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Sam Bankman-Fried’s House of Cards Is Falling Down
The founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX was arrested the day before his scheduled hearing in the US Congress.Continue Reading
Six reasons Britain’s impending voter ID law is a bad idea
Under new government rules, voters across Great Britain will be required to show photographic identification before being given their ballot paper at many elections. (Northern Ireland already requires voters to provide photographic ID.) But not everyone thinks this is a good idea. Two cross-party parliamentary committees – one on humanContinue Reading
Beau Greaves set to take World Darts Championship by storm aged 18… just eight months after almost quitting sport
BEAU GREAVES heads to Ally Pally next week as the new sensation of darts – eight months after she almost quit the sport. The Doncaster thrower, 18, will make history as the youngest woman to compete in the 30-year history of the PDC World Darts Championship. 2 Beau Greaves isContinue Reading
Fury as Iranian footballer is handed death sentence for backing women’s rights
A FOOTBALL player has been sentenced to death in Iran for supporting women’s rights, sparking outrage after months of protests following Mahsa Amini’s brutal killing. The world union of professional footballers FIFPRO said it was “shocked and sickened” as footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani was handed the death sentence in connection toContinue Reading
Man arrested after woman dies in Cork traffic collision
Updated at 13:05 Gardaí have arrested a man in Ballingeary, Cork after a woman was killed in a traffic collision earlier this morning. The man was arrested at the scene and is currently being detained at Bandon Garda station. A woman in her early 50s died during the collision in Dromanallig,Continue Reading
Ukraine war: drones are transforming the conflict, bringing Russia on to the frontline
Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg spoke recently of his fear that the war in Ukraine could spin out of control into a full-blown confrontation between Russia and the west. “If things go wrong, they can go horribly wrong,” he told Norwegian broadcaster NRK. Stoltenberg’s remarks came on December 9, a fewContinue Reading
The White Lotus finale was peak TV — with a shocking finale
Making a TV show now is all about intertextuality. Which is a fancy way of saying, you need to throw some meat to the dogs in the chat rooms. Succession does this very well, with its Shakespearean allusions, literary quotes and cliffhangers. Twin Peaks: The Return was so challenging inContinue Reading
Darts legend Michael van Gerwen sensationally claims some players LIED about their Covid tests at PDC World Championship
MICHAEL VAN GERWEN has claimed some darts players lied about the accuracy of their Covid tests during the last PDC World Championship. The Dutchman was booted out of the 2022 Worlds before the third-round stage when he tested positive for coronavirus last Christmas. Michael van Gerwen couldn’t compete in theContinue Reading
Married to the mob: what the lives of two Camorra women tell us about how to challenge the power of the mafia
I told the judge: “Dottore, I’m on the first floor. If they want to retaliate again, they know where to find me … All the lives they’ve taken from me – they took my brother, they took my husband. I don’t think there’s anything else. Lucia has had a harshContinue Reading
Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Lady Gaga to go head to head at Golden Globes
The pop superstar, 32, was nominated for Carolina, which was produced with Aaron Dessner of The National for the film Where the Crawdads Sing, released in July. This is her fourth nomination after 2019’s Beautiful Ghosts from the film Cats, 2013’s Sweeter than Fiction from One Chance and 2011’s SafeContinue Reading