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Month: February 2024

US mum who left toddler alone for 10 days to go on holiday pleads guilty to murder
23Feb By AdminsNo Comments

US mum who left toddler alone for 10 days to go on holiday pleads guilty to murder

The US mother who left her 16-month-old daughter home alone for 10 days in June 2023 while she vacationed in Puerto Rico and Michigan has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder. On June 6, 2023, Kristel Candelario, 32, left Jailyn Candelario alone at her home in the 3100 block of West 97th Street in Cleveland. She told police that she had left the 16-month-old at home alone while she went on vacation for a week, court records state. An investigation conducted by Cleveland Police revealed that Kristel Candelario left the child alone and unattended until June 16 while she vacationed in Detroit, Michigan and Puerto Rico, according to a news release from the Cuyahoga County Prosector's Office. Jailyn was extremely dehydrated at the time of her death and was discovered in a Pa...
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The four-day work week is here to stay at UK companies that tried it
23Feb By AdminsNo Comments

The four-day work week is here to stay at UK companies that tried it

One year after the conclusion of the world's biggest trial of a four-day work week, a large majority of companies that took part were still allowing their employees to work a shorter week and more than half had made the change permanent. For six months between June and December 2022, workers at 61 organisations in the United Kingdom worked 80 per cent of their usual hours — for the same pay — in exchange for promising to deliver 100 per cent of their usual work. At least 89 per cent of those firms were still operating the policy and at least 51 per cent had made the four-day week permanent at the end of 2023, according to a report published by one of the trial's organisers. Two companies did not respond to the researchers compiling the report. The study was released on...
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US drone that crashed in Yemen appears to have been shot down by Houthi missile, official says
21Feb By AdminsNo Comments

US drone that crashed in Yemen appears to have been shot down by Houthi missile, official says

Initial indications are that a United States MQ-9 Reaper drone that crashed near Hodeidah in Yemen on Monday was shot down by a Houthi surface-to-air missile, an American official said. Previously, officials said it was unclear if the drone had been shot down or simply crashed. A spokesperson for the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said in a statement posted to X on Monday that the MQ-9 was shot down "with a suitable missile." The incident is still being investigated. The Houthis also shot down a MQ-9 — which is an unmanned drone typically used for intelligence collection — last November off the coast of Yemen. The Houthis' apparent downing of a US drone comes amid regular attacks by the rebel group on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and increasingly regular...
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Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader lived ‘like a king’ while locked up
21Feb By AdminsNo Comments

Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader lived ‘like a king’ while locked up

With its four-piece bathroom suite, queen-size bed and mini fridge, the untidy prison cell of the notorious leader of the Los Choneros gang could have been in a hotel instead of one of Ecuador's largest prison complexes. This is "better than at home… [he] lives like a king," a soldier exclaims in the second of several videos showing Macías' room and personal grassy courtyard, filled with half a dozen of his pet fighting roosters. The videos, shared with CNN, were taken in La Regional prison and filmed by members of the military last year. In another video shot inside Macías' prison cell, a colourful mural depicting the gang leader better known as "Fito," warns "silver or lead." The phrase, popularized by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, offers the grim choice of taki...
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Bitcoin euphoria is back as investors prepare for the quadrennial ‘halving’
14Feb By AdminsNo Comments

Bitcoin euphoria is back as investors prepare for the quadrennial ‘halving’

Bitcoin rose to $US50,000 on Monday for the first time in two years, fuelled by a rush of new-investor enthusiasm and growing anticipation over a cryptic-sounding event known as "the halving." Bitcoin, the world's most popular cryptocurrency, dipped back into the high 40s on Tuesday, snapping seven straight days of increases, and it remains far from its all-time high of around $US69,000. But Bitcoin has staged a remarkable comeback over the past year and half, climbing more than 200 per cent from its 2022 low of $US16,000. There are a few key forces forces driving the latest Bitcoin euphoria, including an influx of money from investors in newly launched Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and excitement over the halving, when the rate of Bitcoin production is slashed. ...
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Paramount Global to cut 800 staff after record Super Bowl revenue and ratings
14Feb By AdminsNo Comments

Paramount Global to cut 800 staff after record Super Bowl revenue and ratings

Paramount Global, the owner of broadcast and cable TV networks, announced Tuesday it will lay off hundreds of staffers as the media giant looks to reduce costs and grow revenue. The news comes just days after its CBS network saw record-breaking advertising sales and the highest-rated telecast for the Super Bowl. The company's chief executive, Bob Bakish, announced the layoffs in a memo to employees Tuesday obtained by CNN. While Bakish did not specify the number of layoffs, sources familiar with the matter told CNN around 800 employees, or roughly 3 per cent cut of the company's workforce, will be affected. The announcement follows a January 25 memo in which Bakish warned that Paramount Global would "reduce our workforce globally" as part of "our path to earnings ...
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