Illinois Man Charged With Mailing Threatening Letters Containing White Powder To Lawmakers

French Gambling Regulator Orders ISPs To Block Polymarket Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, France’s Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ), or the National Gambling Authority, has ordered internet service providers to block access to Polymarket. Prediction websites are considered illegal gambling, the ANJ said in a Friday press release. The regulator said that Polymarket’s operations are not authorized in France and that advertising unauthorized gambling sites constitutes a criminal offense with fines of up to 100,000 euros ($114,000). Prediction markets allow users to buy and sell contracts tied to the outcomes of future events, from...

US Southern Command said on Tuesday that its forces launched another attack on an alleged drug-running boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, as the US continues conducting extra-judicial executions at sea. As usual, SOUTHCOM offered no evidence to back up its claim that the boat was running drugs, something the Pentagon has never done since […]

Colombian Bonds, Stocks Rise As Trump-Backed "El Tigre" Defeats Socialist Rival Summary: Colombian Bonds, Stocks Rise as Right-Wing, Trump-Backed Espriella Wins Vote Trump-Backed "El Tigre" Wins Colombia Presidency As Socialist Era Ends Colombian Assets Rise After Trump-Backed Candidate Wins Presidential Election  Colombian-dollar bonds surged across the curve on Monday, led by notes due in 2054, as traders bet that right-wing Abelardo de la Espriella's presidential win will cut taxes, reduce spending, crack down on crime, and reopen the oil industry to unleash an energy revolution. The streets of Bogotá have erupted in celebration after it...