Last year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission overruled its enforcement attorneys and killed a separate inquiry into whether the Trump-tied company was illegally serving U.S. customers.
Nicholas Rossi, 38, raped two girlfriends in 2008 and later fled to Scotland, prosecutors said. An attentive nurse treating him for Covid in 2021 identified him.
Senegal became the first African side to score five goals in a World Cup match, a stunning double by Pape Gueye inspiring them to a 5-0 win over 10-man Iraq in their final Group I match on Friday.
Senegal also boosted their chances of progressing to the last 32 as one of the eight best third-placed teams — they have the best goal difference of the teams on three points.
Iraq go home without a point after a hugely disappointing campaign following an arduous route to qualify.
Senegal struck early, Habib Diarra getting the slightest of touches to Abdoulaye Seck’s header from a corner, for his first international goal since he scored in a friendly against England last year.
Iraq’s already slim hopes of keeping their hopes alive suffered a hammerblow a few minutes later.
Defender Rebin Sulaka had been brought into the starting line-up by Iraq coach Graham Arnold but his contribution lasted just 13 minutes.
English referee Anthony Taylor red-carded him after consulting the VAR screen for fouling Sadio Mane when the Senegal talisman was clear on goal.
It was the earliest red card of the nine so far in the World Cup, the fourth fastest in the tournament’s history.
Iraq were unable to fashion a chance in the rest of the half and despite their one man advantage Senegal could only muster one, Ismail Jacobs fierce strike from outside the box just going wide with the keeper beaten.
Senegal came out for the second-half bristling with intent.
Iraq had been further destabilised as they had to replace goalkeeper Ahmed Basil, who had taken a knock in the first-half, with Jalal Hassan at the break.
Hassan survived the early wave of attacks but was helpless when Senegal finally got into their stride.
Ismaila Sarr tapped in in the 56th minute, for his third goal of the tournament, after a dreadful error by former Manchester United player Zidane Iqbal deep inside his own half gifted Senegal possession.
The relief of the second goal had Sarr lying prone on his back pumping his fists with joy.
Then came the Gueye show and it had the fans off their seats.
Within 89 seconds of coming on as a substitute he let rip from outside the box with a sublime curling effort that gave Hassan no chance for 3-0 in the 59th minute.
The Villarreal midfielder possibly outdid that effort with a vicious half volley 12 minutes later that flew past the keeper.
Arnold was reduced to leaning on the dugout and ruefully shaking his head, and could only watch as Iliman Ndiaye scored with another screamer eight minutes from time.
A threat to all undocumented foreigners to leave the country by Tuesday has led many to set up street camps as they try to get out.
The government on Friday kept petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) prices unchanged at Rs299.50 per litre and Rs311.47 per litre respectively “till further orders”.
The decision was announced in a notification issued by the Petroleum Division.
Last week, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced a Rs74 reduction in petrol prices and a Rs67 cut in high-speed diesel (HSD) prices as the government passed on the benefit of declining international oil prices.
Petrol is mainly used in private transport, small vehicles, rickshaws and two-wheelers, and changes in its price affect the middle and lower-middle classes.
Similarly, changes in diesel prices also impact the public at large, as it is mainly used in the heavy transport sector, power plants and large generators.
As the energy crunch from the US-Iran war due to the Strait of Hormuz blockade hit the global markets, the government began revising petroleum prices every week on Friday night.
In the first wartime revision on March 6, the government hiked petrol and diesel prices by Rs55 per litre — a move slammed as an “inflation bomb”.
That raised the ex-depot HSD rate to Rs335.86 per litre and the ex-depot petrol price to Rs321.17 per litre.
Fuel prices reached their peak on April 3 when the government hiked the petrol price by Rs137.24 per litre and the HSD price by Rs184.49, taking them to Rs458.4 and Rs520.35 per litre, respectively.
Amid backlash over the unprecedented hikes, PM Shehbaz had brought the petrol price down to Rs378 per litre within 24 hours by slashing the petroleum levy by Rs80 per litre.
Under the revised pricing effective from June 27, there will be no increase or decrease in the prices of either petrol or high-speed diesel.
The price of Motor Spirit (petrol) will remain unchanged at Rs299.50 per litre, while High Speed Diesel (HSD) will continue to be sold at Rs311.47 per litre.
He used a geographer’s tools to demonstrate that North Vietnamese civilian infrastructure had been deliberately attacked, threatening millions of lives.
PESHAWAR: Security forces killed at least seven terrorists in an operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu on Friday, security sources said.
Bannu district has been the scene of repeated security incidents in recent months, with both civilians and local security forces coming under attack amid a broader surge in militant violence.
Security sources stated that their forces carried out a successful operation in the Ghora Baka Khel area of Baka Khel tehsil, targeting a suspected vehicle reportedly loaded with weapons and explosive materials.
According to the sources, the forces received credible information about the suspicious movement of terrorists. Acting swiftly on the intelligence, they targeted the suspected vehicle, parked near a government school, using a quadcopter.
The vehicle was carrying a heavy cache of weapons, including a 12.7-millimetre machine gun, RPGs, and mortar shells.
The explosion completely destroyed the vehicle, and initial reports suggest that all “seven to eight” terrorists inside the vehicle were killed on the spot, the security sources added.
“A search and clearance operation is currently underway in the area due to possible security threats, while further investigations are also in progress,” they added.
On Wednesday, terrorists dropped two explosive devices on the premises of Haved police station using a quadcopter, as a result of which two Frontier Corps personnel sustained minor injuries.
Earlier this month, an alleged militant commander and two other people were killed in separate incidents in the district, while militants also attempted to blow up a key link bridge, local sources said.
Last month, at least two police personnel and as many civilians were martyred, while 25 terrorists were killed in a fierce clash between law enforcers, a peace committee and terrorists.
Foreign rescue teams and aid were arriving on Friday in Venezuela nearly two days after devastating twin earthquakes flattened areas in and around the capital Caracas, forcing residents to dig through rubble to save relatives, friends and neighbours.
Interim president Delcy Rodriguez said the death toll was now at 589, a number that is likely to “rise significantly,” according to UN aid chief Tom Fletcher. The government has also confirmed 2,980 injuries till now.
A website set up to take reports of people still unaccounted for had 50,000 listed as of Friday morning.
The magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 tremors, two of the biggest earthquakes in Latin America’s modern history, struck about 160 kilometres west of Caracas on Wednesday evening as Venezuelans were enjoying a public holiday.
The US Geological Survey has predicted more than 10,000 deaths.
The government of interim President Delcy Rodriguez, who took power after the United States arrested her predecessor in a January raid, has pledged a massive deployment of assistance.
Yet help was patchy on Thursday, with authorities like firefighters, police, civil protection and the military on the streets in some places but absent or with minimal presence in others.
La Guaira, a coastal city just outside Caracas, was the worst affected, as at least 100 buildings, including high-rise apartments, were smashed to the ground.
Anguished residents, many of whom combed through debris with their hands or whatever tools they could find, decried a lack of state help and proper equipment, though state television showed images of Rodriguez making an afternoon visit and pledging aid.
“He’s under the slabs and there’s no machinery to get him out,” said Yamileth Jimenez of her 19-year-old son, who was stuck in debris of their seven-storey apartment building.
Beyond those combing through the rubble, Venezuelans have also stepped up to provide ad-hoc aid to earthquake victims, with motorcycle caravans of supplies reaching La Guaira on Thursday evening from Caracas.
Dozens also travelled by motorcycle through the night from the city of Valencia, carrying food and supplies.
Foreign rescue teams — including some from countries which have opposed Venezuela during decades of international isolation, political repression and economic deterioration — began arriving late on Thursday, with a small contingent from the Dominican Republic the first to reach La Guaira.
Mexico has sent 250 rescuers, El Salvador 188 and Spain nearly 100, and a Colombian air force plane carrying 63 rescue crew was on its way on Friday morning.
Switzerland and Germany have also sent rescue crews and many of the teams bring with them search dogs, sound equipment and specialized gear.
The US has said it is mobilising $150 million in aid, while other countries like Colombia, Switzerland and El Salvador are also sending equipment and supplies.
Washington eased long-time sanctions on the socialist country to allow earthquake aid that would otherwise be prohibited and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would send rescue teams and the Pentagon would help support Caracas’ damaged airport.
Rodriguez on Friday morning thanked countries for their support and said foreign teams were distributed among different areas.
The quake hit a nation already weakened by decades of economic and political turmoil that has impoverished residents, triggered a migratory exodus of millions and eroded basic infrastructure and services.
“My building is uninhabitable and now I have nothing. It’s just me and my son, and I have no family in the country,” said Suhayl Sarquiz, 50, who lost her job a few months ago.
Nearly seven million people could be affected, said the UN’s migration body, which was supplying emergency shelter and other relief supplies.
“We lost everything,” said Pedro Perez, 64, an upholstery workshop owner who said he had lost both his home and business and was sleeping on the street on Thursday night with his wife and children.
“We hope help arrives quickly.”
Near the epicenter in Moron, a seaside town in Carabobo state, houses crumpled and residents had no water or electricity.
Families salvaged what they could, including mattresses, televisions and washing machines.
In the vital oil sector of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ member, foreign energy companies said their operations had not suffered major disruption and oil infrastructure appeared largely spared.
The Caracas Stock Exchange remained closed, turned into an aid collection centre.
Until now, the deadliest quake in Venezuela’s modern history had been in 1967, killing 240 people.
Price cuts and low-interest-rate loans are luring buyers, including people offended by the company’s chief executive.
