Private firms carrying out controversial disability assessments have received a £40m increase in funding despite widespread concerns with the system, it can be revealed.  A freedom of information request by The Independent found the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) paid Independent Assessment Services (formerly known as Atos) and Capita nearly £255m last year to perform personal…

Updated February 05, 2018 14:03:10 How Australian taxpayer dollars and a fake drug cartel helped bring down the world’s most wanted money launderer. Following the money IT WAS already a high-risk strategy: hand more than $1 million to a known criminal and hope to catch him laundering it. What made the idea perilous, however, was…

U.S. stock futures fell sharply on Sunday as Wall Street added to the large losses set last week. Dow Jones industrial average futures pulled back more than 200 points and briefly fell more than 250 points, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures declined 19 points and 37.75 points, respectively. The major U.S. stock indexes…

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Kingsley Advani. Courtesy of Kingsley Advani Kingsley Advani is a cryptocurrency millionaire at age 24. He invested $34,000 and turned it into low seven figures in six months. The 24-year-old quit his job last fall and now travels the world as a startup advisor and angel investor.   In the summer of 2017, 24-year-old Kingsley…

Enlarge / Mitchell rides an oversized Donkey Kong machine in the recent Citrus Bowl parade. Update (Feb. 4, 2018): Former Donkey Kong world record holder Wes Copeland has presented new statistical evidence that he says suggests Mitchell’s 1.05 million point game was patched together from multiple emulated plays. Drawing data from the KongTrackr analysis app,…

The scene in the Bolton street where the gas explosion happened (Picture: SWNS)An elderly couple were injured and a dozen homes evacuated after a ‘suspected gas explosion’ on a residential street in Bolton. A man and a woman in their 70s suffered injuries during the blast in Rydal Grove this afternoon and are being treated at…

Kylie Jenner has given birth to a baby girl after months of fevered speculation she was pregnant with her first child. She broke the news to fans on her official Twitter account, revealing she had welcomed a daughter on February 1. « I’m sorry for keeping you in the dark through all the assumptions, » she told…