Author: News Desk

Three men have died in a stabbing in east London.  Police were called at about 19:40 GMT on Sunday to reports of a disturbance in Elmstead Road in Seven Kings, Ilford.  Three men in their 20s or 30s were found by emergency services with apparent stab wounds, the Met Police have said. The three men were pronounced dead at the scene. And no arrests have been made yet, the Met added.  Police are in the process of formally identifying the victims and informing the next of kin.  Ch Supt Steve Clayman said: “While inquiries into this tragic incident are at…

BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are: In Bangladesh, a 10-year-old’s communication app is creating a big buzz. Since Saturday 10,500 people have already downloaded the app.  Prince Harry has broken his silence since it was announced him and Meghan are to lose their HRH titles and step down from all royal duties. A trove of documents recently published show how Africa’s richest woman stole her fortune from her country. In China, a mysterious virus has spread beyond the city it was first reported in. Over the weekend 139 new cases were reported. One person…

Brief. BrIEf.Me In today’s briefing update, the Sunday papers focus on the recent royal news – a deal has been reached for Meghan and Harry. They will stop all royal duties and give up their HRH titles.  In our special feature, we take a look at the Harvey Weinstein trial – ‘Bias, big-data and likes’  ……………………………………………………. Freedom at a price “Freedom… at a price” says the Sunday Express as news Prince Harry and Meghan will no longer use their HRH titles and will not receive public funds. They will now be known as Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess…

BRIEF – ME! – ENTERTAINMENT NEWS BRIEFING Entertainment Briefing, Catch up with this week’s top stories from the world of art, music, film and TV. In music, Eminem’s surprise new album has dropped – some fans are outraged at the rapper’s ‘mocking’ of the Manchester bombing. Mac Miller’s final studio album – Circles – has been released, two years after his death. The album is still pushing Hip Hop’s boundaries.   Film and TV, Gwyneth Paltrow has forgotten she was in Spider-Man…Again! The film star explains why she keeps forgetting her MCU roles. And Netflix has released a new docuseries on…

Growth in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to rise to 2.9 per cent in 2020. According to the World Bank on Tuesday in its January 2020 Global Economic Prospect report. The bank cited improved investor confidence in some large economies, easing of energy hurdles, a rise in oil production, which led to a recovery in oil exporters, as indicators. It also mentioned robust growth among agricultural commodity exporters within the region. https://twitter.com/WorldBankAfrica/status/1217861870817808387 This is a weaker forecast than previously expected. And it reflects a softer demand from key trading partners, lower commodity prices and adverse domestic developments in several countries. In…

New York State’s financial regulator has proposed a new plan that would allow licensed virtual currency firms that have already received approval for digital coin listings to introduce new coins without additional permission. The announcement was made earlier this week on Wednesday and The plan would impose certain conditions on New York- licensed virtual currency firms that want to offer new coins without the regulator’s preapproval. New crypto framework The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is asking for the public’s input about the plan, which the regulator said stems from a review of its current virtual currency…

WeWork’s leasing activity plunged 93% in the fourth quarter after a failed IPO attempt. Total space leased dropped to 184,022 square feet from an average of 2.54 million square feet over the previous four quarters. The company signed only four new leases covering 184,022 square feet of space in the last three months of 2019, marking a 93% drop from an average of 2.54 million square feet over the previous four quarters. Newly leased space in the flexible office leasing market plummeted 75% in the fourth quarter to just under 1 million square feet from 3.95 million in the prior…

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said President Donald Trump is a “clown” who only pretends to support the Iranian people, referring to the US President’s comical twitter messages in Farsi, and will “push a poisonous dagger” into their backs, in his Friday sermon. https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1216503368715309057 In his first sermon in eight years the Supreme leader responded to the recent missile attack on U.S. troops in Iraq led to “American humiliation,” and said “They stealthily and cowardly assassinated General Soleimani in a terrorist fashion. This resulted in a disgrace for America.” The Ayatollah was addressing huge crowds that had gathered in…

Wolf Cukier, 17, made quite the impression during the third day of his NASA internship.  The teen was helping out at the space agency in the United States and was checking images from its super-strength satellite when he noticed something strange.  It was a new planet, 1,300 light-years away from Earth, NASA has confirmed. Wolf is now back at high school in New York but took some time to chat to Radio 1 about his discovery.  The teen explained he got the two-month placement with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre last summer. He was given the job of examining…

BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are: The Australian Tourism board has called on the government to lure visitors back after bushfires cost tourism A$1 billion.  In the US, despite repeatedly saying no there was no US causalities during last week’s attack on an Iraq base housing US troops – the US now says 11 troops were hurt.  ‘No Arabs Please’ said a job rejection email at a prestigious architect firm in Germany. A screenshot of the email has gone viral and ignited outrage online.  Christopher Tolkien, the son of “Lord of the Rings “…