UK court jails Chinese bitcoin fraudster for over 11 years
A Chinese woman who masterminded a multibillion-dollar bitcoin scam and evaded authorities for years was sentenced to 11 years and eight months in jail by a UK court Tuesday.
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Fanfare as Guinea launches enormous Simandou iron ore mine
Authorities in Guinea on Tuesday officially launched production at Simandou, a gigantic mining project that they hope will propel the poor west African country into the ranks of the world's largest iron exporters.
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Ford returns to pull England strings against All Blacks
Sale fly-half George Ford was recalled to England's starting line-up to face New Zealand at Twickenham as coach Steve Borthwick announced seven changes on Tuesday to the side that beat Fiji last weekend.
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Stocks mixed as end to US shutdown appears closer
Global stocks turned in a mixed performance on Tuesday as a record-long US government shutdown took a step nearer to ending and tech stocks struggled.
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Atalanta turn to Palladino after Juric sacking
Atalanta announced the arrival of Raffaele Palladino as coach on Tuesday, following on from the sacking of Ivan Juric.
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'It's un-British': lawmakers raise concerns about aquarium penguins
Some 75 British MPs on Tuesday raised concerns about the welfare of 15 penguins being kept in a windowless space at the London Aquarium.
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Prosecutor files 142 charges against Istanbul mayor, a top Erdogan critic
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday charged Istanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu with 142 offences that could carry a penalty of hundreds of years in prison, court documents showed.
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Agha hundred lifts Pakistan to 299-5 in 1st Sri Lanka ODI
Salman Agha cracked a brilliant century to lead Pakistan to 299-5 against Sri Lanka in the opening one-day international in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.
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German court rules against OpenAI in copyright case
A German court ruled Tuesday that OpenAI has infringed copyright law by using song lyrics to feed its chat models in a case that could have wide implications for European artists.
Read moreUS-China tensions weigh on Lisbon's Web Summit
Global tech leaders packed Lisbon's annual Web Summit Tuesday to talk artificial intelligence, robots and startups -- all under the shadow of global tensions over cutting-edge hardware and software and the resources needed to build them.
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