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Mark Zuckerberg’s latest martial arts sparring session sent him to the operating table. The Meta Platforms CEO and mixed martial arts enthusiast posted on social media on Friday that he tore one of his anterior cruciate ligaments, or ACLs, while training for a fight early next year. A photo he …

Sam Bankman-Fried testified in his own blockbuster crypto trial again Monday, with prosecutors grilling the one-time crypto mogul about the many discrepancies between his public and private claims about crypto-exchange FTX. Bankman-Fried appeared to have had a haircut over the weekend, just in time for prosecutors to start their cross …

University students in England are left with the equivalent of 50p a week to live on from their loans after paying for accommodation, the cost of which has soared by nearly 15% over the last two years, research has revealed. Maintenance loans, which students take out on top of tuition …

It is the saviour of students, the comfort of lone eaters, the succour of the culinarily challenged, and apparently the only meal Sir Patrick Stewart has cooked since 1948. Beans on toast is one of the quickest, cheapest and easiest meals available, but the Great British public has, it has …

Diminished by outsourcing, impoverished by Westminster-imposed austerity, and constrained by one of the most centralised polities in the world, local government in England has endured a miserable first quarter of the 21st century. Levelling up, the Conservative party’s response to the regional discontent exposed by the Brexit referendum, contrived to …

On the fifth day of Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial, the prosecution’s star witness named the FTX founder as the ringleader of an alleged $10bn fraud scheme at the cryptocurrency exchange and its associated hedge fund. “While you were working at Alameda, did you commit any crimes?” a prosecutor asked Caroline …

Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto fraud trial gained steam on Thursday when the co-founder of his fallen exchange, Gary Wang, took the stand as a government witness in Manhattan federal court. His testimony came as the highly anticipated trial entered its third day. Bankman-Fried faces seven counts on fraud and conspiracy charges …

Travel website Booking.com has left many hotel operators and other partners across the globe thousands of dollars out of pocket for months on end, blaming the lack of payment on a “technical issue”. The issue is widespread in Thailand, Indonesia and Europe among hoteliers who are venting their frustrations in …

The project is shrouded in uncertainty and other countries’ railway constructions appear to be cheaper Sunak may seek to limit HS2 fallout with new transport projects in north The future of Britain’s high-speed railway project is again shrouded in uncertainty, with Downing Street apparently considering axing the route north of …

The Federal Reserve announced it was leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a 22-year high on Wednesday but signaled it could hike rates again in its fight to bring down inflation. After a two-day meeting the Fed announced its federal funds rate would remain in a range of 5.25 …