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Indian workers were greeted with wild cheers and flower garlands Tuesday as rescuers safely brought out all 41 from the collapsed Himalayan road tunnel where they were trapped after a marathon 17-day engineering operation.
With beaming smiles, the rescued men were welcomed as heroes after being hauled through 57 metres (187 feet) of steel pipe on stretchers specially fitted with wheels, where they were greeted by state officials before embracing their families.
"Hail mother India!" crowds outside the tunnel cheered, as news spread that all had made it safely out of the under-construction tunnel in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, where they had been incarcerated since a partial collapse on November 12.
Relatives outside celebrated after previous hopes of reaching the men were repeatedly dashed by falling debris and the breakdown of multiple drilling machines, in a rescue operation the government said took place in "challenging Himalayan terrain".
"We are thankful to God and the rescuers who worked hard to save them," Naiyer Ahmad told AFP, whose younger brother Sabah Ahmad was among the trapped workers, and who had been camping out in bitterly cold temperatures at the site for over two weeks.
"We are extremely happy, no words can explain it," said Musarrat Jahan, the wife of one rescued worker Sabah Ahmad told AFP by phone from Bihar state, where she had been waiting desperately for news.
"Not only my husband got a new life, we also got a new life. We will never forget it".
After repeated setbacks in the operation, military engineers and skilled miners dug the final section by hand using a so-called "rat-hole" technique, a three-person team working at the rock face inside a metal pipe, just wide enough for someone to squeeze through.
Before Tuesday, the workers were seen alive for the first time last week, peering into the lens of an endoscopic camera sent by rescuers down a thin pipe through which air, food, water and electricity were delivered.
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Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban says he is leaving “Shark Tank” after the popular ABC show’s next season wraps up, ending an over 10-year-long tenure during which he’s invested at least $29 million in at least 85 companies whose founders appeared on the
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A day after OpenAI’s board of directors fired former CEO Sam Altman in a shock development, investors in the company are plotting how to restore him in what would amount to an even more surprising counter-coup.
Venture capital firms holding positions in OpenAI’s for-profit entity have discussed working with Microsoft and senior employees at the company to bring back Altman, even as he has signaled to some that he intends to launch a new startup, four sources told Forbes.
Whether the companies would be able to exert enough pressure to pull off such a move — and do it fast enough to keep Altman interested — is unclear. https://go.forbes.com/c/cDN3
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Founder and CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as "CZ", attends the "CZ
GETTY IMAGESUpdated: Changpeng “CZ” Zhao stepped down as CEO of Binance as part of a major $4 billion settlement between United States agencies and the cryptocurrency exchange he founded.
The announcement from Zhao and multiple regulatory agencies on Tuesday capped yearslong investigations by the Department of Justice and others into anti-money laundering violations and sanctions violations.
“I made mistakes, and I must take responsibility,” Zhao wrote in a post to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “This is best for our community, for Binance, and for myself.”
In a press statement, Binance said it would take responsibility for not having appropriate compliance controls. “When Binance first launched, it did not have compliance controls adequate for the company that it was quickly becoming, and it should have.
Zhao’s departure as CEO, which was first reported by Forbes, will not be a complete separation from Binance. The company’s founder will remain its majority shareholder, and a resource for “consultation on historical areas of the business,” the company said. It added that Binance executive Richard Teng would succeed Zhao as CEO, confirming Forbes earlier reporting.
As part of the settlement, Zhao appeared in federal court in Seattle on Tuesday afternoon and pleaded guilty to anti-money laundering and sanctions violations brought by the Department of Justice. Additionally, Binance settled charges with the DOJ and Commodities Futures Trading Commission; the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which will give the Treasury Department access to Binance’s books and records under the terms of a five-year monitorship.
“Because of the crimes committed, Binance became the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world,” Merrick Garland, the US Attorney General, said during a press conference on Tuesday. “Now, Binance has paid one of the largest corporate penalties in US history.”
The Treasury Department said in a statement that it had taken “unprecedented action” to hold Binance accountable for violations of U.S. anti-money laundering laws. It alleged that Binance had failed to prevent and report “suspicious transactions with terrorists,” citing both Al Qaeda and ISIS. The settlement comes with a $3.4 billion penalty to FinCEN and $968 million to OFAC, as well as compliance requirements and monitoring for a period of five years.
“Binance turned a blind eye to its legal obligations in the pursuit of profit. Its willful failures allowed money to flow to terrorists, cybercriminals, and child abusers through its platform,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during a press conference.
The CFTC did not respond to requests for comment at the time of publication.
The SEC previously charged Binance and Zhao in June with operating an unregistered exchange and misleading investors by using a Switzerland-based fund Sigma Chain, which was also owned by CZ, to inflate the trading volume on Binance’s U.S. platform. “Through thirteen charges, we allege that Zhao and Binance entities engaged in an extensive web of deception, conflicts of interest, lack of disclosure, and calculated evasion of the law,” SEC chair Gary Gensler said in June. The case is ongoing. The SEC declined to comment.
Brian Armstrong, the CEO and cofounder of Binance’s US competitor Coinbase, hailed the announcement as “an opportunity to start a new chapter for this industry,” in a post on X.
Armstrong, who’s company has faced its own regulatory scrutiny from the SEC, said that he hoped the action against Binance would serve as a catalyst for regulatory clarity.
Additional reporting by Steve Ehrlich, Sarah Emerson and Iain Martin.
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She said, “I won’t advise anybody to be in a marriage when you’re not in love with the man. I think that’s the reason a lot of women cheat. In this Lekki, you have too many women who cheat in their marriages.
“For me, I fell out of love. The man [my ex-husband] was a good man. I fell out of love because of what his family was doing. The family didn’t want me to continue acting. They didn’t want me to do anything acting. They were like, ‘If we are going to marry you, you’ll stop doing entertainment.’ And I will be like, ‘Even my mum can’t even stop me. That is my life. Do you know how many years it took me?’
“He [my ex-husband] was in support of me. He doesn’t even stress me but because of the whole saga, it was like I was in a place where the people didn’t even understand my vision. They don’t understand what I’m chasing.
“You need to chase it with me. This is what your wife wants. You can’t k!ll my dream. This is what I’ve worked for so many years to get here. So, you can’t just wake up and say, “Because you want to marry me, give up on my dreams.”
Charles slammed the Wahala musician as an ungrateful being not worthy of being his friend as he shared the details of their dealings.
One netizen reacted to the clip: "Fear Igbo men who speak Yoruba, in fact, RUN O."
Nigerian artiste, Bella Shmurda has appealed to the Police to release the remains of his late friend, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad.
Taking to his X account late Saturday, Bella Shmurda expressed concern over the prolonged delay in the release of Mohbad's body, which has been held for autopsy for the past two months.
He appealed to the Police to expedite the process and release the body to facilitate a dignified funeral arrangement. Additionally, Bella Shmurda requested the prompt disclosure of the autopsy results.
He wrote, "It's been over 2 months since Moh died and his body was taken in for autopsy but yet no result, which is fine but please release his body. That boy needs a befitting burial and to go to rest. finally, Naija Police, what's going on? we need an answer here: where is the result? Where is his body?"
The investigation into the demise of the musician is ongoing, with the Nigerian Police having exhumed the body for an autopsy. Despite more than a month passing, the Police have not disclosed any new findings from the autopsy that could contribute to resolving the case.
Mohbad died in September under questionable circumstances, with videos of the singer being bullied and assaulted resurfacing after his demise.
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Weeks after welcoming twins with her husband, Nigerian artiste Davido, Chioma Rowland, in a now-trending video, displayed her dance skills at the AWAY Festival in Atlanta hosted by her husband Davido.
The mom, donning a Louis Vuitton mini-dress paired with sneakers, danced to her husband's hit record, 'Unavailable.'
The couple, who lost their son, Ifeanyi, following an accident at their home in 2022, confirmed the birth of their twins in October 2023.
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American rapper and actor, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr, popularly known as Snoop Dogg, has announced his decision to quit smoking.
The rapper, who disclosed on an exclusive preview of Martha Stewart's iHeartRadio podcast in 2022 that he started smoking at the age of 18, stated thoughtful consideration and discussions with his family as reasons for this decision.
Making the announcement on his X account on Thursday, the 52-year-old artist emphasised the importance of respecting his privacy during this time.
In the post, he said, "After much consideration and conversation with my family, I've decided to give up smoke. Please respect my privacy at this time."
Snoop Dogg rose to fame in 1992 with his feature on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, "Deep Cover," followed by his contributions to Dre's debut solo album, 'The Chronic.;
Since his emergence on the music scene, Snopp has sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million worldwide.
His achievements include an American Music Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and 17 Grammy Award nominations.
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Nigerian chef, Hilda Bassey, aka Hilda Baci, visited the Guinness World Records office. In London, United Kingdom, on Thursday..
This was made known in a post on the Guinness World Records X account.
Sharing photos from the visit, GWR wrote, "Former record holder #hildabacicooks stopped by to say hello to the team at our London HQ 🥰
"Will we be seeing Hilda set any new records soon? 👀"
Earlier in the year, Hilda Baci snagged the Guinness World Record title for the longest cooking marathon (individual), with a time of 93 hours and 11 minutes.
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