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Hackers who stole a record $6.3bn (£4.7bn) from Binance used fake job interviews and a compromised internal AI tool, the firm has revealed. Initial findings published by the company, which operates the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said hackers gained access to its systems through “sophisticated, multi-stage campaign”. It said they used a range of techniques […]

Mathieu Tilman, a manager at a Delhaize supermarket in Belgium, said he was shocked by this kind of attack: “I don’t even understand how anyone could do this… How can we end up throwing away so much food? I find it truly distressing. In moments like these, you just feel like quitting your job.” In […]

Many of those in detention were arrested in the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election. The National Electoral Council (CNE) – which is dominated by government loyalists – declared the incumbent, Nicolás Maduro, the winner of the election even though copies of the voting tallies collected by the opposition and verified by independent media suggested […]

An Indian tourist has died after two helicopters collided while attempting to land near the base camp of Mount Everest, two officials have confirmed to the BBC. Verified footage of the crash showed the helicopter blades of the two aircraft clipping each other as they came into land at around 08:15 local time (02:30 GMT) […]

Winning the Senate on Tuesday is likely to be a much harder task for Democrats. Thirty-five seats are up for election, and they will need a net gain of four to win control. If they lose in Michigan – a battleground seat they already hold – they will need a net gain of five seats […]

Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel has died after the 30-year-old suffered a serious injury during a Spanish second-division match. The forward suffered head and chest injuries during a match against Andorra on Monday, in a heavy collision with goalkeeper Jesus Owono, who was sent off for his challenge. De Miguel’s condition was described as ‘stable […]

The US has launched strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, US officials have told CBS, the BBC’s US partner. Iranian state news agency IRNA reported several explosions on the island on Monday. The US officials described the strikes as limited and said they were in response to the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary […]

The US Supreme Court has rejected a last-minute request by the Trump administration asking it to intervene in California’s midterm election vote count. The justice department wanted 20,000 ballots to be set aside that it alleged may have been issued to non-US citizens in the state. Two lower courts had already rejected the request. State […]

Two people have been arrested after a volunteer for Australia’s right-wing populist party One Nation was allegedly assaulted with a baseball bat. A man, 37, and a boy, 14, were arrested on Sunday night after an incident outside the volunteer’s home in Torquay, about 100km (62 miles) south-west of Melbourne. The man was charged with […]

North Korea has denied claims that it was behind the record $6.3bn (£4.7bn) hack of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, calling the allegations an “absurd rhetoric”. Kim Yo-jong, a top Democratic People’s Republic of Korea official and the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Tuesday that the accusations are another “sinister attempt” by the US […]