Jose Adolfo Macias, alias ‘Fito’, is due to be extradited to the US on drug trafficking and weapons smuggling charges.The fugitive leader of Ecuador’s Los Choneros gang has been recaptured after nearly 18 months on the run, according to President Daniel Noboa. Jose Adolfo Macias, also known as “Fito”, escaped from Guayaquil prison in January 2024, where he was serving a 34-year sentence for drug trafficking and murder. Following his capture, Macias will now be extradited to the US, where he was indicted by a federal court for charges related to drug trafficking and firearms smuggling, Noboa said on the…
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Round 1 of the NBA Draft is in the books. Duke star Cooper Flagg was the obvious No. 1 choice for the Dallas Mavericks, but an intriguing night followed.Here are five takeaways from Wednesday night’s first round.The Jazz didn’t back downAce Bailey held the cards, and the Utah Jazz called his bluff. The Rutgers star refused individual workouts with several teams, including Utah, and made it known he wanted to play for an East Coast team. Some mock drafts had him falling down to the seventh or eighth pick. The Jazz took him at No. 5 anyway and now have…
In order to make things faster and easier for baristas and potentially cheaper for customers, Starbucks is switching to a flat-fee system for syrups.Beginning Tuesday, in stores in the U.S. and Canada, any combination of sauces and syrups will be a flat fee of 80 cents, whether you ask for one pump or four. Adding syrups to already pre-flavored beverages is free, per Bloomberg. Before the new changes, prices varied depending on flavor, number of pumps, and drinks being purchased.Related: Starbucks Is Hiring In-Store Human Workers After Replacing People With Machines — and Finding It Didn’t WorkMatcha powder add-ons will…
An artefact made from a mammoth tusk is the oldest known boomerangTalamo et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 The world’s oldest known boomerang may be 22,000 years older than previously thought, suggesting it was crafted during a period when early humans displayed an increase in artistry. In 1985, archaeologists unearthed a 72-centimetre-long ivory boomerang buried beneath six layers of sediment in Obłazowa cave in Poland. Later sediment sieving revealed a Homo sapiens thumb bone nearby, as well as antler tools, a bone bead and pendants made from fox teeth. In the 1990s, radiocarbon dating suggested the thumb was 31,000…
Chris VallanceSenior Technology ReporterGetty ImagesDemand for so-called “fast tech” – cheap electronic items often quickly binned or abandoned in drawers – is growing, a not-for-profit that works to reduce electronic waste has warned.Material Focus singled out heatwave-fuelled demand for battery powered mini-fans as an example of the problem, suggesting over seven million were purchased last year.Nearly £8m was spent on light-up toilet seats, mini karaoke machines and LED balloons, the group’s calculations also suggested.Overall, consumer spending on fast tech has quadrupled to £11.6bn since 2023, surveys carried out for Material Focus suggested.The boom could be as rapid as the growth…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Sir Keir Starmer will on Thursday launch a new trade strategy focused on boosting UK services exports, while strengthening anti-dumping defences to protect Britain from the fallout from Donald Trump’s global tariff war.Trade minister Douglas Alexander said Starmer would set out a policy based on hard-headed “pragmatic patriotism”, embracing free trade and seeking to build markets across the world, including China and the Gulf.“Our strategic response to this new world can’t be based on nostalgia or post imperial delusion, let alone any…
This article was originally published by The Epoch Times: Trump Says Iran Gave US Notice Before Attacking Base in Qatar The U.S. president says the missile attack caused ‘hardly any damage’ and thanked Iran for providing early notice. President Donald Trump, in a social media post on June 23, indicated Iran gave advanced warning of its missile barrage targeting the U.S. military’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. “Iran has officially responded to our Obliteration of their Nuclear Facilities with a very weak response, which we expected, and have very effectively countered,” Trump said in a post on his Truth…
Billy Idol has revealed why he wasn’t shocked when he found out he had a secret son. A few years ago, the musician discovered that he had fathered a third child.According to the 69-year-old, the discovery didn’t shock him because he had a lot of sex with a lot of people around the time his secret son, Brant, was born.Billy Idol also admitted that many of his colleagues in the rock world have likely fathered children outside of their usual relationships.Article continues below advertisementBilly Idol Explains Why He Wasn’t Shocked About Fathering A Secret SonMEGASpeaking with iNews, Billy Idol opened…
NEW YORK: Young self-declared socialist Zohran Mamdani was on the cusp of a stunning victory on Wednesday (Jun 25) in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary – pummelling his scandal-scarred establishment rival in a race seen as a fight for the future of the Democratic Party. Results were not yet final, but Mamdani – who is just 33 and would become the city’s first Muslim mayor – had such a commanding lead that his biggest rival, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, conceded defeat overnight. Mamdani’s success was seen as a rebuke to Democratic centrists who backed the powerful Cuomo,…
Mexican Finance Ministry says it has not received evidence to support claims against CIBanco, Intercam and Vector banks.The United States has imposed sanctions on three Mexican banks, alleging they had been used to launder money for drug cartels. On Wednesday, the US Department of the Treasury tied the banks – CIBanco, Intercam Banco and Vector Casa de Bolsa – to the cross-border trafficking of the deadly synthetic drug fentanyl. It accused them of playing “a longstanding and vital role in laundering millions of dollars on behalf of Mexico-based cartels and facilitating payments for the procurement of precursor chemicals needed to…