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Amid a sea of red on global markets, there were some odd flurries of excitement. In the US, a bizarre battle has kicked off between Wall Street hedge funds and individual day traders using social media site Reddit. Shares in a little-known company, Gamestop, more than doubled to $319 as Reddit users encouraged each other … Read more
Joe Biden’s first act as president Wednesday will center around signing a flurry of executive actions undoing much of what Donald Trump implemented through his own executive orders – like stopping border wall construction, implementing a mask mandate and ending the ‘Muslim Ban.’ After being sworn into office in his noon inauguration ceremony Wednesday, Biden … Read more
Man, 40, accused of murdering his girlfriend wrote an apology on his cell wall and then took his own life a week before trial Hugh Baird, 40, was found dead at HMP Barlinnie, Glasgow, in October 2018 Prosecutors said he stabbed 33-year-old Jennifer Morgan 27 times at her home Neighbours dialled 999 after seeing her … Read more
Horrified woman discovers ‘cameras and a two-way mirror’ hidden in the bathroom wall of her new home which was previously used by members of a drugs cartel Annabell Mickelson, 18, from Arizona, was horrified after moving into new house She claimed to discover ‘cameras and two-way mirror’ in the wall of the home Said reason … Read more
Phil Spector dead at 81: Jailed Wall of Sound producer dies of COVID after relapsing four weeks after diagnosis Music producer Phil Spector has died from COVID-19 related complications at the age of 81 He was diagnosed with COVID four weeks ago and went to a hospital but recovered enough to return to jail But … Read more
Trump plans high-profile final trip to Mexican border wall this week in defiance of his party repudiating him and Dems impeaching him President Donald Trump will travel to Texas on Tuesday for a final trip surveying his southern border wall His visit to comes as Democrats will move to vote as early as Wednesday on … Read more
One afternoon at the height of Lockdown 1.0, my husband found me sitting on our bed thinking of ending my life. I’d put our baby down for her nap and settled our two little boys in front of a film. Then I went up to our room. How could I, the happily married mother of … Read more
British fish are being left to rot because of a post-Brexit ‘brick wall of bureaucracy in French ports, fishing leaders have warned. They lashed out at new ‘obstacles’ slowing exports from Calais and Boulogne under the agreement made between the UK and EU in December. Some consignments have been delayed for up to 48 hours, … Read more
The Wall Street Journal editorial board has called on Donald Trump to resign, in an abrupt severance of their previously accommodating position. The paper, owned by Rupert Murdoch, has been more tolerant of the president than some of their rivals. But on Thursday night they knifed him, telling him he needed to leave before he … Read more
Alarm bells for Boris as huge poll finds Labour would reclaim Red Wall in an election – and the PM would lose his OWN seat Massive poll produced seat-by-seat predictions for the results of an election Labour was on track to win back most of the Red Wall seats Tories took in 2019 The PM … Read more