Real Madrid lift the Champions League Title

Real Madrid 2 Borussia Dortmund 0 Real Madrid’s boss Carlo Ancelotti claimed a historic fifth Champions League title as Real secured their 15th win in the tournament as the bold challenge of Borussia Dortmund was beaten at Wembley with late goals from Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Jr.  Real Madriad players hoisted the giant trophy amid pyrotechnics and fireworks over the stadium. Real Madrid stumbled around in the first half for Ancelotti’s side beaten by Dortmund’s pace and the intensity of Edin Terzic’s side and were level at half time. Karim Adeyemi perhaps made a mistake in going around Real keeper … Continue reading Real Madrid lift the Champions League Title

Discreet alliances, Virtual money-laundering by new cyber super cartels & Silicon Valley wizardry

The battle between cops and criminals on the new frontier of financial crime. As long as people are stealing money, there has been an industry ready to launder it. This is exactly what happened when our economy went digital.  Rinsed reveals how organised crimes have joined forces with the world’s most sophisticated cybercriminals, resulting in virtual money-laundering machine too intelligent for most regulators to crack.  Geoff reveals how thieves are uniting to successfully get away with the most atrocious crimes on an unprecedented scale. Rinsed follows the money from the outrageous luxury of Dubai hotels to sleepy backwaters of coastal … Continue reading Discreet alliances, Virtual money-laundering by new cyber super cartels & Silicon Valley wizardry

Sony Music wants to buy Radio Ga Ga for $1bn

Sony Music is in talks since last year, to buy the entire music catalogue of the rock band Queen, including hits like Radio Ga Ga, Bohemian Rhapsody , and another One Bites The Dust fir £790 million ( $1bn). If the deal goes ahead it would cover Queen’s songs and all related intellectual property including the rights to logos, music videos, merchandise, publishing and other business opportunities. Universal Music is also said to have been involved, owing to the company’s long standing relationship with the band who signed with the British label EMI in 1972 and remained with the company … Continue reading Sony Music wants to buy Radio Ga Ga for $1bn

NATIONAL SMILE DAY

NATIONAL SMILE DAY – a piece of writing for AWL for May 31 2024 by Penny Nair PriceIn 1963 Harvey Ball wanted to devote a day to genuine smiles and acts of kindness. He is the earliest known inventor of the popular smiley face emoji and in 1964 got paid just forty nine dollars for his smiley face design – a design which went on to permeate the whole world. Harvey was born on 10 July 1921and lived till 12 April 2001 and was born and raised in Worcester,Massachusetts. He clearly did not own the copyright to his design.Seven ways … Continue reading NATIONAL SMILE DAY

Vaccine Tsar sells start-up for $3bn

EyeBio a London Biotech business co-founded by Britain’s vaccine tsar Kate Bingham, has been bought by Merck, US company, In UK MSD and would pay £1bn ($1.3bn)  with a further $1.7bn expected if certain targets are met. Eyebio raised $130m, its found Dame Kate said “ It’s astonishing  to have achieved such a high valuation in such a short space of time”. Her Venture Capital firm SV Health  Investors  setup the business together  with scientists David Guyer and Tony Admis in August 2021. Fifty-eight- year-old  Dame Kate was among the leading architects for Britain’s Covid vaccine rollout during the pandemic. … Continue reading Vaccine Tsar sells start-up for $3bn

Czech billionaire buys Royal Mail for £3.6billion

Royal Mail’s owner has agreed to a £3.6billion  takeover bid by Czech tycoon Daniel Křetínský, another British organisation under foreign ownership. Parent firm international Distribution Services (IDS) said its board of directors had approved  the billionaire’s offer which was received earlier this month.  The deal values the business at £5.3billion including debt and Daniel Křetínský, EP Group must guarantee a series of contractual commitments and intentions to protect Royal Mail’s public service duties such as its one-price-goes-anywhere  first-class post six days week. The 48-year-old Czech Sphinx already owns  27 per cent share in IDS and also owns parts of West Ham United FC and Sainsbury’s. … Continue reading Czech billionaire buys Royal Mail for £3.6billion

Criminal charges dropped against World No1 professional Golfer

Twenty-seven-year old, Scott Alexander Scheffler, born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, American professional golfer, currently ranked World number one. Scheffler was facing four charges including assaulting a police office with his vehicle, after an incident that took place just hours before he teed off on the second day at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connel today asked a judge to drop all charges after his team reviewed the case in a “through and expeditious manner. Based upon the totality of the evidence, my office cannot move forward in the prosecution of the charges filed against Mr … Continue reading Criminal charges dropped against World No1 professional Golfer

Iceland volcanic eruption

A volcanic eruption has begun in Iceland’s southwestern peninsula, throwing up 50  meters of plumes of magma and ash. This is the fifth time since December an eruption has taken place in the highly volcanically active peninsula. Fissure is growing for more than 1.5 miles  at 12:00 local time near Sundhnuksgigar, north of the village of Grindavik, according to authorities. A complete evacuation of the Blue Lagoon, the geothermal spa and Iceland’s largest tourist attraction, as a precaution.  Four thousand residents of Grindavik were permanently evacuated in last November, before significant eruption began. Continue reading Iceland volcanic eruption

World’s first Dog’s First-class air travel 

Bark Air, new airline for dogs, the world’s first air travel experience designed especially for dogs first and then human masters second. The dog-only airline made its maiden flight from New York to Los Angeles on Thursday May 23, 2024. CEO Matt Meeker, said the new airline will transport dogs of all sizes and their people in comfort and in style aiming for stress-free flights for both owners and pets. “We cater to everything to the dog, truing to lower their anxiety and their stress. It’s a first-class experience for the dog, a business-class experience for people”. Bark, the pet … Continue reading World’s first Dog’s First-class air travel 

International Booker-winner Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck and her translator Michael Hofmann won the coveted International Booker prize for Kairos a fiction which was translated into English. Erpenbeck previously won the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, for The End of Days (2015). Kairos ( name of a Greek gid as well as a word for a critical moment, is Erpenbeck’s fourth novel and the first of her books to be translated by Hofmann, is an allegorical story of a May-December affair unfolding in East Berlin during the end days of the GDR. An extramarital entanglement between the 19-year-old student Katharina and Hans, a writer in … Continue reading International Booker-winner Kairos