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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand lowered its cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.25% on Wednesday. The move surprised economists polled by Reuters, which were expecting the central bank to hold rates unchanged at 5.5%. This is the first time the central bank has cut the official cash...

Reserve Bank of New Zealand cuts cash rate by 25 basis points, lowers rate forecasts

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 A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission told reporters on Wednesday that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down parcels that could contain the sweets — which were solid blocks of methamphetamine enclosed in candy wrappers. New Zealand's police have opened a criminal investigation. The amount of methamphetamine in each candy was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take...

Food bank unknowingly distributes candy made from meth

Big banks in the US are boosting the amount of cash they’re handing to new customers as the fight for deposits intensifies for the first time in years. JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo in particular are battling it out to curb deposit flight triggered by the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes, reports the Wall Street Journal.

JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo Offering $300 Cash As Banks’ Battle for New Deposits Intensifies for First Time in Years: Report

Piotr Kucharski, 49, pleaded guilty to membership of a proscribed organisation at the Old Bailey on Friday.

Man admits to Wagner Group membership after ‘pretending’ to be involved

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The bond market has been buoyed by the Federal Reserve's recent hints that a rate cut may be on the horizon this September, leading to a noticeable drop in mortgage rates. Investors are reacting to the Fed's subtle language changes, anticipating a potential shift in monetary policy.

Mortgage Rates Plunge as Fed Signals Potential September Rate Cut

A 14-car convoy was reportedly part of the security detail protecting the couple alongside the vice president

Inside the ring of steel protecting Harry and Meghan as they tour Colombia

 Remarkable new scientific research at Stonehenge has revealed an extraordinary new mystery. Mineralogical tests on the massive six-tonne stone at the heart of the monument show that this central rock, known as the altar stone, was brought to Stonehenge from the far north of Scotland.The altar stone is arguably the most ritually important stone in Stonehenge, because it is the rock that marks the intersection of the prehistoric temple’s two most important celestial alignments – the winter solstice sunrise to summer solstice sunset alignment, and the summer solstice sunrise to winter solstice sunset alignment. It’s already known that some...

Mystery of Stonehenge deepens after ‘jaw-dropping’ discovery

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A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

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 One of the people accused of damaging a Ferguson Police Department fence moments before a police officer was critically injured is a member of the Civilian Oversight Board for the St. Louis Police Department and an uncommitted Missouri alternate delegate for next week's Democratic National Convention.Keith Rose was charged with felony first-degree property damage. He is free on $500 bond and faces another court hearing Aug. 22. Rose does not have a listed attorney, but told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he will fight the charge.“I am highly confident that the charge against me will be dropped once the...

Man arrested at Ferguson protest is a St. Louis police oversight board member, DNC alternate

(Reuters) -Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic is open to an interest rate cut in September, he told the Financial Times in an interview published on Thursday, adding that the U.S. central bank can't "afford to be late" to ease monetary policy. "I'm open to something happening in terms of...

Fed's Bostic Open to September Rate Cut, FT Reports

Settlers rioted in the village of Jit in the northern West Bank, killing one Palestinian and badly injuring others, said Palestinian officials.

Lammy condemns Israeli settler ‘rampage’ in the West Bank on Middle East visit

It said the content available on the site is ‘not consistent with its values’.

Ambulance service suspends X account amid ‘hate speech and misinformation’

Rhys McClenaghan paid tribute to his home town of Newtownards for their support.

Support from Co Down home town ‘meant everything’ to gold medal gymnast

Gymnast Rhys McClenaghan and swimmer Jack McMillan said they are proud of their success and support each other in any way they can.

‘Times are changing’ – NI Olympians speak about coming together as one

New research has shown the ages people go through the most ‘dramatic’ changes.People go through two periods of change, according to the study, at around the ages of 44 and 60The study shows that many of the molecules and micro-organisms in the body dramatically rise or fall in number during our forties and sixties.When assessing thousands of different molecules in people from the ages of 25 to 75, as well as their microbiomes – the bacteria, viruses and fungi that live inside us and on our skin – scientists found that their numbers do not shift in a gradual, chronological...

Study reveals the ages that people go through the most dramatic change

A court heard the driver of a BMW was left in fear for his life when more than 100 ‘angry’ men descended on his vehicle

Two members of ‘baying mob’ that forced Romanian men from car in Hull jailed

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 The appeals are just beginning for disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who is almost three years into a life sentence without parole for killing his wife and son.The South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear Murdaugh's appeal of his murder convictions. His lawyers said they resulted from jury tampering by the clerk of court who watched over jurors during his six-week trial.And in federal court, Murdaugh is appealing the 40-year sentence he was given after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $11 million from clients and his law firm.Defense attorneys said that punishment — 10 years longer...

3 years into a life sentence, Alex Murdaugh to get his day before the South Carolina Supreme Court

It came after reports claimed the current party leader tried to secure a Westminster candidacy last July.

Scottish Tory leadership hopefuls warn of ‘serious questions’ over Ross claims

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Stocks could see a 1995-like rally after the Fed cuts rates, said Wells Fargo's head of global investment strategy.

Stocks will embark on a run of gains unseen in 30 years after the Fed cuts rates, Wells Fargo strategy chief says

There are many reasons to celebrate the BlackRock Flexible Income ETF (BINC). The actively managed multisector ETF launched less than 15 months ago. It is already approaching $4 billion in assets. It’s also now among the larger active fixed income ETFs joining products from Fidelity, JPMorgan, and PIMCO. BINC...

Golden Age for Fixed Income at BlackRock

He will take over from current Monetary Policy Committee member Jonathan Haskel, who is stepping down after six years.

Bank of England appoints Alan Taylor to rate-setting committee

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