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By John Abiona For The Daily Mail Updated: 17:05 EST, 6 December 2023 Bitcoin soared above $44,000 for the first time since April last year.On a good day for investors with an appetite for riskier assets, the world’s largest cryptocurrency continued its recovery having crashed from a peak close to $70,000 in late 2021 to below $16,000 last year.Bitcoin rose as high as $44,497 yesterday, taking gains for the year to almost 170 per cent.The rally – as investors bet on interest rate cuts – sparked speculation among some more excitable analysts that bitcoin could hit $100,000 by the end…
The England international is now facing race to be fit for Euro ChampionshipsHowe said he ‘really believes’ in Martin Dubravka amid David de Gea rumours IAN LADYMAN: Liverpool are two players short for another great period – It’s All Kicking Off By Milo Pope For Mailonline Published: 05:06 EST, 6 December 2023 | Updated: 05:26 EST, 6 December 2023 Newcastle keeper Nick Pope is facing roughly four months on the sidelines as he prepares to undergo shoulder surgery.The England international dislocated his left shoulder during Saturday’s 1-0 Premier League victory over Man United and head coach Eddie Howe is resigned to losing him for most…
Kim Jong Un cried as he called on women to have more children at a mothers’ conference in Pyongyang, saying it was their duty to revive the country’s stagnant birth rate in order to strengthen national power. But a transcript of the North Korean dictator’s speech on Sunday shows he also urged parents to ‘flog’ their children and instruct them towards jobs in the army or hard labour.’With their inborn true feelings of flogging their kids with tears in their eyes to bring them up as honest persons, mothers should have no hesitation in making their beloved children work in the…
It was hardly the Christmas present that the Barclays boss CS Venkatakrishnan wanted to unwrap.The decision by the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), its biggest shareholder, to sell around half of its stake is bound to raise questions about its direction ahead of a make-or-break shake-up early next year.It sent shares as much as 4.5 per cent lower yesterday before recovering to close 2.5 per cent, or 3.52p, down at 139.46p. They have fallen 12 per cent so far this year.Qatar’s move will do little to boost confidence in the bank’s chief executive, known as Venkat, as he prepares to announce a…
England are set to take on South Africa in a three-match netball series Housby, 28, loves being a role model to the next generation of netball playersShe has become the latest cover star in the Sky Sports Editions series By Adam Shergold for MailOnline Published: 04:46 EST, 5 December 2023 | Updated: 05:14 EST, 5 December 2023 England netball star Helen Housby is relishing her role model status for women’s sport as she became the latest athlete to get a Sky Sports Editions cover shoot.Housby, 28, has represented the Roses for almost a decade and famous scored the winning point in the…
A man once voted the most handsome in Italy has quit his modelling job to join the priesthood.Edoardo Santini, 21, was voted Italy’s most beautiful man in 2019, when he was 17, in a pageant organised by ABE, a fashion group.But after a lifetime of studying drama and dance to achieve his dream of becoming a star, he said on social media Saturday he would renounce his career for his faith.’At 21 years of age I find myself on the path towards becoming a priest, God willing,’ Edoardo said, claiming to have joined a seminary near Florence. ‘I’ve decided to give up modelling…
By Leah Montebello Updated: 17:00 EST, 4 December 2023 Spotify will cut almost a fifth of its workforce as the jobs bloodbath in the tech industry continues. The music streaming giant has said it will slash around 1,500 staff – or about 17 per cent of its employees – as it battles to cut costs. This is the third set of lay-offs the group has announced so far this year. Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek said he made the ‘difficult’ decision as growth slows ‘dramatically’. The Swedish company has suffered in an era of high interest rates and the cost-of-living squeeze which has forced…
By Melody Fletcher For Mailonline Published: 03:17 EST, 4 December 2023 | Updated: 12:33 EST, 4 December 2023 Signs are usually created to warn others about any dangers or to clarify rules – but clearly these posters mostly exist to amuse.People from around the world have shared some very witty signs they’ve spotted on their travels and Bored Panda has collated them into a hilarious gallery.One amusing sign explains how a road ahead is closed, before adding: ‘Stuff broke… fix it later.’Elsewhere, another poster, thought to be in the US, asked why people are littering, before displaying a host of…
Nick Pope is facing a long injury lay-off after suffering a dislocated shoulderPope is set to undergo scans and could be forced to have surgery on the injury We expected perfection from VAR – we haven’t got it: Listen to It’s All Kicking OffBy Adrian Kajumba For The Daily Mail and Ed Carruthers For Mailonline Published: 04:40 EST, 4 December 2023 | Updated: 05:01 EST, 4 December 2023 Nick Pope is set to have scans over the next 48 hours after suffering a recurrence of a dislocated shoulder injury in Newcastle’s victory over Manchester United.Pope is facing a lengthy lay-off, with…
Israeli investigators probing the fallout of the brutal October 7 attacks have found evidence that men as well as women suffered sexual violence and rape at the hands of Hamas and Islamic Jihad attackers, activists have claimed. Yael Sherer, a spokeswoman for Israel’s Survivors of Sexual Violence advocacy group, said there was physical evidence as well as eyewitness accounts of sexual violence perpetrated against both sexes amid the attacks. There was sexual violence and rape in these communities in the south of Israel… we have a few living survivors – not a lot – of both genders. It didn’t only happen to women,…