A group of eight criminals who dug up roads and diverted electricity to cannabis farms run by organised crime gangs have been jailed by a judge in Liverpool. The criminals used a legitimate company as cover and pretended to be workers who were digging up the roads to repair utilities in a “sophisticated operation”, according…
According to the hemline index theory, skirt hems rise and fall with the stock market. In boom times miniskirts prevail, reflecting the flirty party mood. When stocks are down, hemlines fall to the ankle, reflecting concerns that beget conservatism and the need to be demure. At Melbourne Fashion festival this week, hemlines off and on…
About 125 civilians have been executed by government security forces in north-west Syria during a rolling two-day battle with loyalists to the ousted Assad regime, a Syrian war monitor reported on Friday. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), a human rights monitor considered independent and credible, documented “large-scale field executions of men and young…
Jalen Milroe shares his top 4 NFL quarterbacks that he’s been analyzing Former Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe shares what NFL quarterbacks he’s been keeping his eyes on as he prepares for the NFL draft. Sports Seriously The first major quarterback domino of the 2025 NFL offseason has fallen. On Friday, the Seattle Seahawks agreed to…
The son of the jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has called for an urgent meeting with the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, saying he was “desperate” as his father’s defence drew to a close in a high-profile trial. Sebastien Lai said a fresh diplomatic push was now needed to free the 77-year-old pro-democracy…
Paolo Ardoino, CEO of the cryptocurrency company Tether, was flying over Switzerland last week as he contemplated the changing regulatory landscape. Tether used to be at war with the establishment. Now it is the establishment. The crypto giant – tether is the most traded cryptocurrency in the world – has had a strange trip. Four…