HALIFAX — The court-appointed monitor overseeing the search for the $260 million owed to clients of the faltering QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange says it recently found more than $900,000 in digital assets — only to see more than half of those crypto-coins escape its grasp. The bizarre turn of events was revealed Tuesday in the first…
Kazakhstan’s capital Astana has been renamed Nursultan in honour of long-time leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, who stepped down as president on Tuesday but has retained his influence over the state. Mr Nazarbayev’s ally Kassym Jomart-Tokayev proposed the change in his first act as president after being sworn in on Wednesday, and parliament unanimously approved it. He…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Following her fourth season as a member of the USA Softball Women’s National Team, Michelle Moultrie (Jacksonville, Fla.) has been announced as the 2014 USA Softball Female Athlete of the Year. Announced on Jan 30, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball, the National Governing Body of Softball in the U.S., Moultrie has…
WATERLOO, Ont. — A Canadian scientist who became only the third woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics said her personal triumph doubles as a sign of progress for her male-dominated industry. Donna Strickland, associate professor at Ontario’s University of Waterloo, was honoured on Tuesday for being half of the team to discover Chirped…
Authorities in Medellin, Colombia have used 180 detonators to demolish a six-floor apartment building that notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar and his family have once called home. The massive concrete structure – the Monaco- stood unoccupied for over 30 years after the building became the target of a car bomb attack in 1988. Over 1,5000…
Anchorman’s Ron Burgundy has netted himself two 12-episode seasons of a new show, The Ron Burgundy Podcast. Don’t act like you’re not impressed. Launching in early 2019, the podcast will be co-produced by Funny Or Die and iHeartRadio. It’s unclear what the podcast will be about, other than Ron Burgundy himself. Ron Burgundy doesn’t seem…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – As undefeated Florida continues its roll through the first half of the season, the Gators (27-0) are unanimously No. 1 for the first time in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll, announced Tuesday by the Association. With a 6-0 performance last week, the Gators wrapped up their California…
Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s prime minister, has vowed never to refer to the Christchurch mosque attacker by his name, as she said he would face "the full force of the law." Brenton Tarrant, an Australian white supremacist, gunned down 50 worshipers at two mosques in Christchurch last week and broadcast the footage live on the…
Update 01/07/2019: Skybound Games has announced that Episode 3, Broken Toys will be released on January 15, and will be available on the Epic Games Store, Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One. You can check out the new trailer for Episode 3 below: Announced at the Kinda Funny Games Showcase, Telltale’s The Walking Dead: The Final…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Michigan senior Haylie Wagner stymied the Florida Gator offensive with a six-hit shutout as the Wolverines (60-7) edged the Gators (59-7), 1-0 in game two of the Women’s College World Series championship series in front of 8,254 spectators Tuesday evening at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. Michigan’s victory forces a third…