A serial rapist who was convicted of raping 10 women in the United Kingdom and China has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years. Zhenhao Zou, 28, was sentenced Thursday at Inner London Crown Court. Judge Rosina Cottage told him he would serve 22 years and 227 days before he was eligible for parole, taking into ...
The Fed should absolutely stop talking about being “data dependent”. That’s so far from the truth. If they were data dependent, we’d have either seen a rate cut today or Fed Chief Powell would have been discussing one for the next meeting. Inflation reports since the last Fed meeting have been benign. Economic reports, on the other hand, have shown ...
After a week of intense speculation about whether President Donald Trump will launch a strike on Iran in support of Israel’s efforts to eliminate the country’s nuclear weapons program, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced there is a ‘substantial chance’ for renewed negotiations. This comes as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is reportedly scheduled to meet with European leaders ...
Kim Kardashian fans are going to have to wait a little longer for the highly anticipated NikeSKIMS line. The activewear line will launch later this year instead of in the spring, like the companies had originally announced, because of production delays, according to a person familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to speak candidly. The person added that the ...
The US Federal Reserve held its fourth meeting of 2025 from Tuesday (June 17) to Wednesday (June 18) against a backdrop of trade tensions, spurred on by the Trump administration’s tariffs. The central bank met analysts’ expectations by holding its benchmark rate in the 4.25 to 4.5 percent range. Chair Jerome Powell stated that the Fed’s dual mandate of maximum ...
Ohio has passed a landmark digital asset bill, granting Bitcoin tax exemption for payments under $200. The passage comes amid a streak of legislative wins from the cryptocurrency industry in the US as the adoption race intensifies. Ohio Passes Bitcoin Tax Exemption Bill Payments Less Than $200 The US State of Ohio is inching toward The post Ohio Crypto Bill ...
Hackers stole the equivalent of roughly $90 million from Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange on Wednesday, according to multiple independent crypto-tracking firms. A skilled pro-Israel hacking group known as “Predatory Sparrow” took credit for the cyberattack, which appeared to be aimed at further weakening Iran amid Israeli’s military strikes on Tehran. In a post in Farsi on X, the hackers said ...
When the stock market seems to be drifting sideways without displaying a clear bullish or bearish bias, it’s normal for investors to get anxious. It’s like being at a crossroads, wondering whether to go left, right, or stay put. The truth is nobody has a crystal ball, and predicting what the market will do next is a fool’s errand. Should ...
Vice President JD Vance insists Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is still an essential team member in Trump’s ‘coalition’ after President Donald Trump said he ‘didn’t care’ what she’d previously told lawmakers about Iran’s nuclear threat. ‘DNI Gabbard is a veteran, a patriot, a loyal supporter of President Trump and a critical part of the coalition he built in ...
The Justice Department announced Wednesday the largest-ever U.S. seizure of cryptocurrency linked to so-called “pig butchering” scams that have cost victims billions globally. Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture action targeting more than $225 million in cryptocurrency traced to a sprawling web of fraudulent investment platforms. Victims were tricked into believing they were investing in legitimate crypto ventures, only to ...
After being overshadowed by gold early in the year, silver has been in the spotlight in recent weeks. The white metal broke through the US$37 per ounce mark on Tuesday (June 17) for the first time since May 2011. Recent economic and geopolitical events have raised analysts’ expectations of a September rate cut from the US Federal Reserve, helping to ...
After a previous suspension, X (formerly Twitter) has restored the account of the Solana-based meme coin launchpad Pump.fun. The project’s founder, Alon Cohen, has also returned to the platform, though speculation surrounding the initial suspension continues to swirl. Pump.fun and Alon Cohen Return to X At press time, the official X account of the Solana-based The post Pump.fun and Founder ...