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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
I didn't recognise my wife of 15 years because of this little-known brain condition. It affects millions of people and this is the devastating impact it has on our relationships
Unloading a supermarket shop from the boot of his car outside his house a few months ago, Zeke Iddon panicked as a stranger approached, seemingly out of nowhere, and grabbed one of his bags of food. 'For a second I thought someone was trying to steal my groceries,' says Zeke.
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Daily Mail
Read the panic-stricken texts from inside Northland Shopping Centre when all hell broke loose in machete gang brawl
Panicked messages have emerged from terrified customers inside a busy shopping centre moments after it was plunged into lockdown. Police swarmed Northland Shopping Centre in Melbourne 's north on Sunday afternoon after a brawl in an outdoor food court broke out between two rival groups of up to 10 males, some allegedly armed with machetes. Terrified shoppers were forced to run for their lives from the centre as others sought refuge in shuttered stores, including Kmart, Myer and Smiggle. 3AW journalist Jacqueline Felgate shared a series of frantic messages received from those inside locked inside stores. 'A gang of people with machetes at Northland! We are locked in the back of a store,' one wrote. 'No update from centre management if they are still here or not. Unsure if anyone is hurt. 'We are safe where we are. Currently in a locked store room with four other people. 'Unsure about anyone else in the centre at this point.' Messages from those inside the shopping centre showed customers were frightened and confused Another wrote: 'There are people running around Northland with knives. All stores' shutters are down, my mum is in Best and Less. Scary! 'Not sure of what's happening but hope it's not another Bondi situation.' Another shopper described scenes of 'lots of commotion and panic and people running'. 'Police have arrived and are telling everyone to stay inside,' they told Felgate. 'There are mentions of someone with a knife. 'We were at the hairdresser and just sat down to give my one-year-old a haircut, it is terrifying.' Others commended the swift response from retail staff to keep shoppers safe amid the terrifying chaos. 'There was confusion and little communication from centre management at the time of the initial incident however a huge shout out to the retailers for ensuring all customers were ushered safely into their stores, out of harms way,' they wrote. 'This was done with little panic and very orderly. 'Despite this experience being quite surreal and eerie I must commend the young retail staff for stepping up.' Footage has also emerged of locked down shoppers, including young families fleeing the shopping centre in droves after they were given the all clear to leave. Two males, including a 15-year-old boy, have since been arrested while a man aged in his 20s suffering upper body injuries was rushed to Royal Melbourne Hospital in a serious but stable condition. Victoria Police Superintendent Kelly Lawson said the incident is believed to be 'retaliation' between 'two rival gangs'. 'I want to … reassure the community that this was not just some random thing that happened; it was a pre-organised gang meet-up where that affray has taken place,' she said. 'It would have been absolutely frightening to witness what [the public] saw today, on a Sunday afternoon. 'Parents, with their children … absolutely frightening.' Investigators believed an incident on Saturday triggered the shopping centre 'meet-up' between the two gangs, who were already on the 'radar' of police. One customer Jason, told Daily Mail Australia he had been shopping when 'people started running and all the shops locked their doors'. 'We stayed inside Kmart for about an hour before they finally let everyone leave.' Other frightened shoppers took to social media to recount their experience. 'The world is mad. Just got home from Northland! Was locked in a store room in Myer, staff were fantastic. Still shaken. Hope injured will be okay,' one wrote. Another added: 'Some guys with machetes apparently. We just arrived and everyone was running out telling us to run,' one said. A third reported: 'My daughter is currently locked in Smiggle and called me saying someone running around with knives. A fourth added: 'My friends are in a shop calming the staff down. They heard all the shouting and went into the nearest shop and got the staff to lock the doors.' Shoppers in locked stores recalled seeing 'traumatising' scenes when they were finally able to leave the centre. 'By the time we got out it was all police taped, there was paper towel covered in blood all over the floor, there were (paramedics), helicopters and about 70 police officers,' one woman wrote. 'As we were walking out there was a young guy in handcuffs. Fair to say my kids are a little traumatised!' Anyone who witnessed the incident, has CCTV, dashcam footage or any other information that could assist police is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
Washington Post
7 days ago
- Climate
- Washington Post
In Netflix's 'The Eternaut,' an Argentine comic goes global as dystopia hits home
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A group of friends gather to play cards in their host's cozy home when the power cuts. Cellphones die. An eerie snow falls all over the city, killing everyone it touches. The friends struggle to survive, their panic replaced by a growing awareness that humanity itself is at stake.
Forbes
22-05-2025
- Business
- Forbes
The 4-Point Plan To Prepare For The Worst
Illustration of the crisis concept with a businessman in panic The old joke goes: if you aren't panicking, you just don't understand the situation. We can all relate to that – now more than ever. The cat is very much amongst the pigeons, and chaos is certainly abroad. It might never happen, but most of us know that doing nothing is as poor a response as planning to flee. We're likely already in the best place to be if the worst comes to the worst, but for many, that doesn't stop them gnawing on a bone of worry. So, is there a master plan that can offer comfort in the face of unpredictable times – one that won't disrupt lifestyles while retaining the upside of business as usual? But first, let's consider a couple of sobering examples that crystalize why we might be concerned about the future. History provides some good examples. The first is an image from Wikipedia: a 1-yen gold coin: A 1-yen gold coin Yes, the 1-yen coin used to be gold – not aluminium. There used to be 100 sens to a yen, too. So, as you can see, given enough time, pretty much anything can happen economically – and usually, it's the erosion of value set off by politics. We know this, which is why we're all lured into reading the news. Bad things do happen. Take, for example, the history of the French 5 Franc: A short history of inflation using French coins You can see the tempo of dramatic change can be quite fast, even in a highly developed country like France. Even the U.S. one-cent coin has gone from a big, thick copper piece in the early 1800s to a tiny copper-clad version, with rumors today of its discontinuation. The $1 coin was once gold as well. While these examples are monetary,they underscore that preparing for an uncertain future is grounded in the historical reality of never-ending, painful disruption –not merely a pathology brought on by too much media consumption. So, is there a way to 'copper-bottom' your life and finances against bad times and emergencies – without going off-grid, learning how to build log cabins in remote locations with your bare hands? Happily, there is. You can cover your rear while behaving as if nothing could possibly go wrong. It's all about how you configure your assets, because in the end, financial flexibility is what protects. The configuration is this: You can see the principle. That might mean 25% of your wealth as cash in the bank, 25% in stocks, 25% in a bank somewhere far away but convenient, and 25% in rental property. You're free to play with the idea. Cash can mean pure cash, but it can also include assets you can liquidate in a trice, like stocks. Anything that can be cashed in a few days without a 'haircut' is as good as cash – because nothing will happen so fast that you won't have time to adjust your liquidity profile. If you're comfortable with near-cash as cash, you could have 50% in stocks, knowing you'd liquidate chunks if the going got bumpy. Likewise, you could have an offshore broker – if you are lucky enough to find one willing to take on U.S. citizens (if that's what you are) – and hold 25% of your offshore capital in stocks too. That would mean a significant exposure to equities while retaining the 'get out of jail' card you may feel you need if the wrong folks win the ballot. You might also find an offshore provider happy to vault 25% of your wealth in precious metals, or you might own a rental property abroad and mix and match the offshore segment with your productive asset allocation. The whole system is designed to protect you from inflation and help you retain flexibility in worst-case outcomes. With this structure in mind – even if you don't follow it exactly – you can put the pieces in place so that if you suddenly get skittish, you're prepared. You will be able to adjust your comfort levels to suit the circumstances because the infrastructure will already be there. Of course, without this structure, you'll probably be just fine. But since so many people stress over the future, it's reassuring to know that you can arrange your affairs in such a way that you can cover the downside – without going to extreme lengths. Cartoon: Not sure, how long we can pretend nothing is happening
Irish Times
14-05-2025
- Irish Times
The Path
She was off the path. She knew almost immediately, even in the dying light of the evening, with the last rays of the sun's light barely penetrating the thick foliage above her head, it was obvious. She knew these woods like the back of her hand, had grown up here, had walked this path almost every day this summer. That was why she was so puzzled when she saw that thing. She wasn't worried, not at first anyway. It looked like a big dog curled up in the middle of the path, at least until it turned its head. Its eyes, those were what really gave it away; they were red, not blood red or even like hot coals – they were suns, so hot and piercing that it was a surprise they could be contained. They were malignant and filled with what could only be described as a human level of intelligence. That was when the worry set in. She panicked and she ran and she had been running ever since. She could feel it behind her, chasing her through unfamiliar trees in fading light. She could hear it too. It was crashing through the underbrush faster than she could hope to stay ahead of, shrieking and howling like an owl or maybe a wolf and panting in time with her own breathing. She thought that maybe if she just kept running it might lose interest and leave her alone. She was sprinting over roots and ferns, rocks and boulders, and that thing that was chasing her was keeping up just fine. She was on the verge of collapse when suddenly the trees gave way. She was running in open space over gravel and loose leaf litter. READ MORE She hit a rock. She tripped. She fell. And she didn't stop falling. * * * The police found the body the next morning, just as the sun began to reach its apex. It was lying face down in a creek at the bottom of a steep-sided gully. It was almost a peaceful scene, small rocks interspersed with bigger boulders, water running over them, babbling all the way down the creek while birds chirped on branches brought low by some long-gone storm, the tranquillity of the scene broken only by the body, broken and battered, and by a set of tracks running back up the face of the cliff. The death was ruled an accident by the coroner, just another stupid kid who wandered off the trail and into the black inkiness of the night, never to be seen again by human eyes.
