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🎯 Trump lists Houthis in Yemen as a terrorist organization. The State Department and USAID will conduct a review of all U.S. aid to Yemen and terminate every project, grant or contract that might benefit the Houthis. Axios

🌎 Yemen’s Houthis free crew of Red Sea cargo ship after 14 months CNN

Top Stories

🌎 Tennessee bill could require anti-human trafficking training for tattoo artists ABC

🌎 Ships with missile propellant ingredient set to sail from China to Iran Reuters

🌎 How Trump Can Counter Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions WSJ 

🌎 The Folly of Freeing Ross Ulbricht Free Press 

💥 Head of Silk Road Tried to Murder His Workers Illicit Edge

🌎 Trump threatens Putin with taxes, tariffs and sanctions over Ukraine war Guardian 

🌎 Son of Key Putin Aide Holds Western Investments Despite Sanctions MT 

🌎 Surging Drug Violence in Colombia Dooms President’s ‘Total Peace’ Plan WSJ 

🌎 Trump shuts off access to asylum, plans to send 10,000 troops to border WaPo

🌎 Vietnam Police Smash $1.2B Money laundering Ring AFP

🌎 Crypto firm pleads guilty to wash trading FBI-made token Cointelegraph

China

🇨🇳 Senate Republicans launch effort to ban Chinese nationals from buying land in US Fox 

🇨🇳 Trump threatens China: More tariffs are coming on Feb. 1 CNN 

🇨🇳 Trump fires security board investigating Chinese hack of large ISPs Ars

🇨🇳 China Pushes Neighboring Countries to Rein In Scams After Rare Public Outcry WSJ

Russia

🇷🇺 Fugitive Banker May Be Helping Russian Firms Beat US Sanctions Bloomberg

🇷🇺 Putin growing concerned by Russia’s economy Reuters

🇷🇺 Russia reacts to Trump’s sanctions threat: Zzzzzzzzzz Politico

🇷🇺 Iran and Russia deepen cyber ties with new agreement Record

🇷🇺 SLB's Russian assets valued at $600M in 2024 Reuters

🇷🇺 EU Russia Sanctions in Limbo After Orban Aide Urges ‘Debate’ Bloomberg

Corruption & Financial Crime

💸 Trump’s EPA pick worked for Qatari-led firm tied to Menendez corruption case Politico 

💸 Singapore Charges Former Director in Record Laundering Case Straits Times 

💸 Austrian property tycoon Rene Benko arrested DW 

💸 Inside Belarus’ secret program to undermine the EU Politico

💸 California AG charges L.A.-area real estate agent with price gouging LAT

Crypto & Cyber

🔐 Musk seeks Trump pardon for 'Bitcoin Jesus,' charged with fraud AFP 

🔐 Trump's CFTC Pick Clears Top Ranks of Key US Crypto Regulator CoinDesk

🔐 WazirX gets Singapore court approval to repay victims of $235M hack Cointelegraph 

🔐 MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years Krebs

🔐 LinkedIn Sued Over Using DMs to Train AI PC Mag

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