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The high street giant denied its Sparks Pay credit account resembled a buy-now-pay-later scheme because it is regulated by the City watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority - unlike similar products provided by other firms such as Klarna. 

ions Elon Musk asked a US judge Thursday to suspend Twitter's lawsuit over their troubled takeover negotiations after the embattled social media company balked at the Tesla's chief's demand to freeze the l

The prevailing sentiment was that the market crash was a good thing. "I'm glad the bubble has burst, I'm glad we're in a bear market," said Colin Brady, a former Pixar animator, whose AMGI Studios is behind an NFT collection called My Pet Hooligan. I spoke to Brady as he demoed The Rabbit Hole, a My Pet Hooligan PC and console game the team is developing. "There's so much deadwood on the tree, we need a giant wind to blow 95% of it away." 

There was a time when Manchester United thought they had Haaland signed and sealed. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer told staff at United that he thought a deal was in the bag after flying to Austria in December 2019 to speak to Haaland, his former Molde striker who was then at Red Bull Salzburg.

This year's convention, the fourth ever, took place from June 21 to 23, amid the biggest crypto market crash in years. Ether, which sustains the NFT industry, is down 67% since the new year dawned. It's a crucial time for the burgeoning industry, and not just because of crypto's collapse. We're in the gestation period of NFTs evolving from blockchain oddities to real-life entertainment brands. Events like NFT.NYC give "Web3" teams a chance to prove that NFT culture can produce more than scams and that legitimate companies creating real products can be built in this space. 

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"The court has given a strong signal to the international community that evictions and human rights abuses against indigenous peoples should be tolerated if they are done in the name of protecting nature," Longo said.

Rights groups and the Maasai community say the villages are outside the park's boundaries, and that villagers were the victims of a violent police crackdown aimed at forcing them off their traditional lands to make way for trophy hunting by tourists and conservation.

The land disputes between the Maasai villagers and the national park management emerged in 2012 but later in 2017 the government ordered the residents to leave and security forces later evicted them by force.

ation. Musk's request comes two days after he revived his takeover plan. The unpredictable billionaire's July withdrawal from the $44-billion transaction prompted Twitter to sue Musk over breach of contract in a Delaw

Solskjaer brought in Sir Alex Ferguson to wow Bellingham when the young Birmingham midfielder and his parents visited Carrington in March 2020, but it made no difference. Bellingham moved to Dortmund as well, and is more likely to join Liverpool than United next summer.

The Bored and Dangerous book will first be released in NFT format, but the plan is for it to eventually be available in hardback at Barnes and Noble and Amazon. Regardless of whether it ends up getting any mainstream traction, it's an early example of an NFT collection creating a tangible product.

DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 30 (Reuters) - A regional court on Friday dismissed a case brought by a group of Maasai villagers claiming the Tanzanian government used violence to evict them from their ancestral lands in the north of the country.

Last May, someone bought a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT, and the copyright that comes with it, for $1,000. They gave the simian a backstory to match his concierge vest and chauffeur hat. They named him Jenkins and made him the Yacht Club's valet, a trustworthy soul other Bored Apes tell their secrets to. 

The government said four Maasai villages are located within the boundaries of the Serengeti National Park, which was originally demarcated under British military rule for gaming but redrawn for conservation by subsequent administrations.

The big bear  As I was riding down the Marriott Times Square escalator on NFT.NYC's last day, Pkv poker there was a guy holding a massive clipboard with a tally on it. As people strode past, he'd ask if they thought ether would tumble below $800. Most people bet ether was going down. The crypto crash is unlikely to reverse anytime soon, and most at NFT.NYC knew it. 

Over the next few years, there will be several high-profile media releases born out of the blockchain. A fantasy-themed NFT collection called Forgotten Runes Wizard Cult is using some of its profits to finance an eight-episode anime series written by the creator of John Wick. Reese Witherspoon's production house has plans to make a TV show and movie for World of Women, an NFT collection focusing on female empowerment.