By Harry Scherzer, CEO, FutureForex Today, we live in a world of instant gratification. Everything, from entertainment to shopping, is available on-demand and nearly instantaneously. International money transfers are, however, one exception. Despite massive technological advances in the past few decades, they can still take days or even weeks to complete through traditional banks. Certainly, things have improved from even a few years ago. However, the fact that these delays still exist demonstrates that the sector isn’t anywhere near the end of its long evolutionary journey. As long as there are delays, customer frustrations, and cost uncertainty, there will always…
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Here are key details football fans should know ahead of the 2024/2025 UEFA Champions League draws scheduled to take place soon.As club football officially kicked off on Wednesday, Augusr 14, 2024, with the UEFA Super Cup fixture, Atalanta vs Real Madrid, other top competitions have also officially received kick off dates as well.Arguably the biggest European club football, the UEFA Champions League returns soon for its 2024/2025 season and fans are eager to know what to expect. Here are key details about the upcoming Champions League draw for its 2024/2025 edition.When is the Champions League draw?The group stage draw for…
Rich Hill will be back for a fourth tour of duty in the state of Massachusetts.Rob Bradford of WEEI reported Thursday that the veteran left-hander is close to formalizing a deal with the Boston Red Sox. It will be a minor league contract for Hill, who reportedly impressed the Red Sox with a workout last week.The 44-year-old Hill was the oldest active player in Major League Baseball last season and is several years older than the oldest player currently on an MLB roster (41-year-old Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros). After Hill took the first several months of the 2024…
During the past week, Ukraine has launched an offensive in Kursk in the most significant cross-border attack since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. The Kursk region, located in western Russia and bordering Ukraine, has a population of about 1.2 million. Ukraine’s incursion, which began on August 6, took the Kremlin by surprise. Moscow has struggled to push back against the assault for over a week and announcing emergency measures including the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of civilians. Both Kyiv and Moscow have now acknowledged the operation into the Russian border regions, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
“Friends” actor Matthew Perry was experiencing an out-of-control ketamine addiction, injecting the drug six to eight times a day before his accidental overdose death, prosecutors say. Five people have been charged in connection to Perry’s death, including the actor’s personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, and one of those accused of providing the drug, Dr. Salvador Plasencia. In court documents filed Thursday, federal prosecutors accuse Plasencia of telling a patient that Perry was “too far gone and spiraling in his addiction” the week before he died but that the doctor still offered to sell him ketamine through Iwamasa anyway. Perry had been undergoing ketamine…
By Caribbean News Global LONDON, England – A historic breakthrough in defence trade between the UK, US, and Australia was announced Thursday, following landmark export control changes to benefit the AUKUS partners. “The milestone will enable all three nations to work more closely together to develop next-generation technologies, compete with adversaries and support interoperability in the Indo-Pacific. It is estimated the reforms – which will lift certain export controls and restrictions on technology sharing – will cover up to £500 million of UK defence exports each year, and billions of dollars of trade across all three nations, helping boost UK…
Collaboration with government, civil society and NGOs undertaken in-country to kickstart youth-based projects that will help young people’s futures Johannesburg: Leadership, Effectiveness, Accountability, and Professionalism (LEAP) Africa, a leading non-profit organization committed to leadership development and youth empowerment in Africa announced at a recent stakeholder and press conference in Johannesburg on 7 August the launch of its Youth Day of Service (YDOS) initiative. YDOS is a youth-led social impact campaign that empowers young Africans to drive tangible progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By providing resources, skills, and a platform for their voices, YDOS equips young people to become…
New updates on the stabbing of Lamine Yamal’s father have surfaced on social media following the confirmation of the incident. The father of 17-year-old soccer star Lamine Yamal, Mounir Nasraoui, was reportedly stabbed in a parking lot near Barcelona, according to several Spanish media outlets. He was transported to Trias i Pujol University Hospital with multiple injuries.According to CBS Sports, Nasraoui’s condition is said to be serious but stable. Local residents mentioned that Nasraoui was approached by some individuals while walking his dog before the attack, according to La Vanguardia. Both the Spanish news agency EFE and La Vanguardia reported…
When the New York Jets decided to go for broke and bring in Aaron Rodgers before the 2023 season, they weren’t just looking for a quarterback who could potentially get them to the Super Bowl. They were looking for stability at the position, something the franchise has notoriously been missing seemingly forever.The Jets were also looking for a strong leader. Regardless of his oddities, eccentricities or whatever you want to call them, Rodgers knows a thing or two about leading a football team. Of course, it’s difficult to be a leader when you are stuck on the sideline — which…
It was an abrupt departure for one of the Ivy League’s most embattled leaders: On Wednesday evening, Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik announced she would resign, effective immediately. The news was greeted with relief — and healthy dose of wariness — among student protesters, who believe Shafik’s brief tenure at the New York-based university will be defined by her harsh crackdown on anti-war demonstrations. The departure prompted an array of emotions for 22-year-old Maryam Alwan. Among them, feeling “personally vindicated”. Alwan had been among the students leading the protests last spring, as Israel’s war in Gaza caused the Palestinian…