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Harry Maguire has been given a 15-month suspended sentence by a Greek court for an incident in Mykonos in August 2020.The Manchester United centre-back faced charges of non-serious assault, resisting arrest and attempted bribery and was found guilty on all three charges.Maguire’s 15-month suspended sentence was reduced in length and severity from his original 21-month sentence, but is still a second conviction for the charges brought against him.Maguire was arrested in August 2020 after a fight involving family members outside a bar.He was convicted in 2020 of assaulting a police officer and attempted bribery, but an appeals court granted him…
The fallout from Anthropic’s dispute with the Department of Defense has left the company in the awkward position of being actively used as part of the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran, while being cut off from many of its defense industry customers. Part of the confusion is the overlapping and contradictory restrictions imposed by the U.S. government. President Trump ordered civilian agencies to stop using Anthropic products, but the company was given six months to scale back its work with the Department of Defense. The next day, the United States and Israel launched a surprise attack on…
Leslie Edelman has run Tiny Doll House, a miniature figure shop in New York’s Upper East Side neighborhood, for 35 years. Eighteen months ago, he says, new customers started coming into the store on a regular basis.In addition to Edelman’s regular customers (parents, grandparents, collectors), groups of 20-somethings now flock to the store on Saturday afternoons. They giggle among themselves, text furiously, and buy little Labbu keychains, Pez dispensers, and imitation Eames chairs. “I’ve seen you on TikTok,” some people say to Edelman.”There’s so much to photograph,” says Edelman, 75, a lifelong New Yorker.Business owners like Edelman say they’re noticing…
apple macbook neoSource: Apple Inc. For years, the cheapest way to get into the Mac lineup was a $999 laptop. on wednesday, apple Cut that price almost in half.The company announced the MacBook Neo, a colorful and lightweight laptop powered by an iPhone-grade chip. This is the company’s most affordable laptop ever.The announcement concludes a three-day hardware blitz that has already seen refreshes across the iPhone 17e, iPad Air, and MacBook Pro series. Starting at $599, the MacBook Neo is Apple’s first dedicated low-cost Mac in more than a decade, and a distinctly different effort. google Chromebooks and entry-level Windows…
Former US Federal Reserve President Kevin Warsh attends the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank at IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC, USA, on Friday, April 25, 2025.Tierney L. Cross | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday formally nominated Kevin Warsh to be the next Federal Reserve Chairman.If confirmed by the Senate, Warsh will replace Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for a four-year term.The White House announced in a statement posted online Wednesday that Trump’s nomination had been communicated to the Senate.The notification comes more than a month after President Trump first publicly announced…
Leslie Ballantyne woke up early in the morning to an emergency alert flashing on her cell phone. “Potential missile threat. Evacuate immediately to the nearest secure building.” Her partner Alistair appears to have fallen asleep. Ballantine got out of bed and looked out the cabin window. Outside there is only darkness and the illuminated light of Dubai Port. It was Sunday. Three days later, Ballantine was still on board the MSC Eulivia, a 331-meter-long, 19-deck cruise ship docked in Dubai. The Eulivia is one of several ships currently unable to leave the Middle East due to the escalating conflict in…
U.S. natural gas exporters are poised to benefit from significant disruptions to global supplies due to the escalation of war in the Middle East. Qatar halted production of liquefied natural gas on Monday after Iran attacked two major facilities in retaliation for a massive airstrike by the United States and Israel that killed the Islamic Republic’s head of state Ayatollah Khamenei. The closure leaves a huge gap. Qatar is the world’s second-largest LNG exporter after the United States, accounting for about 20% of global supply, according to energy consulting firm Kpler. “Global LNG supplies are shrinking rapidly,” said Alex Manton,…
66 attempts. There is only one goal. With the threat of relegation looming, the team has problems to solve.Nottingham Forest’s defeat to Brighton was another example of what could have happened. Manager Vitor Pereira got excited on the touchline several times as he watched his team thwart many chances to take something from the Amex. The same story has been repeated in recent weeks. The points were withheld due to Forest’s poor finishing. However, was it simply a poor finish, or was it poor selection in front of the goal? Needless to say, the 66 goal attempts in the last…
Jonathan Gabaras, 36, started using Google’s Gemini AI chatbot in August 2025 for shopping support, writing support, and travel planning. He died by suicide on October 2nd. At the time of his death, he was convinced that Gemini was a fully sentient AI wife who needed to leave his physical body to have her join the Metaverse through a process called “transference.” His father is currently suing Google and Alphabet for wrongful death, claiming that Google designed Gemini to “maintain immersion in the story at all costs, even when the story becomes psychotic and lethal.” This case is one of…
Experimental therapies to treat rare diseases have always faced a difficult path to reach those who need them. The Food and Drug Administration says it is moving forward with new protocols to speed approvals, but criticism has grown in recent months that scientific and political pressures and staff cuts are affecting the agency’s approach to standards and regulatory requirements, which are actually hindering the delivery of these treatments to patients.Much of the criticism has been aimed directly at FDA Commissioner Marty McCulley. “The problem is that the secretary has replaced standards of safety and effectiveness with fear and support,” Rep.…