Former Barcelona and Brazil soccer player Dani Alves has been found guilty of raping a woman in a nightclub. The 40-year-old was sentenced to four and a half years in prison and ordered to pay €150,000 to the victim by a court in Spain.

The city's leading critic of the Chinese Communist Party faces national security charges that could carry a life sentence. Jimmy Lai founded the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily in Hong Kong.

Colombian ex-soldier Mario Palacios is the fifth of 11 defendants to plead guilty in the 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moise.

Japan has a groping problem. Almost every woman has encountered 'chikan', men who molest them in public places, often in crowded subway cars. Now one woman is fighting back - but she is an exception.

Changpeng Zhao has reached a settlement with the US amid allegations his crypto platform failed to stop money laundering. Binance is the world's biggest crypto exchange by trading volume.

The CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges, and has stepped down from the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. Binance will pay more than $4 billion to the US government and admit wrongdoing, after it was accused of operating as an unregistered securities exchange among other violations of US money-laundering laws.

Two tenors, eight years, President Mohammad Buhari definitely had an eventful turno being president of Nigeria between 2015 to 2023. Many Nigerians are not quick to forget the stewardship of the nation in a hurry. GuardianTV stepped out to ask Nigerians how they feel about his administration.

The monthlong trial of Sam Bankman-Fried wrapped up on Thursday, leaving the jury to decide the fate of the FTX founder. Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to criminal fraud charges tied to the collapse late late year of crypto exchange FTX and sister hedge fund Alameda Research. The prosecution's key witnesses were former members of Bankman-Fried's inner circle.

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