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Added on the 01/07/2022 08:26:18 - Copyright : Euronews EN
The US Justice Department announces it is fining Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, a total of $4.3 billion over violations of anti-money laundering and sanctions laws. "This is one of the largest penalties we've ever obtained from a corporate defendant in a criminal matter," US Attorney General Merrick Garland tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Images of the Nasdaq MarketSite building at Times Square in New York. Wall Street stocks deepened their losses Monday and Tokyo had its worst day in 13 years as panic spread across trading floors over fears of recession in the United States. IMAGES
Far-right protesters clash with anti-racism rallyists as they demonstrate in Nottingham in the wake of a mass stabbing earlier this week that killed three young girls in Southport. The violence has seen scores of arrests across England and put Britain's Muslim community on edge. IMAGES
Images of the Brazilian Supreme Court in Brasilia, as the judges agree to decriminalize possession of marijuana for personal use, after a lengthy and divisive trial. IMAGES
Workers recover the blades of the Moulin Rouge windmill, one of the most famous landmarks in Paris, after they collapsed during the night, just months before the French capital hosts the Olympics. IMAGES
Europe's top rights court says Switzerland is not doing enough to tackle climate change, in the first such ruling on the responsibility of states in curbing global warming. SOUNDBITE