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Le Messurier joins after more than 16 years as director at Odey Wealth Management, initially at the Channel Islands arm, before becoming director at the UK and Channel Islands divisions in 2015. At Odey Wealth, he was initially responsible for construction and monitoring of a plethora of risk-rates model portfolios, before becoming the firm's risk officer in 2016.  Former Odey Wealth investment director resurfaces at Waverton The director left Odey Wealth in April 2024, following the announcement last October that Odey Wealth was set to wind down amid allegations of sexual miscondu...

online gaming sector topped the apex goods and services tax (GST) intelligence and investigation agency’s evasion list with detection to the tune of about Rs 1.10 lakh crore, involving show cause notices to 34 taxpayers, action against 118 domestic entities and 658 offshore entities. In its annual report released Saturday, the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) identified online gaming as one of the challenging sectors with offshore entities based in tax havens. “Bringing the gaming entities under tax net continues to be an uphill task,” the report said. Use of the dark web and virtual private networks (VPNs) based platforms for such have been cited as key challenges.

Long Island, New York, September 7, 2024 — Tórónet, a leader in blockchain innovation, opens up its governance token with an early access community sale. This marks a significant milestone in Tórónet’s ongoing mission to create a more inclusive and community-driven blockchain ecosystem. With only 100,000 tokens available, this early access period offers an exclusive opportunity for users to secure their ToroG tokens before the token’s public exchange listing.

Amazon is challenging the structure of the National Labor Relations Board in a lawsuit that also accuses the agency of improperly influencing the outcome of a union election at a company warehouse more than two years ago

Another offshore wind project in New Jersey is encountering turbulence

AP Dhillon's house on Victoria Island in Canada's Vancouver, leading the singer to assure fans that he is safe. This incident occurred soon after Dhillon released a music video featuring actor Salman Khan. Rohit Godara, a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, has claimed responsibility for the shooting, accompanied by death threats to the singer. «I'm safe, My people are safe. Thank you to everyone who reached out to me. Your support means everything,» AP Dhillon stated on Instagram. The shooting incident involved two locations in Canada — Victoria Island and Woodbridge, Toronto, according to an unverified post purportedly made by Rohit Godara. He claimed he targeted Dhillon's house due to the singer’s collaboration with Salman Khan in a music video.

SUMMER ISLAND, Mich.—Steve Libert steered his finicky pontoon boat and aging crew of scuba divers to a spot offshore this uninhabited island in northern Lake Michigan, lined up with a dead cedar tree and dropped anchor. Eight feet beneath the clear, green water sat the skeletal wreck of the first full-size European ship to sail—and sink—in the Upper Great Lakes, in 1679: French explorer Robert La Salle’s Le Griffon. Or maybe not.

Centre has directed states to focus towards creating quality jobs while ensuring creation of employment data, integration of unorganised sector worker data with e-Shram portal, timely and regular submission of employment returns and job fair details and undertaking a consultative approach to framing rules across four Labour Codes. The directive was issued by Shobha Karandlaje, minister of state for labour and employment during her regional meeting with top government officials of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala, Puducherry, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands in Bengaluru on Friday. The ministry of labour and employment plans to hold five more such regional meetings with states over the next month, aimed at greater participation of states in boosting employment generation under the three employment-linked incentive schemes and to fast-track labour reforms.

Spain’s leader has met with the regional president of the Canary Islands to discuss irregular migration as the archipelago struggles to care for thousands of unaccompanied minors who made it there

A one-time congressional candidate and romantic partner of a convicted FTX executive has been arrested on campaign finance charges

grizzly bears on Vancouver Island for the first time.Catherine Babault, who owns Catherine Babault Photography, said she first spotted a sow and two cubs in July.“This is a very rare sighting,” she said. “I am a professional wildlife photographer from Vancouver Island. I give photo tours and workshops all year round.

Katy Perry pretends in her new music video to be one of the thousands of tourists having the time of their lives on on Spain’s Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean

Katy Perry has found himself in the midst of a brewing controversy after Spanish government authorities launched an inquest into the allegedly unauthorised Ibiza shoot. The regional government is investigating the video for her latest song, 'Lifetimes', for the clips in which the 39-year-old American singer and songwriter appears jumping and running across dunes of the Ses Salines Natural Park, a protected area on the islands of Ibiza and Formentera, apparently without permission. In her new music video, Katy Perry pretends to be one of the thousands of tourists having the time of their lives on Spain's Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean. But some parts, filmed in a protected natural enclave, could get her into trouble.

Sheikh Hasina has alleged that the USA aimed to oust her from power due to her refusal to cede control of Saint Martin Island, which would have allowed the USA to exert influence over the Bay of Bengal. Hasina, in a message conveyed through her close associates and made available to ET, claimed that by surrendering the sovereignty of Saint Martin Island, she could have stayed in power. However, she chose not to compromise on the island's sovereignty, highlighting the island's strategic importance and the potential geopolitical influence it represents in the region.

Day passes to resorts and hotels really took off during the pandemic and have remained popular

transhipment port project at Great Nicobar Island in the Bay of Bengal is being finalised by the government, and it will go ahead with the implementation of the project in the next few months, a senior official said on Sunday. Great Nicobar Transhipment port project has been under scrutiny over environmental concerns. «The project has received the environmental clearances and nod from National Green Tribunal (NGT) and now there is no hurdle in its implementation. »The DPR of the project is also finalised and we are going ahead for its further implementation in the next few months," Ports, Shipping and Waterways secretary T K Ramachandran told PTI in an interview.

Renée Ballard, has just received a significant update. According to Variety, John Carroll Lynch has been cast as a series regular in the show. Lynch will play the role of Thomas Laffont, a retired police partner who returns to assist Ballard in managing the newly established Cold Case Department.

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Scientists are examining if a 5-meter (16-foot) whale corpse found on New Zealand's South Island is the remains of the elusive spade-toothed whale. Only six specimens of this species have been documented since the 1800s, and no live sightings have ever been reported. Scientists have an unparalleled opportunity to investigate this enigmatic creature due to the carcass, as per the reports of MSN. The Department of Conservation (DOC) of New Zealand's Hannah Hendriks, a technical advisor, emphasized the significance of this discovery. Studying the whale's food, environment, and any dangers to its existence may be gained through research. The spade-toothed whale is particularly rare. As per the reports of MSN, Gabe Davies, DOC Coastal Otago Operations Manager, described it as «the most poorly known large mammalian species of modern times.»