Image source: Getty Images When I first gave up a salaried position in favor of going freelance years ago, I was admittedly nervous about taking that leap. After all, I was saying goodbye to the security of a steady paycheck and swapping that for a variable income and lack of benefits.
Jacksonville, Florida MMA fighter Mike Dragich, known as the "Blue Collar Brawler" on social media, wrangled an 8ft gator in the middle of a busy road on April 21. Dragich is a licensed trapper and is famous for his daring alligator removals.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The World Bank has suspended funding for a tourism project in Tanzania that caused the suffering of tens of thousands of villagers, according to a U.S.-based rights group that has long urged the global lender to take such action. The World Bank's decision to suspend the $150 million project, which aims to improve the management of natural resources and tourism assets in a remote part of southern Tanzanian, was “long overdue,” the Oakland Institute said in a statement Tuesd
One of the choppers clipped the rotor of the other before the two crashed into the ground, footage shows.
The FTSE 100 index is set to build on last night’s record finish, with IG Index forecasting a rise of 0.5% or 43 points to an intraday all-time high near 8066. The rise follows a better session on Wall Street as the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq Composite recovered from recent tech selling by climbing 0.9% and 1.1% respectively. This week’s stronger showing by global markets follows an easing in Middle East tensions and some encouragement on the inflation front after Brent Crude fell to near $87 a barrel.
Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday, buoyed by Wall Street's rally overnight, although concerns about big tech earnings and tensions in the Middle East capped gains. The Nikkei ended the day up 0.3% at 37,552.16. Trading was choppy in Tuesday's morning session, with the index gaining 1% before retreating briefly into negative territory.
The ONS estimated that full-year public sector net borrowing was £120.7 billion in 2023-24, £6.6 billion more than predicted.
After weeks of Russian advances, there are three areas where Ukraine could now strengthen its defences.
University of Columbia faculty addressed crowds of protesters on Monday, April 22, amid a walkout over the arrest of students during pro-Palestine demonstrations.Video filmed by Anna Louise Kuoni Oakes shows David Lurie, president of the Columbia chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and professor of Japanese history, reading from the AAUP-Columbia statement released on Saturday.“We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the administration’s suspension of students engaged in peaceful protest and their arrest by the New York City Police Department”, Lurie says.Then, Christopher Brown, professor of history, says: “The New York Police Department does not belong on this campus except in moments of extreme emergency. And that show of force was a sign of weakness. In trying to show that they meant business, what they showed was their incompetence.”Columbia University canceled all in-person classes on Monday, due to the ongoing Gaza solidarity encampment on its Manhattan campus. Credit: Anna Louise Kuoni Oakes via Storyful
JD Sports Fashion has proposed to buy American athletic-fashion retailer Hibbett Inc for about $1.08 billion, the companies said on Tuesday, as the British sportswear retailer expands across the southeastern U.S. JD Sports, Britain's largest sportswear retailer, will pay $87.50 per Hibbett share in cash, representing a premium of about 20% to the U.S. firm's last closing price. The Bury, Greater Manchester-based company said it expects to fund the deal and refinance Hibbett's existing debt through its existing U.S. cash resources of $300 million and a $1 billion extension to its existing bank facilities.
EDMONTON — For once the Edmonton Oilers won’t have to dig themselves out of a hole to start the NHL playoffs. Zach Hyman had three goals and an assist, Connor McDavid had five assists, and the Oilers ended their series-opening jinx with a 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Monday's start to the first-round, best-of-seven series. “I thought we had a good start, I thought we were good in the first period, worked our way to a 2-0 lead and I thought we showed good energy and we played really
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Primark owner ABF hailed strong results today as it put Covid firmly in the past and said there is now “normality” in its supply chains. The interim divi is up 46% to 20.7p, worth many millions to the Weston family that controls the business. Improvements to the Group's operational performance, driven by the investments and strong execution over the last few years, are now becoming visible.
British actor says he was able to relate to King Charles, whom he portrays in Netflix drama ‘The Crown’, due to their shared experiences of media scrutiny over their personal lives
ABC 10News spoke with the fiancé of the man who was stabbed and killed during an altercation at a gas station in University Avenue.
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Patient Capital Management, a value investing firm, released its “Patient Capital Opportunity Equity Strategy” first quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here. During the quarter the strategy returned 11.8% net of fees compared to the S&P 500’s 10.6% return. The outperformance of the portfolio can be attributed to selection and […]
Lords cave to pressure and withdraw final amendment to the Rwanda bill
Major North Korean hacking groups have mounted "all-out" cyber attacks against South Korean defence companies for more than a year, breaching the firms' internal networks and stealing technical data, South Korea's police said on Tuesday. Hacking teams linked to North Korea's intelligence apparatus and known as Lazarus, Kimsuky and Andariel planted malicious codes in data systems of the defence companies either directly or through contractors working with them, the police said. The police, working with a team of national spy agency and private sector experts, traced the hacks to the groups, identifying them by the source IP addresses, the re-routing architecture of the signals and the signatures of the malwares used, it said.
Outside court in Sydney, John Walford says he is ‘not sure’ how his client will plead to alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies
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