B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG Makes New $1.05 Million Investment in Carter’s, Inc. (NYSE:CRI)I’M A Celeb fans rejoiced tonight when Coleen Rooney used her detective skills to sniff out a huge camp secret. The mum gained the nickname Wagatha Christie for her ingenious social media sting to uncover the source of leaked stories about her. She entered I'm A Celebrity last week, and is the highest-paid contestant in the show's history. Over the past three days I'm A Celeb late arrivals, Maura Higgins and Reverend Richard Coles have been sleeping on the floor in the supposedly disgusting Jungle Junkyard. The Love Island star, 33, and priest, 62, met most of their co-stars for the first time in Friday's episode, including Coleen, Danny Jones, GK Barry, Dean McCullough, Tulisa Contostavlos, Alan Halsall, and Oti Mabuse. But Coleen, wife of football legend Wayne Rooney, soon picked up on the fact that something was off. READ MORE ON I'M A CELEB Maura and Richard, along with Dean - who had moved into Jungle Junkyard - were in fact lying about the conditions in their separate camp. After spending a few minutes in their company, Coleen returned with her campmates, some of whom haven't washed since landing in the jungle, and said: "To be honest they looked better than I'd seen them yesterday. Maura smelled nice. "They got this look, I just think they're not telling us the truth. "I don't know, they've just got this content look. There's something going on." Most read in I’m A Celebrity 2024 She added in the Bush Telegraph: “I came out of there not convinced that they were living in those conditions.” The moment sent viewers into meltdown, with one posting a video of footballer Thierry Henry celebrating a goal for Arsenal. They captioned it on X: "Coleen Rooney coming out of retirement to put her Wagatha Christie hat back on to rustle the luxury Junkyard camp mates." Another said: "It’s lucky for Jack the Ripper that Coleen wasn’t around back then!" A third raved: "Of course Coleen will be first to crack the case. Wagatha's back!" One more echoed: "Not Coleen going full on Wagatha Christie and sussing out their lie ahah!" Maura and Richard's camp, the original Snake Rock, has been transformed into the Jungle Junkyard. The pair have been given cosy beds, a fridge full of snacks, a sofa and a two-ring hob for cooking. It's also covered from the storm that has been battering the camp. Meanwhile, the main camp have been sleeping in the rain and on rations of rice and beans, after Dean failed to bring back many stars from his Bushtucker Trials. To read Rebekah Vardy's columns on this year's I'm A Celeb, click here. The Sun columnist Jane Moore asked Coleen about the infamous ‘It’s.... Rebekah Vardy’ Instagram post in camp this week. As Coleen opened up, internet personality GK Barry questioned if she'd been scared to make the post. She replied: “No, because I just didn’t think it would have the impact it did, because I was just that sick and tired of it, it was draining. “That was my worst nightmare to go to court . “I felt like it was like putting on a show for the whole world.” The social media post on October 9, 2019 explained how Coleen had turned detective to catch out a friend who was leaking stories. It saw her dubbed Wagatha Christie and led to the 2022 trial in the High Court . Coleen added: “What got me, over the whole thing, was it became a bit of a joke and that’s really disappointing, it wasn’t a joke for me. "No one knew the full story.” READ MORE SUN STORIES The judge ruled in favour of Rooney, dismissing Vardy’s claim and ordered her to pay 90 per cent of the legal costs - a bill the women are still wrangling over today. Sunday's I'm A Celebrity launch episode saw Wagatha Christie brought up almost instantly.
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Bashar Barhoum woke in his prison cell in Damascus at dawn, thinking it would be the last day of his life. The 63-year-old writer was supposed to have been executed after being imprisoned for seven months. But he soon realized the men at the door weren’t from former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s notorious security forces, ready to take him to his death. Instead, they were rebels coming to set him free. As the insurgents swept across Syria in just 10 days to bring an end to the Assad family’s 50-year rule Dec. 8, they broke into prisons and security facilities to free political prisoners and many of the tens of thousands of people who disappeared since the conflict began back in 2011. Barhoum was one of those freed who were celebrating in Damascus. “I haven’t seen the sun until today,” Barhoum told The Associated Press after walking in disbelief through the streets of Damascus. “Instead of being dead tomorrow, thank God, he gave me a new lease of life.” Barhoum couldn’t find his cellphone and belongings in the prison, so he set off to find a way to tell his wife and daughters that he’s alive. Videos shared widely across social media showed dozens of prisoners running in celebration after the insurgents released them, some barefoot and others wearing little clothing. One of them screams in celebration after he finds out that the government has fallen. Syria’s prisons have been infamous for their harsh conditions. Torture is systemic, say human rights groups, whistleblowers and former detainees. Secret executions have been reported at more than two dozen facilities run by Syrian intelligence, as well as at other sites. In 2013, a Syrian military defector, known as “Caesar,” smuggled out over 53,000 photographs that human rights groups say showed clear evidence of rampant torture, but also disease and starvation in Syria’s prison facilities. Syria’s feared security apparatus and prisons did not only serve to isolate Assad’s opponents, but also to instill fear among his own people, said Lina Khatib, Associate Fellow in the Middle East and North Africa program at the London think tank Chatham House. “Anxiety about being thrown in one of Assad’s notorious prisons created wide mistrust among Syrians,” Khatib said. “Assad nurtured this culture of fear to maintain control and crush political opposition.” Just north of Damascus, in the Saydnaya military prison known as the “human slaughterhouse,” female detainees, some with their children, screamed as men broke the locks off their cell doors in the early hours Sunday as insurgents entered the city. Amnesty International and other groups say that dozens of people were secretly executed every week in Saydnaya, estimating that up to 13,000 Syrians were killed between 2011 and 2016. “Don’t be afraid ... Bashar Assad has fallen! Why are you afraid?” said one of the rebels as he tried to rush streams of women out of their jam-packed tiny cells. Tens of thousands of detainees have so far been freed, said Rami Abdurrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based pro-opposition war monitor. Over the course of 10 days, insurgents freed prisoners in cities including Aleppo, Homs, Hama and Damascus. Omar Alshogre, who was detained for three years and survived relentless torture, watched in awe from his home far from Syria as videos showed dozens of detainees fleeing. “A hundred democracies in the world had done nothing to help them, and now a few military groups came down and broke open prison after prison,” Alshogre, a human rights advocate who now resides in Sweden and the U.S., told The Associated Press. Meanwhile, families of detainees and the disappeared skipped celebrations of the downfall of the Assad dynasty. Instead, they waited outside prisons and security branch centers, hoping their loved ones would be there. They had high expectations for the newcomers who will now run the battered country. “This happiness will not be completed until I can see my son out of prison and know where he is,” said Bassam Masri. “I have been searching for him for two hours. He has been detained for 13 years,” since the start of the Syrian uprising in 2011. Rebels struggled to control the chaos as crowds gathered by the Court of Justice in Damascus. Heba, who gave only her first name while speaking to the AP, said she was looking for her brother and brother-in-law who were detained while reporting a stolen car in 2011 and hadn’t been seen since. “They took away so many of us,” said Heba, whose mother’s cousin also disappeared. “We know nothing about them ... They (the Assad government) burned our hearts.” Get local news delivered to your inbox!With his stellar America's Cup career behind him, Jimmy Spithill has introduced his new Italy SailGP Team in Dubai just ahead of the opening regatta of the global league's fifth season. And Spithill, the team's CEO and founder, has pulled a major coup by hiring his old America's Cup crewmate and fellow Australian, wing trimmer Kyle Langford, from the Australian team that dominated SailGP for the first three seasons. Italy, SailGP's 12th team, sailed its foiling 50-foot catamaran for the first time on Thursday. After practice racing on Friday, the opening regatta will be on Saturday and Sunday. "It's been definitely a big push," Spithill said in a video interview with The Associated Press. "It's all come up really quick. We're almost there." Spithill left the US SailGP team in November after two and a half seasons to focus on starting the Italian team and on sailing in this year's America's Cup. He was co-helmsman of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team, who were eliminated by INEOS Britannia in the challenger finals. Double Olympic gold medallist Ruggero Tita will helm the Italian team, while two-time bronze medallist and recent Women's America's Cup winner Giulia Fava will be the strategist. Italian national champion Andrea Tesei will assume the flight controller role. Alex Sinclair also followed Spithill, joining grinders Matteo Celon and Enrico Voltolini, who have extensive high-performance and America's Cup experience. Spithill said his crew has "some absolute next-generation stars, from different backgrounds, Olympics, America's Cup, and it's just awesome having Kyle come in." Spithill, 45, said he'll be on the boat only if someone gets hurt or sick. "These young guys are too good at it," he said. "The talent that's coming through in Italy, I mean, the results do the talking." More stars having been switching teams in SailGP, which was co-founded by tech billionaire Larry Ellison. Signing Langford is a big deal for the new team. Shortly before the 2013 America's Cup on San Francisco Bay, Langford was promoted to Oracle's race crew after wing trimmer Dirk de Ridder was suspended by an international jury. With Emirates Team New Zealand at match point at 8-1, Spithill skippered Oracle to eight straight wins in one of the greatest comebacks in sports to retain the Cup. "One thing that really attracted him was a chance to start out and really play a major role with the new team and especially the emerging talent," Spithill said. "It would have been really easy for him to say, 'You know what? I'm comfortable with the Aussies.' But the fact that he's stepped out of his comfort zone and he's challenging himself as an athlete in this stage of his career is just massive." While talented, the Italian crew will have the least experience together in the high-performance F50 catamaran. Spithill said Langford "is going to play a huge role in getting this team up to speed. I mean, the F50 is, without a doubt, probably the hardest boat to sail out there." He said immediately after Luna Rossa's loss in early October it was time to step away from the America's Cup. "The point is, we didn't get the job done so I hold myself accountable for that. And I also am seeing firsthand that this next generation of talent coming through and I believe they deserve a shot, you know?" Dubai is the first of 14 regattas. At season's end, the top three crews will race in the $2 million, winner-take-all Grand Final.
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Donald Trump’s social media company is considering developing a cryptocurrency payment service, according to a trademark application filed this week, the latest sign of the president-elect’s embrace of the crypto industry. Trump Media & Technology Group filed an application Monday for a service called TruthFi, which it described as a platform for crypto payments, financial custody services and trading in digital assets.
The five-part series will debut globally on December 10, following elite global players on and off the field as they compete in the US Open Polo Championship in Wellington, Florida. A trailer for the series titled Polo, executive produced by Harry and Meghan, was released on Thursday, giving a behind-the-scenes look at the “fast-paced and glamorous world of polo”. In a statement, Harry said: “This series offers audiences an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look into the passion and determination driving some of the world’s elite polo players, revealing the grit behind the glamour. “We’re proud to showcase the true depth and spirit of the sport — and the intensity of its high-stakes moments.” It has been produced by the Sussexes’ Archewell Productions, having previously released three documentaries with Netflix as part of a multimillion-pound deal with the streaming giant. Heart Of Invictus, which aired last August, followed a group of service members on their road to the Invictus Games, the Paralympic-style sporting competition set up by Harry in 2014 for injured and sick military personnel and veterans. Netflix also released the documentary series Live To Lead and the controversial six-part Harry & Meghan documentary in December 2022. Harry and Meghan moved to the US in 2020 after stepping down from royal duties.
Elliott Rusanow Sells 100,000 Shares of Scentre Group (ASX:SCG) StockThe warmth of homemade soup can be comforting during the winter months and made even tastier when paired with crusty bread. They can be packed with almost any vegetable you’ve got in the fridge for an immune system-boosting pick-me-up throughout the colder months. James Martin has shared a plethora of soup recipes throughout his career, including this roasted tomato one . The recipe notes said: “Everyone loves a bowl of homemade tomato soup. This gorgeous recipe is served with confit tomatoes and herb oil, making it that little bit more special. Perfect cold weather comfort food!” It serves four people but soup freezes incredibly well so can always be made and frozen for later in the year. Ingredients: One shallot, peeled and diced 500g ripe tomatoes, halved Four garlic cloves, peeled One red chilli, sliced 50ml olive oil Salt and pepper 500ml vegetable stock 50ml double cream 400g cherry tomatoes, halved 100ml olive oil A few sprigs of thyme A few sprigs of rosemary One large bunch of basil 150ml vegetable oil Drizzle of cream, optional Method: Start by preheating the oven to 200C and then place the shallots, tomatoes, garlic and chilli onto a baking tray. Drizzle them with the olive oil and roast for one hour. Once roasted, tip into a blender, and add the stock and cream before blitzing into a smooth soup. Pop the mixture into a pan and warm through on the hob. Meanwhile, roast the cherry tomatoes in the oil and thyme for 30 minutes. To make the herb oil, dip the basil into boiling water for five seconds before placing it immediately into iced water. Squeeze it out and place it into a food processor, blitzing it with the oil for five minutes and popping it straight through a fine sieve. To serve, spoon the soup into bowls, top with oil, a little drizzle of cream and sprinkle over croutons and confit tomatoes.Share Tweet Share Share Email What if you could secure a life-changing return by investing early in a cryptocurrency with tremendous growth potential? Cryptocurrencies have sparked countless success stories, and every once in a while, a project comes along that reshapes the narrative entirely. Today, we’re exploring three intriguing developments in the crypto world: the surging momentum of Near Protocol, the steady advancements of Polkadot, and the presale of Qubetics ($TICS), a project gaining attention as one of the best cryptos for massive return potential. This article will delve into the latest Qubetics, Near Protocol, and Polkadot updates. 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For investors seeking an opportunity that combines vision, community, and profit, Qubetics is setting the stage. With its presale offering unparalleled growth prospects, now is the moment to act. Don’t wait too long—opportunities like this don’t stay on the table forever. For More Information: Qubetics: https://qubetics.com Telegram: https://t.me/qubetics Twitter: https://x.com/qubetics Related Items: Blockchain , Qubetic Share Tweet Share Share Email Recommended for you 6 Best New Meme Coins to Buy Now for Explosive Gains – Don’t Miss These Moonshots! 4 Top Picks for the Best Altcoins to Join for 2025 (Expert Insights) Hilbert Group Integrates Liberty AI to Redefine Digital Asset Management Comments