Belarus athlete granted Polish visa after refusing to return home August 2, 2021 Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who refused her team’s orders to board a flight home from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has been granted a humanitarian visa by the Polish government. The sprinter, 24, entered the Polish embassy in Tokyo earlier today after spending a night in secure accommodation at Haneda airport under Japanese police protection. Tsimanouskaya [...]
Ed Warner: Boxing’s parallel existence, Benn-Eubank, and a Trussian shambles October 13, 2022 The Sweet Science. The Noble Art. Boxing has a lore of its own and is a law unto itself. It occupies a parallel existence in which its rules, first published under the sponsorship of the ninth Marquess of Queensbury in 1867, and a love of litigation – real and threatened – are deemed sufficient to [...]
Bitcoin retakes $19k after yesterday’s market unease October 12, 2022 The price of Bitcoin yesterday briefly dipped into $18,000 territory but quickly retook $19,000 and is trading at $19,105 this morning.
Wework to go public via Spac in $9bn deal March 26, 2021 Wework has reportedly agreed to go public through a merger with a blank-cheque vehicle valuing the company at $9bn. The office-sharing giant is the latest company to join the Spac phenomenon which has been positioned as a quicker way to go public. Also known as blank cheque vehicles, Spacs raise capital through a public listing [...]
The race to replace the ISS: ‘A full-scale industrial revolution and we’re at the very start of it’ February 16, 2022 The race for a commercial space station is officially a-go, with businesses poised for a new privately funded post to orbit Earth by the end of the decade. Nanoracks, Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin are collaborating to develop a free flying commercial space station known as Starlab. While London’s Space Entertainment Enterprise (SEE) has teamed [...]
Crypto markets slip as investors digest latest interest rate news August 18, 2022 The price of Bitcoin dropped for a fourth straight day yesterday, but continued to trade in the narrow range between $23-25k.
Jaguar Land Rover to stop Defender production due to chip shortfall June 29, 2021 Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has been forced to pause production of its Defender 4×4 due to the ongoing global shortage of semi-conductor chips. The firm has been forced to slow down output at its factory at Nitra in Slovakia, where it makes the popular model, as a result of the shortfall,. It was scheduled to [...]
Former UK ambassador in Nepal found dead in forest while working on Govt Covid task force February 14, 2022 Britain’s former ambassador in Nepal was found dead in a forest vanished from his home after suffering extreme stress while working for the Government’s Covid taskforce at the height of the pandemic, an inquest has heard. Richard Morris worked long hours under high pressure, helping co-ordinate briefings to ministers at a time when the UK [...]
Bitcoin price holds steady above $24k as weekend momentum stalls August 16, 2022 The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is holding flat at just above $24k this morning after losing some of the upward movement from the weekend.
ApeCoin spiked because Elon Musk changed his Twitter profile pic to a BAYC ape May 4, 2022 ApeCoin, the native token of NFT platform BAYC, spiked after new Twitter boss Elon Musk changed his profile picture to an NFT ape collage.