In early 2010, a young Malaysian financier named Jho Low began making some very expensive real estate deals in the United States. First, a shell company connected to Mr. Low, famous back home for partying with the likes of Paris Hilton , purchased a $23.98 million apartment in the Park Laurel condominiums in Manhattan. Three …
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UEFA wants latest possible World Cup final date in Qatar
NYON — UEFA supports playing the 2022 World Cup final on Dec. 23 to help protect international qualifying matches in its own competitions. Earlier yesterday, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke revealed UEFA made the final date proposal which has angered British football officials, who feel it threatens their traditional Christmas holiday program. UEFA confirmed its …
How To Win In A Dogfight: Stories From A Pilot Who Flew F-16s And MiGs
Lt. Col. Fred “Spanky” Clifton is one of the most experienced aggressor pilots ever, having flown the F-15, F-5, F-16 and the notorious MiG-29. He’s been in dogfights with pretty much every fighter out there and is a graduate of the prestigious Fighter Weapons School. Now he’s here to share his expertise with you. How …
Why Are The Feds Obsessed With Seizing These People’s Old Trucks?
Jennifer Brinkley had a typical summer morning planned on July 15: get up, get dressed, and take her son to tennis practice. That changed when six body armor-clad Department of Homeland Security agents and local police officers showed up at her North Carolina home and blocked her driveway. They were there because of an arbitrary …
West Point’s Kelsey Minato is a ruthless scoring machine who treats every game as though she’s going into battle
Men and women dressed in camouflage dot the stands inside Christl Arena, the cavernous gym at West Point, as Kelsey Minato, a pitiless scoring machine for Army, turns in time to intercept a pass beneath her basket against first-place American. She takes a quick look at her troops in transition, and then advances the ball, …
Man Utd, Chelsea and Real Madrid eye Juventus star Paul Pogba
Each day we’ll bring you the very latest tabloid rumors as the biggest clubs around look to splash the cash to bolster their rosters. True or not, they’re always entertaining…Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has warned Raheem Sterling’s advisors: Don’t get greedy with your wage demands.Manchester United are close to agreeing a new deal with goalkeeper …
Stream of Foreign Wealth Flows to Elite New York Real Estate
On the 74th floor of the Time Warner Center, Condominium 74B was purchased in 2010 for $15.65 million by a secretive entity called 25CC ST74B L.L.C. It traces to the family of Vitaly Malkin , a former Russian senator and banker who was barred from entering Canada because of suspected connections to organized crime. Last …
South Africa’s depth issues prove a stumbling block in World Cup bid
Going into the ICC World Cup, the perceived wisdom was that only three sides had a realistic chance of winning the tournament: Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. And while co-hosts Australia and New Zealand’s performances thus far have only served to underline their credentials, South Africa have left a lot to be desired in …
Ex-Battlefield, Payday dev David Goldfarb announces new RPG project
Former Battlefield developer and current Eurogamer columnist David Goldfarb has announced plans for a new, untitled role-playing game. Goldfarb is working on the game as creative chief of new Stockholm-based indie team The Outsiders, and is aiming for a release, at least initially, on PC. Fellow ex-DICE employee Ben Cousins has also joined the project …
World Cup: ‘Short and Sweet’ Eden Park in Focus for Australia-New Zealand Clash
Kiwis lead 4-3 in head-to-heads in World Cups. © Getty Images Seductive for batsmen, challenging for bowlers and frustrating for captains, Auckland’s Eden Park takes centre-stage on Saturday with the ground’s peculiar dimensions proving the major talking point for New Zealand and Australia. (Complete World Cup 2015 coverage | Schedule | Points table | History | Stats) With the boundary at just 55 metres …