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An American man has been mocked online for ‘drying out’ his electric kettle after making a cup of tea – as Brits were left in stitches by his unusual antics Us Brits love to stick the kettle on and enjoy a cup of English breakfast tea – whether that be with milk, sugar or nothing at all, there is no right or wrong way to drink it. But there is certainly a correct way to use the kettle. An American man has been mocked online for his rather unusual method of ‘drying out’ the appliance after using it – and…

Police in Brazil have arrested hundreds of people and wrested back control of the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court from rioting supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro. In a tweet on Sunday, the police said at least 300 people had been detained in the capital, Brasilia, after the rampage by thousands of Bolsonaro’s supporters who refuse to accept his election defeat – a grim echo of the invasion of the United States Capitol two years ago by die-hard supporters of former President Donald Trump. “Investigations will continue until the last member is identified,” the police promised. There were…

US securities regulators have charged McDonald’s and its former chief executive Steve Easterbrook over their handling of the British executive’s termination over his inappropriate personal relationships with staff. The Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday that Easterbrook had violated anti-fraud provisions of securities laws by making “false and misleading statements” to investors about the circumstances leading to his exit in November 2019. He must pay a $400,000 civil penalty and has consented to a five-year officer and director ban, the SEC said.The commission also reprimanded McDonald’s for initially treating Easterbrook’s termination as “without cause”, which allowed him to leave with…

Telling his truth — no matter what. Prince Harry has asserted that he isn’t afraid of the consequences of speaking out against the royal family. The Duke of Sussex, 38, shed light on his decision to write Spare, his debut memoir, in a handful of televised interviews leading up to the book’s release on Tuesday, January 10. “I don’t see how honesty is burning bridges,” he told ITV’s Tom Bradby in a sit-down that aired in the U.K. on Sunday, January 8. “I don’t know how staying silent is going to make things any better.” Harry explained that he wanted…

Katherine Hawkes discovered an enormous sunfish washed up on a Norfolk beach — the peculiar-looking creature is rarely spotted in the UK as they tend to stick to tropical waters A beachgoer was left stunned when she came across a huge “odd-looking” sea creature washed up on the British coast. Katherine Hawkes, 39, was out on a New Year’s day walk with her family at Great Yarmouth beach in Norfolk when she spotted a juvenile sunfish. The aptly named fish can often be found basking in rays of hot sun and is usually only found in tropical waters, but experts…

CNN  —  The Supreme Court declined once again on Monday to take up an appeal from a group of Republican-led states seeking to intervene in a case challenging the Trump-era “public charge” immigration policy, a version of which the Biden administration has abandoned. The court’s move was not unexpected, and the case did not center on the legality of the rule but instead whether the Biden administration followed proper procedures when it set out to revoke the rule and dismiss pending legal challenges. The Trump-era policy – an expansion of the so-called “public charge” rule – made it more difficult…

The names of two Gilford police officers involved in the New Year’s Day shooting death of a teenager were released by the New Hampshire attorney general’s office on Saturday.Officer Nathan Ayotte and Sgt. Douglas Wall arrived at a Gilford home Sunday after authorities received a 911 call about a person armed with a knife there.The attorney general’s office said the two officers encountered 17-year-old Mischa Fay inside the home with the knife. Ayotte discharged a stun gun and Wall fired his gun. Fay died of a single gunshot wound to the chest, an autopsy determined.NEW HAMPSHIRE’S GOP GOVERNOR TO DNC:…

People shop for goods at a Publix in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 22, 2022, ahead of winter storm Elliot. Seth Herald | AFP | Getty ImagesConsumers see the inflation burden easing while they expect to pull back considerably on their spending, according to a closely watched survey the New York Federal Reserve released Monday.The central bank district’s monthly Survey of Consumer Expectations for December showed that the one-year inflation outlook declined to 5%, down 0.2 percentage point from the previous month and the lowest level since July 2021.While that pace would still be well above the Fed’s goal of 2% annual…

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________Security newsIn early December, Microsoft published threat intelligence tied to cyber group DEV-0139: the hackers took advantage of Telegram chat groups to target cryptocurrency investment companies. Now, researchers from Division Seven (D7), SafeGuard Cyber’s threat intelligence team, confirmed that traders at an institutional crypto firm had been targeted as far back as July 2022. Per the latest report, their forensic analysis identified the threat actor who was impersonating a trusted individual to carry out the social engineering attack more…

Breast cancer affects people worldwide, and treatment typically involves a combination of therapies. Radiation is a common component of breast cancer treatment, but it can increase the risk of heart problems in some people. A​ clinical trial has just launched in the United Kingdom that plans to test the effectiveness of proton beam therapy to treat breast cancer in people at higher risk for heart problems after radiotherapy. Cancer treatment has progressed over the years, with people having access to more targeted therapies. Breast cancer is a highly prevalent form of cancer that experts are still trying to find the…