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A company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone has failed to meet a deadline to repay £122m for breaching a Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) contract.The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) won a legal case earlier this month against PPE Medpro, a consortium led by Lady Mone’s husband Doug Barrowman, over claims the PPE did not comply with relevant healthcare standards.A High Court judge ruled some of the company’s gowns they supplied were not “sterile”.Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said the government would “pursue PPE Medpro with everything we’ve got to get these funds back” after the…

Gold’s massive rise in 2025 is capturing investor attention, with market veteran Ed Yardeni declaring it the “new bitcoin.”  Yardeni argued that gold has outperformed bitcoin as a safe-haven asset amidst growing geopolitical uncertainty. “Bitcoin has been described as ‘digital gold,’ but we would describe gold as ‘physical bitcoin,’” Yardeni wrote, highlighting gold’s historical reliability compared with bitcoin’s shorter track record and risk-on behavior, Yardeni wrote in a Wednesday note from Yardeni Research reported by CNBC.  The numbers back up his claim. Gold has surged roughly 60% year-to-date, while bitcoin’s gains have been closer to 20%. In recent weeks, gold…

Actor Ajaz Khan has publicly expressed his willingness to donate a kidney to Vrindavan-based saint Premanand Ji Maharaj, who is currently battling complete kidney failure. Sharing a heartfelt video on Instagram on Tuesday, Khan appealed to his followers to pray for the spiritual leader’s well-being and expressed his readiness to contribute if medically feasible.Ajaz Khan’s message to followersIn the video, Ajaz Khan said, “Assalam Wakelum yaaro. Premanand Ji, ek aisi shakhsiyat hai jinhone kabhi kisi dharam ke khilaaf nahi bola, kabhi kisiko bhadkaya nahi. Mera jee karta hai main unse milo, aur agar meri kidney match hojaye, toh main unhe…

By Roxana Walker, updated October 15, 2025 In the rapidly evolving landscape of digital finance, one of the most transformative trends of 2025 is the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) — especially real estate. The concept of tokenized real estate has grown from a speculative buzzword into a legitimate investment class, with initiatives like BlackRock real estate tokenization attracting institutional giants and innovative blockchain ecosystems like City Protocol. Together, they are redefining what ownership means in the digital age. From Paper Deeds to Digital Tokens For centuries, real estate ownership has relied on slow-moving paperwork, intermediaries, and high entry barriers.…

India’s Jasprit Bumrah looks as West Indies’ Justin Greaves and Jayden Seales run between the wickets to score on the fourth day of the second cricket test match between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, India, Monday, Oct.13, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah lashed out at the media outside the Mumbai airport.In a video, going viral on the social media, Bumrah can be seen getting angery at the media. The moment Bumrah stepped out of the airport, the media started clicking photos of him, which seemed to annoy the Indian…

The Trump administration has expanded his contentious higher education initiative, the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, to all US colleges and universities, escalating a policy push that ties federal funding to bans on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices and strict limits on international enrollment.According to Bloomberg News, sources close to the matter confirmed that the agreement, initially circulated among nine leading universities, is now being offered nationwide. The decision, which came just a few days after MIT rejected the funding linked offer, has triggered unease across academic circles, with administrators warning that the plan could entrench financial…

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Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage In 2025, OpenSea rebranded itself from a primarily non-fungible token market platform to a multi-digital asset trading platform, and many non-fungible token projects are moving there to access its new features and large user base. Yuga Labs, the digital asset company and the NFT team behind the famous Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible token series, is the latest project to endorse OpenSea. Yuga Labs has picked OpenSea as its official marketplace for Bored Ape NFT collections. Bored Ape NFTs Finally Sails Home In an October 14 blog…

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) found room on the high side on Wednesday, climbing into a second day of recovery flows and testing territory north of 46,600 before settling back to flat for the day. Another round of Wall Street earnings reports is kicking off the quarterly review period on a high note, with investment bank and luxury handbag earnings outpacing expectations.Still-rising trade tensions between the US and China are still simmering away on the back burner, and the ongoing US government shutdown remains a key sticking point for global markets, but equities remain focused on earnings, the one…

When first we take an inter­est in movies, we must fig­ure out our own method of decid­ing what to watch next. The cen­tral fac­tor may be box office per­for­mance, the pres­ence of a favorite per­former, adher­ence to a favorite genre, or the use of a famil­iar sto­ry from oth­er media. Such paths through cin­e­ma can lead to enter­tain­ing view­ing expe­ri­ences, no doubt, but it’s safe to say that very few movie-lovers become bona fide cinephiles with­out even­tu­al­ly switch­ing their alle­giance to direc­tors. In eras past, a prop­er­ly orga­nized video store — that is, one whose tapes, Laserdiscs, or DVDs were…