Bitcoin is trading at all-time highs, surging beyond ยฃ93,000 for the first time. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency has doubled in value over the past 12 months – buoyed by Donald Trump’s return to the White House. However, its 10% surge over the past week is down to one specific factor: the US government shutdown. Please…
Paramount has acquired the Free Press, a four-year-old digital news platform, and will make its controversial co-founder Bari Weiss editor in chief of CBS News, the company announced Monday. The official announcement came after months of speculation on the deal and Weissโ high-profile role within the news division. Weiss, 41, will report to Paramount Chief…
The brutal findings of the YouGov poll suggesting Conservative members want leader Kemi Badenoch out and a pact with Nigel Farage confirm what the party’s gloomy MPs are telling Sky News here in Manchester. One MP, whose majority slumped from nearly 18,000 to less than 1,500 last year, said a deal with Reform UK was…
One of two trained hawks stolen from outside SoFi Stadium during a Rams game was recovered Sunday in Hacienda Heights, nearly 25 miles from where the vehicle taken during the heist was found a week ago. A two-seat motorized cart with a key left in the ignition was stolen Sept. 28 from the stadium. The…
Former Rep. Katie Porter of Irvine received the endorsement of a prominent Democratic womenโs group on Monday that backs candidates who support abortion rights. The organization could provide significant funding and grassroots support to boost Porterโs 2026 gubernatorial campaign. โKatie Porter has spent her career holding the powerful accountable, fighting to lower costs and taking…
A British e-commerce company which works with retailers including Aldi, Argos and John Lewis has struck a deal to sell itself to an American rival. Sky News understands that Virtualstock, which is chaired by the Moonpig founder Nick Jenkins, is being acquired by private equity-backed Logicbroker in a deal that could be announced as soon…
Over the last decade or so, publishers of American genre fiction have borrowed a page from Hollywoodโs playbook by essentially packaging novels like films, grafting together collaborators from two different A-lists: those that feature bestselling novelists and major celebrities. Large commercial rewards have been reaped from these crossbred literary partnerships. Bill and Hillary Clinton, to…
The Conservatives have promised to abolish business rates for high street shops and pubs if they win the next election. Unveiling the policy at the party’s conference in Manchester, shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride said the “burden of Labour’s tax rises” had been “simply too much to bear”. The party has said its policy is…
More than four years after the family of deceased Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs filed a wrongful death suit against the Angels, jury selection will begin Monday in Orange County Superior Court. Skaggsโ widow Carli Skaggs and parents Debra Hetman and Darrell Skaggs stated in a court filing that they seek at least $210 million in…
Anyone who bought a Samsung or Apple phone between 2015 and 2024 could be due compensation if a class action suit against technology giant Qualcomm is successful. Consumer group Which? has brought the claim on behalf of around 29 million phone users. Which? alleges Qualcomm breached UK competition law by taking advantage of its dominance…