9 h. ago Online hacks to offline heists: crypto leaders on edge amid increasing attacks

Industry figures are seeing beyond the ‘illusion of invisibility’ after series of investor kidnappingsCryptocurrency traders such as Mohammed Arsalan are prepared to watch their online assets expand and explode if they miss the right moment, making or breaking their fortunes in just minutes. All in a day’s work on the internet. Offline, though, they have found themselves less equipped for the consequences of affluence. A string of kidnappings has plagued the industry over the past year and left traders across the globe paranoid, fearful and keen to invest in physical security measures.Arsalan grew up working class in Karachi, Pakistan. He hustles in any setting. At 14, he started a business exporting T-shirts overseas. By 17, the pandemic swept it all away. Inside, online and penniless, the booming world of Bitcoin beckoned him. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Three in four Londoners struggle to relax on holiday due to home security fears

New research suggests many of us are struggling to truly switch off once we arrive at our holiday destination

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58 h. ago Tech giant plots £16bn London listing in boost for struggling City

Tech giant plots £16bn London listing in boost for struggling City  The Telegraph

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4 d. ago People 'out of their minds' to risk lives traveling to Middle East or Gulf states

EXCLUSIVE: The UK has not got involved with the conflict between Israel and Iran, but a security expert fears that jihadis operating in the region could pose risks for Brit travellers

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4 d. ago Major US cities ramp up security at religious centers over fears of repercussions after Iran bombings

Law enforcement in New York City, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. are all taking precautions — though none were aware of any active threats

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9 d. ago Moment serial rapist PhD student Zhenhao Zou arrested then makes casual request

Zhenhao Zou was studying for a PhD at a London university but struggled to answer the question 'What is your name?' when officers carried out a dawn raid at his posh flat

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1 week ago Keir Starmer to hold Cobra meeting on Middle East fighting as UK evacuates families of Israel embassy staff

Sir Keir Starmer will chair a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee on Wednesday to discuss the security situation in the Middle East, amid fears that the US will join Israel's attack on Iran.

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1 week ago Keir Starmer to hold emergency Cobra meeting amid fears of US joining Israel's attack on Iran

Sir Keir Starmer will chair a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee on Wednesday to discuss the security situation in the Middle East, amid fears that the US will join Israel's attack on Iran.

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1 week ago Ed Miliband tackles national security fears over China's involvement in UK wind farms

The Energy Secretary insists protecting UK's security is "non-negotiable" as a number of Chinese firms exhibited at a high-profile London conference on offshore wind power

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2 w. ago The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

Awakened by Laura Elliott; Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab; Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang; Esperance by Adam Oyebanji; The Quiet by Barnaby MartinAwakened by Laura Elliott (Angry Robot, £9.99)A debut novel set in an apocalyptic 2055, following the development of a neural chip dispensing with the need for sleep. At first it seemed a blessing: it ramped up people’s metabolisms, made them stronger and more productive workers, but when they ignored the advice to turn it off and sleep for at least a few hours a week, they turned into ravenous monsters. Thea is one of a group of scientists who developed the chip and are now barricaded in the Tower of London, struggling to reverse the damage they have caused, when two survivors turn up seeking shelter: a silent, traumatised woman and her protector, a nameless man who shows signs of having once been Sleepless himself. Thea comes to question her own values and past actions in a dark and gripping gothic tale with e...

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2 w. ago I was excited to come to Australia on a working holiday visa

A British woman has shared the biggest struggle she has found since moving to Sydney from London and it's a problem many others could be facing.

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2 w. ago Location, Location, Location fans fume as woman with huge budget struggles to buy one bed flat

Location, Location, Location viewers were left baffled while watching the Channel 4 show as one property hunter struggled to find a one bedroom flat in London with a hefty budget

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2 w. ago Beyoncé gives away free tickets to London families in need as shows struggle to sell out

The global superstar has faced an unexpected blow as none of her six North London shows have so far sold out

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2 w. ago UK chip designer Alphawave agrees to $2.4bn takeover by US rival Qualcomm

Offer to buy the British-listed company is latest blow to the London Stock ExchangeBusiness live – latest updatesThe British chip designer Alphawave has agreed to a $2.4bn (£1.8bn) takeover by its US rival Qualcomm, the latest loss to the London Stock Exchange as it struggles to hang on to large technology companies.Alphawave, which is one of the few semiconductor companies listed in the UK, received an offer worth 183p a share and on Monday its board recommended the deal to shareholders after months of talks. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago HSBC, JPMorgan Struggle With Desk Shortages For London Office Staff

HSBC, JPMorgan Struggle With Desk Shortages For London Office Staff  Bloomberg.com

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2 w. ago White House urges Keir Starmer to block Chinese 'super embassy' in London amid national security fears

‘The Chinese Communist Party has a clear track record of targeting critical infrastructure’, Trump administration warns

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2 w. ago Looted from Syria, sold on Facebook: antiquities smuggling surges after fall of Assad

Collapse of once-feared security apparatus, coupled with widespread poverty, has triggered a gold rushThey come by night. Armed with pickaxes, shovels and jackhammers, looters disturb the dead. Under the cover of darkness, men exhume graves buried more than 2,000 years ago in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra, searching for treasure.By day, the destruction caused by grave robbers is apparent. Three-metre-deep holes mar the landscape of Palmyra, where ancient burial crypts lure people with the promise of funerary gold and ancient artefacts that fetch thousands of dollars. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Oxford Street is being overrun by shoplifters and phone snatchers as underfunded police struggle to cope in lawless London, retailers warn

The West End shopping destination has struggled in recent years as big names have moved out and it has become known for phone snatching, anti-social behaviour and theft.

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3 w. ago FTSE 100 Live: London’s Struggling Listings Market Suffers Two New Blows

FTSE 100 Live: London’s Struggling Listings Market Suffers Two New Blows  Bloomberg

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3 w. ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs feared footage of him beating his girlfriend would ruin his career, witness says

A former Los Angeles hotel security guard says Sean “Diddy” Combs told him that he feared the public release of a 2016 hotel video recording of the hip-hop mogul kicking and dragging R&B singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura would ruin him

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