Home

Malibu resident found guilty of over $3 million Alibaba scam

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:14 GMT

A former Malibu resident was found guilty of defrauding investors out of $3 million through false promises of pre-IPO stock shares of Alibaba.Frank Harold Rosenthal, 48, who currently lives in New York City, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud, the U.S., Attorney’s Office announced Monday.Rosenthal is accused of scamming victims out of more than $3 million with “bogus claims he had access to stock shares of Alibaba prior to its initial public offering,” officials said.Rosenthal falsely told victims he had inside connections at Goldman Sachs that would give him special access to purchase discounted shares of Alibaba, a popular Chinese e-commerce company.With the help of a middleman, David Kunkle, Rosenthal made false claims and representations while also pressuring Kunkle to solicit funds from his relatives and acquaintances for the bogus investment opportunity, authorities said.“To lend legitimacy to his fraudulent scheme, Rosenthal negotiated and drafted loan agreements and ...

Palacios delivers a clutch double in the 9th as the Pirates rally past the Dodgers 9-7

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:14 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pinch-hitter Josh Palacios came through with a tiebreaking two-run double in a three-run ninth inning that rallied the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 9-7 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night to snap a three-game skid.Dodgers reliever Evan Phillips struck out Carlos Santana, then issued consecutive walks to Jack Suwinski and Nick Gonzales. Suwinski scored on Jared Triolo’s single that tied it at 7.Palacios batted for Rodolfo Castro and doubled into left field, scoring Gonzales and Triolo for a 9-7 lead.The Pirates bounced back after pinch-hitter Jonny Deluca’s solo homer in the eighth gave the Dodgers a 7-6 lead. David Bednar (3-0) got five outs for the win after being added to the NL All-Star roster earlier in the day as an injury replacement.James Outman slugged a pair of two-run homers, both times giving Los Angeles the lead, and Mookie Betts added his 23rd homer for the Dodgers. Jason Heyward went 2 for 3 and scored twice.Deluca batted for Heywa...

The Israeli military says its troops have withdrawn from a militant stronghold in the West Bank, ending a 2-day raid

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:14 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says its troops have withdrawn from a militant stronghold in the West Bank, ending a 2-day raid.Source

Le tout sobriété-électricité, c’est pour demain

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:14 GMT

Notre newsletter quotidienne sur les enjeux de lobbying et de transparence en France.Par PAUL DE VILLEPINAvec ALEXANDRE LÉCHENET et LAURA KAYALIInfos, tuyaux et mini-drames à partager à @Heroceane, @DevillepinPaul, @alphoenix ou [email protected] | Voir dans votre navigateurLE MENU DU JOUR— Les préparatifs autour de la loi de programmation énergie-climat avancent, on vous en donne un petit aperçu.— Coup de ciseaux sur les réseaux : les sénateurs poussent, le gouvernement temporise.— Doctolib sévit un peu contre les patients négligents.Bonjour à toutes et à tous, nombre de lecteurs connaissent sûrement cette librairie germanopratine, L’Ecume des pages. Ouverte jusqu’à minuit, cette excellente adresse lorsqu’on a oublié de se procurer un cadeau pour un dîner rive gauche, est la dernière lubie de Vincent Bolloré. Vivendi, futur propriétaire d’Hachette Livre, est entré en négociations exclusives pour racheter la grande librairie indépendante. Y trouvera-t-on donc bi...

Israel withdraws troops from West Bank militant stronghold and warns 2-day raid is not a one-off

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:14 GMT

By MAJDI MOHAMMED and IMAD ISSEID (Associated Press)JENIN, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military withdrew its troops from a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, ending an intense two-day operation that killed at least 13 Palestinians, drove thousands of people from their homes and left a wide swath of damage in its wake. One Israeli soldier was also killed.The army claimed to have inflicted heavy damage on militant groups in the Jenin refugee camp in an operation that included a series of airstrikes and hundreds of ground troops.But it remained unclear whether there would be any long-lasting effect after nearly a year and a half of heavy fighting in the West Bank.Ahead of the withdrawal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to carry out similar operations if needed.“At these moments we are completing the mission, and I can say that our extensive operation in Jenin is not a one-off,” he said during a visit to a military post on the ...

Big Bay Boom: Rewatch fireworks over San Diego Bay

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:14 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The Port of San Diego's 22nd Big Bay Boom fireworks celebration lit up the San Diego Bay Tuesday night.As fireworks launched simultaneously from four barges strategically placed across the bay, FOX 5 San Diego brought you all the action live so you could enjoy the largest July 4th fireworks show on the West Coast from home. FOX 5 had cameras around the bay -- on the ground and in the sky -- to give you the best view. Big Bay Boom among top July 4 fireworks in US: Yelp Up to half a million people were expected to take in the show in America's Finest City, gathering at popular vantage points like Shelter Island, Harbor Island, the Embarcadero, Seaport Village and the Coronado Ferry Landing. Fireworks were choreographed to music broadcast on 101.5 KGB.

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band performs national anthem for Big Bay Boom

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:14 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Fifty Marines from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band performed the national anthem for the 2023 Big Bay Boom.The performance was held at the Epstein Family Amphitheater on the campus of University of California, San Diego. Marines on a mission: Meet the Big Bay Boom national anthem performers The group made Big Bay Boom history, becoming the first non-solo act to sing the national anthem.Watch the performance in the player above.

Armed mobs rampage through villages and push remote Indian region to the brink of civil war

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:14 GMT

KANGVAI, India (AP) — Zuan Vaiphei is armed and prepared to kill. He is also ready to die.Vaiphei spends most of his days behind the sandbag walls of a makeshift bunker, his fingers resting on the trigger of a 12-gauge shotgun. Some 1,000 yards ahead of him, between a field of tall green grass and wildflowers, is the enemy, peering from parapets of similar sandbag fortifications, armed and ready.“The only thing that crosses our mind is will they approach us; will they come and kill us? So, if they happen to come with weapons, we have to forget everything and protect ourselves,” the 32-year-old says, his voice barely audible amid an earsplitting drone of cicadas in Kangvai village that rests along the foothills of India’s remote northeastern Manipur state.Dozens of such sandbag fortifications mark one of the many front lines that don’t exist on any map and yet dissect Manipur in two ethnic zones – between people from hill tribes and those from the plains below. Two months ago, Vaiphe...

A troubled new power plant leaves Jordan in debt to China, raising concerns over Beijing’s influence

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:14 GMT

ATTARAT, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s Attarat power plant was envisioned as a landmark project promising to provide the desert kingdom with a major source of energy while solidifying its relations with China.But weeks after its official opening, the site, a sea of black, crumbly rock in the barren desert south of Jordan’s capital, is instead a source of heated controversy. Deals surrounding the plant put Jordan on the hook for billions of dollars in debt to China — all for a plant that is no longer needed for its energy, because of other agreements made since the project’s conception.The result is fueling tensions between China and Jordan and causing grief for the Jordanian government as it tries to contest the deal in an international legal battle. As Chinese influence grows in the Middle East and America withdraws, the $2.1 billion shale oil station has come to characterize China’s wider model that has burdened many Asian and African states with crippling debt and served as a cautionary...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar faces crucial test of support in state polls next month

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:14 GMT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Less than a year after taking office, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim faces a critical first test in state elections next month that pits his government against a powerful Islamic opposition. Election Commission chief Abdul Ghani Salleh said Wednesday that over 9.7 million voters will head to the ballot box on Aug. 12 to elect 245 assembly members for six states. While state elections generally do not affect the federal government, it will be closely watched as a gauge of support for Anwar’s unity government that was f ormed after a divisive general election in November. Anwar’s multiethnic Pakatan Harapan (PH) alliance won the most seats in November polls but fell short of a majority after many ethnic Malays threw their support behind the Perikatan Nasional (PN) bloc led by former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. The PN bloc includes the conservative Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), that unexpectedly rose to become the single largest party in ...