Binance Said to Be Under Investigation in France for Illegal Canvassing, Money Laundering

Binance Said to Be Under Investigation in France for Illegal Canvassing, Money Laundering

Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange, is under preliminary investigation by the Paris prosecutors office for both illegal canvassing of clients and aggravated money-laundering, French daily Le Monde reported on Friday. “In France, on-site visits by regulators and inspectors are part of regulatory obligations to which all financial institutions must adhere….

ChatGPT Usage Banned in French University Over Concerns About Fraud, Plagiarism

ChatGPT Usage Banned in French University Over Concerns About Fraud, Plagiarism

Sciences Po, one of France’s top universities, has banned the use of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-based chatbot that can generate coherent prose, to prevent fraud and plagiarism. ChatGPT is a free programme that generates original text about virtually any subject in response to a prompt, including articles, essays, jokes and…

‘The Serpent’ serial killer Charles Sobhraj returns to France
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‘The Serpent’ serial killer Charles Sobhraj returns to France

Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police believe killed more than 20 western backpackers on the “hippie trail” through Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, returned to France on Saturday after nearly two decades behind bars in Nepal. Nepal’s Supreme Court ordered the release of Sobhraj, known as the “bikini…

Emmanuel Macron chides Biden for warning of ‘armageddon’
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Emmanuel Macron chides Biden for warning of ‘armageddon’

French President Emmanuel Macron chided President Biden for invoking the possibility of nuclear “armageddon” and said his US counterpart should choose his words carefully. “We must speak with prudence when commenting on such matters,” Macron told reporters at a European Union summit in Prague on Friday. “I have always refused…