Bitcoin has suffered a sharp pullback from record highs. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency fell to $66,885 in the early hours of Friday – down 9%. Only yesterday, the digital asset had been touching an unprecedented price of $74,000. Image: Bitcoin’s price over the past week. Pic: CoinGecko It is difficult to pinpoint a single reason
Month: March 2024
A federal judge has rejected a bid by Donald Trump to throw out a criminal case that charges him with illegally holding on to classified documents after leaving the White House. US District Judge Aileen Cannon issued the ruling after a day-long hearing in Florida during which the former president’s lawyers argued the Espionage Act
McDonald’s customers say they have been turned away from restaurants around the world, including in the UK, after the fast food chain was hit by major IT problems. British diners have complained about restaurants being shut, despite many being able to place orders through the company’s app. McDonald’s Japan has halted all operations at most
Russia embarks this Friday on three days of voting to reconfirm the inevitable, which is another six-year presidential term for Vladimir Putin. Given the fact this is simply a matter of going through the motions for Putin and for the public, why does it matter and why does his administration go to such lengths to
If you think that guys couldn’t care less about the perfume you’re wearing, then think again. When it comes to dating and the art of seduction, from a man’s POV, these seven perfumes that attract men are game-changers. Most men don’t hit it out of the ballpark when it comes to communication skills. So, it’s
Patience is a virtue, especially if you’re a sci-fi fan. When it comes to genre TV, science fiction and sci-fi adjacent programs are often saved when unceremoniously dumped by a network. Jericho, Lucifer, The Expanse, and Stargate SG-1 all found new life after cancellation. Today, Snowpiercer joins that list. AMC Networks announced today that it
Movies based on true stories and real history have been staples in Hollywood since its earliest days. Getting the history incorrect has been a tradition as well. It’s important to note that just because a movie isn’t 100% true, doesn’t always mean it’s a bad movie. There are many reasons filmmakers may choose to omit
What is a Plufl? The Plufl has been dubbed by its eponymous brand as “the world’s first dog bed for humans.” Shaped like an elongated pet donut bed, the Plufl is designed with a 360° pillow bolster and cushioned with a mattress-grade memory and orthopedic foam base. The brand has also released the Hugl, a cooling
There are some weeks in politics where what Westminster needs is a monsoon to wash away the toxicity enveloping this place and clean up the atmosphere – and this week is one of them. Be it the Number 10 agenda this week on better defining extremism, an unruly MP in the shape of Lee Anderson,
by Howard Bloom The TikTok issue is one of the biggest damned if you do, damned if you don’t problems on America’s agenda. On April 14, 2023, nearly a year ago, Montana became the first state to try to ban TikTok, but a US District Judge put a temporary halt to the ban, saying it
The most senior Jewish politician in the US has labelled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an obstacle to peace and urged him to call an election. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, who has long been a supporter of Israel, said on the Senate floor that Mr Netanyahu‘s government “no longer fits the needs” of the
A Holocaust survivor in Belgium says she knows Jewish people who have packed their bags ready to flee amid a spike in antisemitism. Regina Sluszny, 84, from Antwerp, says incidents have rocketed since the outbreak of the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas. Authorities in the city, which has the largest Hasidic Jewish population in
The four largest gas boiler manufacturers face a competition inquiry after imposing price hikes of around £100 on customers to offset potential fines for missing clean energy targets, the government has confirmed. In a move first reported by Sky News last week, energy secretary Claire Coutinho has asked the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to
Photography by Getty ImagesMorgan Stewart McGraw wore checkered Vans, so we wore checkered Vans. By Katherine Singh Date March 13, 2024 The It shoe of 2024 is here, and chances are you’ve probably seen it at your local skatepark. After the Adidas Samba reigned supreme for most of 2022 and 2023, with the retro soccer
Over the last decade plus, Jennifer’s Body has built a major cult following. However, in 2009, it was considered a major flop. It only made a humble 16 million on a 32 million budget, critics had mixed reactions to it, and it became a joke before it was even given a chance. By Hollywood standards,
The government has unveiled its new definition of extremism as part of a drive to clamp down on Islamist and far-right extremism. Some have warned the change could have a “chilling effect” on free speech, while others have said it doesn’t go far enough. How has the definition changed, why has the government done it,
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