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The Largest Sting operation

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This is cat-and-mouse sting story of a vast FBI operation revealing how the criminal underworld has become an globalized economy in its own right one that can’t be policed without crossing complicated ethical boundaries. In 2018 many of the world’s most sophisticated criminals began using Anom, a supposedly secure encrypted communications app. Little did they know Anom was a front company run by the FBI. Dark Wire highlights the devious lengths to which law enforcement agencies will go to ensnare criminals. But they go too far? Anom, began to take root among drug dealers and other criminals. It had extraordinary … Continue reading The Largest Sting operation

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Budget Airlines fined based on their “illicit profit”

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Spain has fined Ryan Air and four other budget airlines a total of  €179m (£149m) for “abusive practices” including charging for hand luggage. Ryanair has been given the largest fine of €108m (£90m), followed by EasyJet’s penalty of €29m (£24m). Vueling, Norwegian and Volotea were issued with sanctions by Spain’s Consumer Rights Ministry on Friday. The ministry also said it  plans to ban practices such as charging extra for carry-on hand luggage and reserving seats for children. The fines are the biggest sanction issued by the ministry, and follow an investigation into the budget airline industry. Vueling, the budget arm … Continue reading Budget Airlines fined based on their “illicit profit”

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Electrical vertical take-off taxi dreams crashed as cash runs short

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Germany’s Volocopter promised its electric-powered, two-seater aircraft, the VoloCity, would be ferrying passengers around the city. The company ran several demonstration flight although it never happened commercially. While missing that deadline, Volocopter was seeking fresh investment to keep the firm going, as talks to borrow ¢100m (£83m)  from the government evaporated in April. Now hopes are pinned on China’s Geely, which is in talks to take over 85 per cent stake in Volocopter in return for $95m of funding, which could mean future manufacture would be moved to China. Volocopter and dozens of there companies around the world developing an … Continue reading Electrical vertical take-off taxi dreams crashed as cash runs short

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What the Geisha saw?

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A literary sensation, seductive, evocative epic on an intimate scale, telling the extraordinary story of geisha girl with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism, the true confessions of Japan’s most celebrated geisha. In Memoirs of Geisha we enter a world where appearances are paramount where a girl’s virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder, where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned asillusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction- at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful and completely unforgettable. It uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. From a … Continue reading What the Geisha saw?

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Demystifying tribal instincts

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Tribal unlocks the deepest secrets of our psychology to give us the tools to manage our misunderstood superpower. Renowned Columbia professor and acclaimed cultural psychologist Michel Morris argues our tribal instincts are humanity’s secret weapon. Our is the only species that lives in tribes: groups glued together by their distinctive cultures that can grow to a scale far beyond clans and bands. According to Morris our psychology is wired by evolution in three distinctive ways. First, the peer instinct to confirm to what most people do, second, the hero instinct to give the group and emulate the most respected, and … Continue reading Demystifying tribal instincts

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Shoe-String budget for Moon and Mars expedition

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How does India keep the cost down to reach the Moon and Mars? Last year India became the first country in the world to land near the previously-unexplored lunar south pole. India’s space projects have only an approval of £2.1bn (Rs 227bn). Their next historic mission to the Moon and sending an orbiter to Venus, and build the  first phase of India’s maiden space station and development of a new reusable heavy-lifting rocket to launch satellites. Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Moon, Mars and Solar mission costs only $74m on the Mars orbiter Mangalyaan and $75m on Chandrayaan-3. Nasa’s Maven … Continue reading Shoe-String budget for Moon and Mars expedition

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Elizabeth Nunez who explored the legacy of colonialism dies aged 80

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Elizabeth Nunez (80), a Trinidad-born writer whose novels explored the legacy of colonialism and the immigrant’s longing for home – while making fun a American academia and New York City’s publishing world – died of a stroke on Friday at her home in Brooklyn. Elizabeth Ann Nunez was born on Feb 18 1944, in Port of Spain, the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago, one of 11 chidren of Una Magdalena (Arneaud) Nunez and Waldo Everette Nunez. Her father was a Junior officer in the ministry of labor: who late become the commissioner of labor, and then an executive at … Continue reading Elizabeth Nunez who explored the legacy of colonialism dies aged 80

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Apple is sued

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Apple is accused of trapping and ripping off and locking 40m iCloud British customers into its iCloud service and charging them outrageous prices according to consumer group Which? Who has launched a legal action that could result in a £3bn pay out if it is successful, with the average customer getting around £70. However, Apple rejected the suggestion its practices are anti-competitive, saying users are not required to use iCloud, it said many customers relay on third-party cheaper alternatives  and insists it “ works hard to make data transfer as easy as possible. Facebook, Google, gaming giant Steam and the UK’s … Continue reading Apple is sued

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Homebase collapses into administration

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Homebase owner Hilco who had been looking to sell the struggling retailer, was not successful in finding an outright buyer. Homebase in the meanwhile has collapsed into administration putting 2, 000 jobs at risk. Plymouth-based tycoon Chris Dawson’s The Range, owner of Homeware chain is buying 70 stores and the brand, safeguarding 1, 600 jobs. The remaining 49 stores and the head office, are in the hands of Teneo the administrator. Homebase CEO Damian McGloughlin said the past three years had been incredibly challenging for DIY stores. Restructuring specialist Hilco, which rescued music chain HMV in 2013 Homebase recently completed … Continue reading Homebase collapses into administration

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Top ten richest people gained $64billion after Trump victory

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The Rich became richer as top ten richest people gained $64billion after Donald Trump victory. Elon Musk, the world’s richest person whose wealth leaped from $26.5 billion to $290 billion last Wednesday after Donald Trump’s victory. Jeff Bezos wealth also grew from $7.1billion a week after defending his decision to withhold the Washington Post’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, another Trump supporter, saw his net worth rose $5.5billion. Former Microsoft executives Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, former Google executives Larry Page and Sergey Brin and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett all Trump supporters also gained. … Continue reading Top ten richest people gained $64billion after Trump victory