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By ISABEL BALDWIN Published: 09:02 EST, 14 November 2024 | Updated: 09:29 EST, 14 November 2024 NBA icon Tim Duncan sent social media wild as he made a return to the San Antonio Spurs this week. The former power forward has enjoyed a quiet life away from the court and the spotlight since his departure from the NBA in 2016. However, he managed to cause a buzz Wednesday when he was spotted at the Spurs’ team facilities. Duncan, a Spurs legend who played in San Antonio for 19 seasons, paid a visit to his former team to watch practice. Spurs fans naturally went…
Experts, pundits, punters and even cartoonists have seized on last week’s massive CrowdStike tech outage to argue it shows the dangers of getting rid of physical money = but some experts still say a functionally cashless society is inevitable.Banks, businesses, airlines, broadcasters and government agencies were thrown into chaos when a faulty software security patch issued by US-based company CrowdStrike crashed Microsoft operating systems in Australia and worldwide.Denied the option of digital payments, supermarkets along with retail and hospitality businesses were forced to accept cash only, while the ‘blue screens of death’ even forced some outlets to close on July…
Dec Donnelly was left in tears after he made a rather unfortunate faux pas during I’m A Celeb Unpacked on Friday evening. Appearing on the show’s spin off segment, host Joel Dommett asked Ant and Dec how this series is different to the first season of the show 20 years ago. As Ant began explaining how the first major difference is the location, he began: ‘Well it wasn’t here it was up in Northern Australia near Cairns so it was a lot hotter.’ Making the blunder which was accompanied by an unfortunate hand gesture, Dec then added: ‘And it was really thick bush’. Realising…
Scientists have uncovered the shocking truth about 12 severed hands buried in ancient Egyptian burial pits.They determined that the remains — all right hands — were mostly from men, with possibly one female, and may provide evidence of the grisly ‘gold of honor’ ritual.The discovery offers physical proof of an ancient practice in which Pharaoh’s warriors presented the severed right hands of their enemies in exchange for a prestigious reward: a collar of golden beads.Before the unearthing of these cleanly severed hands, the ‘gold of honor’ ritual was known only through Egyptian tomb inscriptions and temple reliefs dating back to…
Charlotte Rooney can’t remember exactly what she was doing when she first became aware of the sensation of a blocked nose in January this year.‘I was otherwise healthy, so I wasn’t overly worried at first,’ says Charlotte, 34, a primary teacher and mother of one. ‘I assumed it was just a seasonal cold and sniffle and that it would clear up on its own.’But after three weeks of living with a subtle block in her right nostril – noticing that it sounded different to the other nostril when she expelled air out of her nose – and with no other…
I’m Gilbert Ott, frequent flier and Founder of travel site godsavethepoints.com, and I have 10 top tips for making your next trip more luxurious.Follow my advice and you could snare a return lie-flat bed on a plane for around £1,300 ($1,999), get money back if the weather turns bad and avoid wasting time by trying TikTok hacks that just don’t work.My list also includes ways to avoid the crowds in popular tourist destinations and why going back in time and picking up the phone to talk to a travel agent can pay dividends.Read on for more and let me know…
A Kentucky mother convicted of murdering her two sons claimed that her ‘sugar daddy’ manipulated her and drove her to commit the slayings, interrogation footage revealed. Tiffanie Ann Katherine Lucas, 32, pleaded guilty last month to the fatal shooting of her sons, Maurice ‘Peanut’ Baker Jr., 6, and his half brother, Jayden Howard, 9, in Shepherdsville in November 2023. of her sons, Maurice ‘Peanut’ Baker Jr., 6, and his half brother, Jayden Howard, 9, in Shepherdsville in November 2023. Her plea came after she initially attempted to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. In interrogation footage obtained by Law and Crime, a dazed…
By SABRINA PENTY and AFP Published: 05:23 EST, 29 November 2024 | Updated: 06:00 EST, 29 November 2024 Three ‘narco-submarines’ trafficking $8 billion worth of drugs from South America to Australia have been intercepted by the Colombian navy in what was a a six-week-long global drug bust.The latest phase of operation ‘Orion’ resulted in the seizure of 1,400 tons of drugs, including 225 tons of cocaine and 128 tons of marijuana, navy official Orlando Enrique Grisales told reporters in a press conference on Wednesday. More than 400 people were arrested in the crackdown in October and November that involved the security…
By OLIVER SALT Published: 00:44 EST, 30 November 2024 | Updated: 01:38 EST, 30 November 2024 Georgia Tech and Georgia’s college football showdown required an astonishing eight overtime periods on Saturday night – sparking a fierce debate between football fans online.Unlike in the NFL, college football’s overtime system does not involve a game clock that could run out and result in a tie, with a second overtime period required if the two teams can not be separated after one drive each.In that second period, both teams have to go for two-point conversions if they score a touchdown, and if they…
By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 16:55 EST, 29 November 2024 Sky has threatened legal action if the competition watchdog approves a £15billion merger between Vodafone and Three next week.The broadcaster and mobile provider has told the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) it will be ‘forced’ to challenge the decision if the regulator approves the deal between the mobile giants in its current form.The merger with Three is a big test of strategy for Vodafone boss Margherita Della Valle who is trying to reduce its debts and streamline operations.Earlier this month, the CMA said it could ‘allow the merger to go ahead’ after…