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Crypto group Copper is reviewing its embarrassing sushi party

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Crypto currency had to stoop such low levels to get their message across. At the party guests were served food items from the bodies of partially naked models. Digital assets company chaired by Lord Philip Hammond had to apologise after embarrassment caused by the party. Copper’s pioneering technology including their security and speed of cryptocurrency transactions were belittled by partially clad sushi party at the Mandrake hotel, where sushi was served off models in swimsuits. Continue reading Crypto group Copper is reviewing its embarrassing sushi party

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Crypto- billionaire has been jailed for 25-years for biggest fraud of the century

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Former billionaire and Founder of now-bankrupt crypto firm FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been jailed for 25 years for his role in the massive crypto fraud. A Jury found Bankman-Fried(32) guilty on November 2, 2023 on seven fraud and conspiracy counts stemming from FTX’s November 2022 collapse, according to prosecutors one of the biggest financial frauds in US history. Bankman-Fried stole $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX Crypto currency exchange he founded,  the last step in the former billionaire wunderkind’s dramatic downfall. U.S. Judge Lewis Kaplan handed down the sentence at a Manhattan Court hearing after rejecting Bankman-Fried’s claim … Continue reading Crypto- billionaire has been jailed for 25-years for biggest fraud of the century

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£100m of public funds spent to prosecute innocent sub-postmasters with false evidence

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A draft report reveals that the Post Office spent £100m  fighting sub-postmasters in court despite knowing its defence was untrue. The Post Office was shown evidence by 2017 that losses could be due to errors in the Horizon IT system or remote tampering, but kept arguing in the Bates Vs Post Office Ltd case that theft or mistakes by sub-postmasters must be to blame. Patrick Green RC, the lead barrister for the sub-postmasters in the Bates case, said these finding were “absolutely shocking and don’t think the case should have happened. Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were … Continue reading £100m of public funds spent to prosecute innocent sub-postmasters with false evidence

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Author whitewashed from history of colonialism and its aftermath

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A gripping literary mystery which unravels the fascinating life of a maligned Black author, based on Yamboi Ouologuem. In 2018, Diegane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer in Paris discovers a legendary book. In 1938, a novel called Labyrinth of Inhumanity ws praised as “the masterpiece of a young African Negro, but due to some obscure scandal, the book disappeared without a trace along with its author, who was TC Elimane. No one knows what became of its author, once hailed as the “Black Rimbad” the book caused a scandal. Enthralled by this mystery Diegane decides to search for TC … Continue reading Author whitewashed from history of colonialism and its aftermath

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Blues Brothers comic star Belushi self-destructed aged 33

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The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular culture. “They’re not going to catch us”, Dan Ackroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his brother Jake, played by John Belushi, “We’re on a mission from God”. So opens the musical action comedy The Blues Brothers, which hit theatres on June 20, 1980. Their scripted mission was to save a local Chicago orphanage, Ackroyd, who conceived and wrote much of the film, had a greater mission: to honour the then-seemingly forgotten … Continue reading Blues Brothers comic star Belushi self-destructed aged 33

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Amid lechery and prejudice, Wong became Hollywood’s first Asian-American star

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Anna May Wong, Hollywood’s first Asian-American film star, was 19, when she caught the eye of then screen hero Douglas Fairbanks. He thought that she would be perfect for the role of a sultry Mongol slave in The Thief of Bagdad (1924), one of the extravagant films of the silent era.  Douglas had to show her how play a Hollywood-style oriental. “ This is the way we Americans walk” striding briskly  and confidently before  slowing down, as if in an opium-induced trance, “but this is the way the orientals walk.” It was not easy being an east Asian actress in … Continue reading Amid lechery and prejudice, Wong became Hollywood’s first Asian-American star

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Baltimore Key Bridge collapses

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Baltimore Key Bridge in Baltimore, US collapsed into Patapsco river after being hit by a container ship which left  from a terminal at Port Breeze on route to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Seven people and several vehicles have fallen into the river, and according to the Baltimore City fire department, a Singapore-flagged Dali Container ship, 300m long hit a column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge at 01:30ET (05:30GMT). No causalities have been reported and there is now a large multi-agency rescue and recovery operation underway. Two bodies were recovered and four others are missing. Continue reading Baltimore Key Bridge collapses

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KFC, Leytonstone, Immense risk to public health

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KFC, Leytonstone, food prepared in areas of poor levels of hygiene, Immense risk to public health Waltham Forest Council environmental health officers discovered “ obvious signs of rodent and droppings at a premises of a KFC branch in High Road, Leytonstone. The east London branch has been fined nearly £25, 000 after rats overran its kitchen, forcing the restaurant to be shut down due to an “immense risk to Public health’. They added the KFC outlet had “very poor lees of hygiene where the food was prepared and cooked in August 2022. Gnawed bags of flour were in a storeroom, … Continue reading KFC, Leytonstone, Immense risk to public health

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Trump wins last-minute reprieve

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Former US President Donald Trump was handed a last-minute reprieve in court on Monday, when a New York Court allowed him to past a reduced bond of $175m to delay enforcement of a $464m fraud penalty, after his lawyers argued it would be impossible to secure a bond for the full amount, If he posts the bond of $175m within 10 days, his assists will be protected while he continues his appeal. “I greatly respect the decision. We will abide by the decision,, and post either a bond, equivalent securities, or cash” Mr. Trump said. Mr. Trump was found liable … Continue reading Trump wins last-minute reprieve

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India has applied for two deep-sea exploration licences

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India which has two deep-sea exploration licences in the Indian Ocean, has applied for two more amid increasing competition between major global powers to secure critical minerals including cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese that lie thousands of meters below the surface of oceans which could hold key to a cleaner future. These metals are used to produce renewable energy such as solar and wind power, electric vehicle batteries. The UN-affiliated International Seabed Authority (ISA) has issued 31 exploration licences so far, of which 30 are active. Its member countries are meeting in Jamaica this week to discuss regulations around giving … Continue reading India has applied for two deep-sea exploration licences