik, was sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison and ordered to pay $16 million in restitution for his involvement in more than 2,500 ransomware attacks.

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