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Nicole Arena, from the U.S., ignited a heated debate on social media after claiming she was denied access to a Disney World ride due to her 'inappropriate' attire in June.

Prosecutors say Eleonora Gracia, 46, was arrested in March at Bali's airport with 244 grams (half a pound) of cocaine wrapped in a condom hidden in her vagina.

Cosmic research on hold while engineers investigate a problematic motor

NASA's NICER X-ray telescope is pausing operations just weeks after the US space agency boasted that a January repair and reconfiguration had improved its daytime measurements.…

The TV presenter, 43, best known for her work on A Place In The Sun, looked incredible as she posted a sizzling Instagram Story in a blue bikini on Thursday.

During the awkward resurfaced interview from October 2023, Naga interviewed the Spice Girl alongside her co-anchor Charlie Stayt.

The podcaster was quizzed by cops in Austin after the arrest of the 'Liver King', following a bizarre social media spree that documented traveling to Rogan's hometown to 'fight him.'

A rapist lay in wait and preyed on drunken revellers in Manchester's Gay Village who were 'vulnerable through intoxication and easy prey', a court heard.

Business data is fragmented and change management is hard

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The hermit kingdom completed construction on the massive tourist resort, which boasts colourful water slides, swimming pools, high-rise hotels and rows of sunbeds.

Data show an alarming number of deaths have been linked to weight loss jabs approved by the NHS, with drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro accounting for the majority.

The BBC horse racing commentator has given his first interview since their deaths alongside his surviving daughter Amy, describing the legacy of love the three women he adored had left behind.

The harrowing images from the reception of The Kellbank Hotel and Restaurant in Gosforth, Newcastle, show Paul Connor biting Christopher Hewer's ear before spitting it onto the floor.

Trevor Gocan, 57, repeatedly punched and kicked 74-year-old James O'Neill to leave him bleeding on the ground outside his flat in Covent Garden, central London .

According to figures from the Department for Education (DfE), there were 638,700 children and young people with an education, health and care (EHC) plan in January this year.

'I could not live without it, it's a must-have skincare product'

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The head of the federal government agency that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wants the mortgage giants to consider accepting a homebuyer's cryptocurrency holdings in their criteria for buying mortgages from banks. William Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie and Freddie, ordered the agencies Wednesday to prepare a proposal for consideration of crypto as an asset for reserves when they assess risks in single-family home loans. Pulte also instructed the agencies that their mortgage risk assessments should not require cryptocurrency assets to be converted to U.S. dollars. And only crypto assets that "can be evidenced and stored on a U.S.-regulated centralized exchange subject to all applicable laws" are to be considered by the agencies in their proposal, Pulte wrote in a written order, effective immediately. Pulte was sworn in as the head of FHFA in March. Public records show that as of January 2025, Pulte's spouse owned between $500,000 and $1 million of bitcoin and a similar amount of Solana's SOL token. [...] The policy change is meant to encourage banks to expand how they gauge borrowers' creditworthiness, in hopes that more aspiring homebuyers can qualify for a home loan. It also recognizes that cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity as an alternative to traditional investments, such as bonds and stocks. The agencies have to come up with their proposals "as soon as reasonably practical," according to the order. "This is a big win for advocates of cryptocurrencies who want crypto to be treated the same way as other assets are," said Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin. Currently, stock investments are treated as qualifying assets that count toward reserves that banks want borrowers to have. But assets that are more volatile, like individual stocks or crypto, may be discounted by lenders, Fairweather noted. "As long as lenders are appropriately discounting crypto based on volatility, it's fine that crypto investments count toward reserves," she said. Danielle Hale, chief economist at Realtor.com, added: "If Fannie and Freddie are going to accept cryptocurrency as collateral, that's a strong incentive for banks to shift their practices. Because people who might otherwise have to sell cryptocurrency to qualify -- and maybe that's a deal-breaker for them now -- under this new policy, they can qualify. It sort of expands the potential pool of eligible buyers."

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The greatest city in the world is one step closer to electing a radical, anti-Israel socialist - and it's scaring the knishes out of me.

Health chiefs have urgently warned Britons to adopt safety measures after cases of a dangerous food poisoning bug have reached the highest level in a decade.

More than 200,000 music fans have been descending on Worthy Farm in Somerset for the five-day Glastonbury Festival, with revellers spotted inhaling from balloons.

Dubai-based James Harding, 34, and his 'loyal right-hand man' Jayes Kharouti, 39, ran a vast £100million criminal empire.