Robbery

Four people died in a shootout following the theft of a United Parcel Service Inc truck and an attempted jewelry store robbery in a Miami suburb, the FBI and police said late on Thursday.Police said the two thieves and two by-standers were killed.The incident began with an attempted robbery of a jewelry store in the Miami suburb of Coral Gables, in the city's famed ”Miracle Mile” shopping district about 4:15 p.m.The shop owner confronted the robbers with a gun. At one point, a female employee of the store was slightly wounded by a ricocheted bullet, police said.At least one bullet hit Coral Gables city hall, breaking a window and the building was put on lock-down, police said.After the failed robbery the thieves stole a UPS truck, taking the driver hostage at gunpoint, and led police on a chase which ended in gunfire about 20 miles north of Miami in Miramar, police said.The shootout started after the truck became stuck in traffic on the Interstate 75 highway. The two … [Read more...] about Four people killed in failed robbery shootout in Florida

BHOPAL: A failed robbery in Madhya Pradesh's Shajapur district has become a talking point these days. According to reports, a bunch of local thieves, who had barged into a government bungalow, left a note for its resident saying that he was such a miser that they got nothing from his house. The note left by the thieves, who were utterly disappointed since they had to return empty-handed from the bungalow, read: "Bahut kanjoos hai rey tu, khidki todne ki mehnat bhi nahi mili, raat kharab ho gayi (You are a miser, I did not even get a reward for breaking in through the window, my night turned out to be bad)."  This failed robbery was attempted in the government bungalow of Parvesh Soni, an executive engineer in the RES Department of Madhya Pradesh, located in the Adarsh Nageen Nagar. Soni, who works in the rural engineering department, was not present in his house at the time of the failed robbery. His house is close to that of a judge and a joint collector in Adarsh Nageen Nagar. … [Read more...] about ‘Bahut kanjoos hai re tu’: Disappointed thieves leave note after failed theft bid at government bungalow

New archaeological findings in Northwest China cast fresh light on the cultures that thrived along the Silk Road, Wang Kaihao reports. In popular culture, there is an unusual expression: "nine-story tower haunted by ghosts." And an online novel that spawned a raft of screen thrillers on the theme of this "haunted tower" on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau has grabbed people's imagination in recent years. It is perhaps hard to tell whether it is a spotlight or a gloomy shadow that has been cast over the Reshui graveyard, an archaeological site of around 300 tombs dating back to between the 6th and 8th centuries, in Dulan county, Qinghai province. Having gained fame in recent years, continuous robberies have led to many treasures being taken from the burial site. However, in March, 2018, a nationwide legal-enforcement campaign was set up to combat tomb-raiding and retrieve lost artifacts to put an end to that chaos. To rescue this ransacked site, archaeologists began an excavation of a major … [Read more...] about Towering discoveries

There is no bigger struggle than toiling to get by in life.Yet for many, says Athiyan Athirai, an operose journey in life is no guarantee of climbing the ladder of social upliftment.“Compared to them, the hardships that people like me in the film industry endure is nothing. It is one reason why I do not prefer to talk about how I have struggled for opportunities,” says Athiyan, 36, the director of Pa Ranjith’s second production venture, Irandam Ulaga Porin Kadaisi Gundu, scheduled for release in November.Born in Siruvalayam village, Villupuram district, Athiyan (his last name is his partner’s first name) — a post graduate in Tamil language — followed his dream of making it in Tamil cinema and landed in Chennai nearly 10 years ago.He recollects that he spent five months chasing filmmakers for opportunities. When he did get one, he managed to get himself fired in under 15 hours. Also Read ‘Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu’ movie … [Read more...] about ‘Gundu’ is an experiment: Athiyan Athirai

And last year, she paid herself a whopping £265 ($A466) million slice out of her company’s £525 ($A923) million profit. According to Metro, the billionaire boss of online gambling company Bet365 was earning the equivalent of almost £726,000 ($A1.2 million) per day in 2017. She smashed her own record made the previous year, when she earned £217 ($A381) million. • How photo foiled $176k robbery • Insta post costs woman $175k • Meghan’s $35m ‘worst nightmare’ Recently filed accounts also revealed this year, she’s scored a £220 ($A386) million salary plus an extra £45 ($A79) million in dividend payments, making her the wealthiest British director and one of the highest-paid executives on the planet. The Guardian reports her salary is more than 1300 times higher than the UK prime minister’s. But despite that staggering fortune, Ms Coates is relatively unknown in the UK and around the world. Ms … [Read more...] about Gambling company boss gives herself ‘ridiculous’ $466 million payday