United States soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke has been arrested and charged for placing bets on prediction marketplace Polymarket using classified information he had access to related to the capture of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. The US Army Special Forces master sergeant, who was directly involved with the planning and execution of the operation,…
President says US Navy will ‘shoot and kill’ any boat laying mines in Strait of Hormuz
Iranian state media have shared footage appearing to show the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boarding two cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The video shows small boats carrying masked and armed men approaching the MSC Francesca and the Epaminondas. Analysis by BBC Verify indicates that parts of the video appear to have been filmed…
Abbie Chatfield is set to guest-host KIIS FM’s breakfast slot this week, in a bold move that no one predicted. Chatfield will host the filler breakfast program alongside current stand-in Mike E from Monday to Sunday, as the network continues to rotate hosts following the axing of The Kyle and Jackie O Show. “I’m so…
The Philippine central bank is prepared to raise interest rates as many times as necessary to counter the spillover effects of the oil price shock. Governor Eli Remolona spoke exclusively to Bloomberg’s The China Show after policymakers raised the benchmark interest rate, with the Iran war likely to spur inflation beyond the official target. (Source:…
A new international study published in Current Biology reports the analysis of ancient mitochondrial DNA extracted from eight Neanderthal teeth found in Stajnia Cave in Poland. Using this material, researchers were able to reconstruct the genetic profile of a small group of Neanderthals who lived at the same location, north of the Carpathians, during the…
Luke Littler shrugged off the boos he received in Liverpool as he won Night 12 of the Premier League, declaring that the reaction he received on Night 11 in Rotterdam was the “worst he has experienced”. Littler has become used to receiving jeers from crowds of late, with the worst coming from his spat with…
Wojciech Jankowski, a spokesman for the Lesko Forest District where the attack occurred, told Onet: “At this time of year, bears that have awakened from their winter sleep come to places like this, close to human homes, in search of food. This was an unexpected encounter for both the bear and the human.”
Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly From the moment the Jennifer’s Body star met the rapper born Colson Baker on their shared movie set in 2020, she knew their relationship was destined to become what she called a “once in a lifetime” romance. Chatting with their Midnight in the Switchgrass director Randall Emmett on his and his…
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on US social media firms. The digital services tax, introduced in 2020, imposes a 2% levy on the revenues of several major US tech companies. Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office on Thursday, the US…
