FBI seizes $1.2 billion worth of cryptocurrency stolen from Binance in historys largest heist

Binance logo is seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. (REUTERS)

The FBI said Thursday that it had seized more than $1.2 billion of cryptocurrency reported stolen last month from Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange. Binance logo is seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. (REUTERS) The theft of about $6.3 billion from Binance is regarded as the biggest crypto heist in history, and … Read more

In 1991, New Jersey sank 460-foot USS Algol off Shark River; the former Navy attack transport became the largest ship on the states artificial reefs

From Navy transport to an underwater landmark. (AI-generated/ChatGPT)

What happens to a giant Navy ship when its job is done? Most of them end up as scrap metal. The USS Algol got a different ending. According to the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife’s A Guide to Fishing and Diving New Jersey Reefs, the state’s reef program has used vessels ranging from … Read more

EQT to acquire Range Resources in $50 billion deal to create largest US natural gas producer

EQT to acquire Range Resources in a $50 billion natural gas deal. (REUTERS)

EQT Corp said on Monday that it would acquire Range Resources in an all-stock deal valued at more than $50 billion, including debt. The companies said the deal would create the largest vertically integrated natural gas producer in the United States. EQT to acquire Range Resources in a $50 billion natural gas deal. (REUTERS) Under … Read more

Worlds largest sovereign wealth fund loses $30 billion in Q3 as bond returns fall

Norway’s $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund reports a $29.7 billion loss in Q3 2026. (Pexel)

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, reported a loss of nearly $30 billion in the third quarter of 2026. The loss came as rising interest rates reduced the value of its bond investments. Norway’s $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund reports a $29.7 billion loss in Q3 2026. (Pexel) The fund recorded a … Read more

India opposes attempts to portray world's largest democracy negatively using unverified allegations at UN

India opposes attempts to portray world's largest democracy negatively using unverified allegations at UN

United Nations, India has asserted that human rights should not be used as an instrument of political pressure or selective targeting of countries, as it opposed attempts to turn allegations and incomplete statistics into a “negative characterisation” of the world’s largest democracy. India opposes attempts to portray world’s largest democracy negatively using unverified allegations at … Read more

At 13, a Nigerian immigrant in Rhode Island became temporarily homeless; years later, he is a neuro ICU nurse at the same state’s largest hospital and now mentors future healthcare workers

At 13, a Nigerian immigrant in Rhode Island became temporarily homeless; years later, he is a neuro ICU nurse at the same state's largest hospital and now mentors future healthcare workers

Badaru’s story goes from a homeless teenager to a healthcare professional helping critically ill patients and now a mentor training the next generation of Rhode Island’s healthcare workforce. At 13, Usman Badaru arrived in Rhode Island from Nigeria with his father and older sister, expecting a new beginning but knowing little about how to navigate … Read more

Moishe Mana spent 16 years assembling about 30 acres in Miami’s Wynwood district; Ken Griffin has now bought the land for about $1.1 billion in Florida’s largest land-assemblage deal, with a university campus planned

Moishe Mana spent 16 years assembling about 30 acres in Miami’s Wynwood district; Ken Griffin has now bought the land for about $1.1 billion in Florida’s largest land-assemblage deal, with a university campus planned

Mo ishe Mana, Founder & CEO, Mana CommonPhoto credit: Mana Common Moishe Mana began buying property in Miami’s Wynwood district in 2009, when the area was still largely abandoned and in the early stages of transformation. Over 16 years, he assembled roughly 30 acres into what became Mana Wynwood, a cultural and events hub known … Read more

In 2024, Texas’ largest wildfire burned about 46,000 acres of the 77,721-acre Turkey Track Ranch; after rebuilding 65 miles of fencing, its owners have put it back on the market for $180 million

In 2024, Texas’ largest wildfire burned about 46,000 acres of the 77,721-acre Turkey Track Ranch; after rebuilding 65 miles of fencing, its owners have put it back on the market for $180 million

Turkey Track Ranch, a historic Texas Panhandle property spanning 77,721 acres, is back on the market, asking $180 million after recovering from the devastating Smokehouse Creek Fire of February 2024. The ranch, which stretches from the Caprock country to the Canadian River, was already up for sale when the wildfire swept through it. The fire … Read more

Germany is turning abandoned coal mines into 23 lakes; the former mining landscape is becoming Europe’s largest artificial wetland

Germany is turning abandoned coal mines into 23 lakes; the former mining landscape is becoming Europe's largest artificial wetland

In eastern Germany, enormous pits carved into the landscape by decades of lignite mining are being transformed into a vast network of lakes, wetlands and restored land. The Lusatian Lakeland, spread across Brandenburg and Saxony between Berlin and Dresden, is being created by flooding former open-cast mines and reshaping their surroundings. The tourist destination now … Read more

Georgia has begun a 10-year restoration of 132 acres at Towaliga Preserve, using a data-centre partnership to rebuild forest habitat on one of Henry County’s largest undeveloped properties

Georgia has begun a 10-year restoration of 132 acres at Towaliga Preserve, using a data-centre partnership to rebuild forest habitat on one of Henry County's largest undeveloped properties

A 132-acre section of one of Henry County, Georgia’s largest remaining undeveloped properties is set for a 10-year forest restoration project, with a data-centre company funding the effort as part of a broader environmental partnership. The Southern Conservation Trust (SCT) is leading the restoration at Towaliga Preserve, a 403-acre protected property in Hampton, with support … Read more