An ultra-rare pair of Apple branded trainers have gone up for sale for a whopping $50,000 (£38,722). The shoes were custom-made for company employees in the 1990s and given away at a sales conference. They feature the vintage rainbow Apple logo, which was adopted in 1977 to celebrate the launch of the firm’s first computer
Month: July 2023
President Biden’s son Hunter has unexpectedly pleaded not guilty to two tax crimes after a plea deal fell apart in court. The 53-year-old appeared in Delaware after being charged with evading $100,000 (£77,000) in taxes from income of over $1.5m in 2017 and 2018. He had previously reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty
Myanmar has said it “categorically rejects” claims made by Sky News in its undercover reporting of the civil war in the country. The report from inside the country claims to “bring Myanmar to the world’s attention” but has been “found to be deceiving”, the country’s embassy in London has said in a statement. It comes
Researchers have identified the top exercises for lowering blood pressure – and they’re the ones that don’t involve moving at all. Isometric exercises – those that require engaging muscles without movement, such as wall sits and planks – provided the best results for bringing blood pressure down, a new study suggests. Cardio, resistance training and
A long-time Twitter user has given up the @X username following Elon Musk’s controversial rebrand. “Alls well that ends well,” said the account, which now goes by @x12345678998765. It has been on the platform since March 2007, less than a year after Twitter‘s initial launch. The account is based in San Francisco, California, the same
Scientists have paved the way for future discoveries of rare diamonds after solving why they “erupt” in the Earth’s surface. The prized jewels, which are hundreds of millions or even billions of years old, have long been known to form under great pressure and are typically found in a type of volcanic rock called kimberlite.
NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose has stepped down as chief executive effective immediately after she admitted to being the source of an inaccurate story about Nigel Farage’s bank account. Her four-year tenure as chief executive has ended in ignominy over her admission that she had discussed Mr Farage’s bank details with a BBC journalist. Howard
The British billionaire owner of Tottenham Hotspur, Joe Lewis has been indicted for orchestrating a “brazen” insider trading scheme, the US attorney in Manhattan has said. In a video posted on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, Damian Williams said: “Today I’m announcing that my office, the southern district of New York has indicted
Last year’s multi record-breaking hot and dry weather will become “typical” in the UK in under 40 years, the Met Office has warned. The remarkable weather of last year – when almost every month was hotter than average, wildfires torched homes and more people died in the summer – was considered extreme. But by 2060
Rishi Sunak is planning to delay energy efficiency targets for rented homes following pressure from landlords about the cost of the improvements. The overhaul is part of a wider review of the government’s environmental policies, which some Tory MPs fear are too expensive and will hurt the party’s chances at the next general election. Politics
Microsoft has beaten Wall Street expectations, posting better than expected revenues as its cloud computing and office software business grew amid increasing demand for artificial intelligence (AI). Revenue rose to $56.2bn (£43.56bn) in the fourth quarter, the three months up to the end of June – up 8% on the same period a year ago.
NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose has admitted she made a “serious error of judgement” when she discussed Nigel Farage’s Coutts bank accounts with the BBC business editor Simon Jack. Last week Dame Alison apologised to the former UKIP leader for the closure of his accounts and ordered an immediate review of the processes followed by
Fewer film releases have hit UK cinemas, the head of one of the UK’s biggest cinema chains has told Sky News. “Our issue is a supply issue, our issue is not enough movies,” the chief executive of Vue International, Tim Richards, said. “We know the numbers: 36% fewer films released last year, 20% fewer films
A five-year-old boy and a 41-year-old man have been found dead in a house in Leicester. The bodies were found at a property in Hopyard Close after police were called at 9pm on Monday 24 July. East Midlands Ambulance Service and the air ambulance also attended but both people were declared dead at the scene.
US presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has been involved in a car crash. The Florida governor, who is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, was involved in an accident in Tennessee on Tuesday but is uninjured, his spokesperson said. “This morning, the governor was in a car accident while traveling to an event in Chattanooga,
The BBC has admitted asking an “inappropriate” question about sexuality to the Moroccan captain at the Women’s World Cup. A journalist – reported to be from the BBC’s World Service – has faced criticism after quizzing Ghizlane Chebbak on whether there were any gay players in her squad, with same-sex relationships illegal in the north
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