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Cryptocurrency $40bn collapse boss Do Kwon jailed for forging documents The cryptocurrency boss Do Kwon, responsible for the $40 billion (£31.3 billion) downfall of terraUSD and Luna tokens, has been sentenced to four months behind bars in Montenegro after being found guilty of forging official documents. Kwon was arrested in March at Podgorica Airport in Montenegro’s capital, where he was apprehended while attempting to board a flight to Dubai. In addition to his four months in jail in Montenegro, Kwon is facing further charges in the US and South Korea in connection with the collapse of the two digital tokens…

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New Zealand: Four injured in axe attacks at Chinese restaurants A Chinese national has allegedly attacked diners with an axe at multiple Chinese restaurants in Auckland, New Zealand, leaving four people injured. Video footage shows people fleeing from one of the restaurants as witnesses say the man attacked diners at around 21:00 local time on Monday. Three individuals remain in hospital in stable conditions, police have said. According to reports, the assailant wielded various other weapons, including a “hammer-like thing.” A man has been arrested but his identity and age have been withheld. No motive has been disclosed but authorities…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk The missing submarine is the lead for a number of Tuesday’s front pages, as five people have been declared missing on a dive to see the wreck on the Titanic.   ‘Race against time’ to save missing submarine The Daily Mail says the sub could be 12,500ft down and running out of air. Whilst the Daily Express says rescuers are in a “race against time”, and The Sun claims the sub has air until Thursday. British billionaire Hamish Harding is on the sub, according to the Telegraph – which carries a picture of Harding that…

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Shiloh Pottinger, pictured right, had reacted ‘violently and unpredictably’ towards Luke O’Connor, pictured left (Picture: PA / MEN Media) A music producer was jailed for stabbing another student eight times over a joke about a skateboard. Luke O’Connor, 19, was killed with a 13-inch ‘mafia stiletto’ knife on Wilmslow Road in Fallowfield, south Manchester, last year. Shiloh Pottinger, 20, had reacted ‘violently and unpredictably’ to a jokey remark made about his skateboard by a friend of Luke’s. He received a 15-year prison sentence at Manchester Crown Court yesterday after being found guilty of manslaughter during a trial. Luke’s mother Carolyn…

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