Assault at 35,000 feet: The disturbing rise of sexual misconduct in the skies

Evidence suggests reports of misconduct in the skies are increasing (Picture: Getty Images)

The lights had barely dimmed after meal service on a 14-hour flight from Santiago to Paris, when a piercing scream shattered the plane cabin’s silence.

A young woman in the row beside me suddenly leapt from her seat, visibly shaken, before rushing towards the galley. Moments later, cabin crew began…

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‘Having my baby with me in rehab kept me sober’

To some, having children in residental rehab may appear controversial, but those familiar with the concept say the benefits are clear (Picture: Getty Images/Image Source)

In a large house in Scotland, children, their parents and household staff take part in sports days, talent contests and trips to the beach.

Eight-year-old Rosie*, who lived there for seven months, says that one of her…

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‘It would have cost £25,000 to see my court transcript’: The hidden cost of VAWG

Many survivors of abuse experience lingering financial and professional ramifications – and the impact of this on the larger economy is often overlooked (Picture: Getty Images)

‘I used to be a happy-go-lucky person – really positive and just got my teeth stuck into life,’ 33-year-old Flora* tells Metro.

Then, in 2017, she was raped in her sleep**.**

‘My love for life completely flipped after…

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Echoes in Minor Keys: Arab Pavilions at the 61st Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale returns for its 61st edition under the title In Minor Keys, a curatorial framework conceived by Koyo Kouoh. Opening to the public from 9 May to 22 November 2026, with previews held in the preceding days, the…

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Fake health videos are offering deadly advice for clicks – have you fallen for them?

The advice may seem helpful, but it’s been given by fake AI ‘experts’ and could harm vulnerable people (Picture: Getty)

Inserting garlic rectally can boost your immune system. Tomatoes will thin the blood as effectively as prescribed heart medication. Skin cream made from yams outperforms HRT for menopause symptoms…

These are just some examples of the rogue health advice currently circulating…

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Milan Design Week 2026: Design as Experience

Milan Design Week 2026 unfolded from 21 to 26 April, once again transforming the city into a dispersed landscape of design encounters. Anchored by the Salone del Mobile.Milano at Fiera Milano Rho, the week extended far beyond its central fairgrounds…

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Why are we more upset by this picture than a young girl being trolled, ‘stalked and abused’?

Trolls took issue with Sophie posting a picture of her next to her daughter’s coffin (Picture: Instagram/Sophie May Dickson

It’s a cesspit of a thread – a staggering 49 pages long and counting. Hundreds upon hundreds of comments piled one on top of another, with the words dipped within varying degrees of malice.

The anonymous comments oscillate between concern, disgust, crude sexualised…

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How a Met Police crackdown left sex workers fearing for their lives

Operation Pisces was introduced to tackle organised crime in Enfield, but many sex workers have also felt targeted (Picture: Getty Images)

Maria has been tirelessly working the streets of Enfield as a sex worker on and off for seven years after escaping Romania to try and make a better life for her family back home.

‘Many women like me do this work because we have no other way to survive,’…

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‘I called 999 when I was attacked by my partner – but it was me they arrested’

Abusers use counter-allegations to deflect blame onto their victims and deter them from seeking help in the future (Picture: Maria Korneeva/Moment/Getty)

When the police arrived, Michelle thought her ordeal was finally over.

She sat shellshocked on the sofa, squinting through a black eye with blood seeping from a cut lip after the latest violent assault at the hands of her abusive…

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Tether finally lands a Big Four auditor – but the $189B USDT question still isn’t answered

Tether has landed a Big Four accounting firm’s name on a reserve report tied to its US strategy. On Feb. 27, Deloitte issued an independent accountant’s report on Anchorage Digital Bank’s “USAT Reserve Report,” an attestation covering USAT, a US dollar token issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, National Association, in collaboration with Tether. The development […]

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Uniswap wins again in New York court as judge draws new line on DeFi liability

A federal judge in New York dismissed fraud claims against Uniswap for the second time this month, and the decision carries implications far beyond the cryptocurrency industry. At stake: whether platforms that provide neutral infrastructure can be held liable when bad actors exploit those tools to commit fraud. Judge Katherine Polk Failla's ruling applies a […]

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Cardano’s Project Catalyst is changing hands and the pause is forcing builders to face a brutal funding gap

Cardano's community funding pipeline just stopped mid-cycle. Project Catalyst, the on-chain grants mechanism that has distributed over $150 million across 2,200 projects since launch, recently announced that stewardship is moving from Input Output Global to the Cardano Foundation. Additionally, Fund15 and Fund16 won't proceed in their proposed form until the transition completes. The Catalyst…

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Did Bitcoin fail its safe haven test after US strikes on Iran? BlackRock’s 60 day data hints at what comes next

Bitcoin price opened US trading session strongly with a 3% surge above $68,000, according to CryptoSlate's data. This marked a significant difference to its first response, which looked nothing like a clean safe-haven trade following the latest Middle East tensions. When headlines hit over the weekend about US strikes on Iran, the flagship digital asset […]

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Europe buys the dip as US funds keep bleeding – who is buying Bitcoin right now?

Five straight weeks of net redemptions from crypto investment products are enough to raise the alarm, as they point to a choice that keeps getting made, with the same logic, on the same cadence, by the same kinds of committees. CoinShares' Feb. 23 weekly report showed digital asset investment products saw $288 million in outflows […]

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Bitcoin recovers instantly after Iran war crashes price but one Monday number could flip the next move

Bitcoin defends $64K after U.S., Israel strikes on Iran as ETF flows return to center stage Bitcoin traded through a weekend macro shock after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran sparked regional retaliation. The largest price swings occurred during low-liquidity hours, leaving spot BTC back near the mid-$64,000 area. The move reinforced a pattern that […]

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Bitcoin’s self custody culture created an inheritance time bomb, and 2026 may be when it starts detonating

Bitcoin is turning into multi-generational wealth, and a large share of holders still run it with a single point of failure. One accident, illness, or a stretch of incapacity can be the difference between inheriting generational wealth and losing everything. That's the inheritance crisis the market will have to face. A recent report from the […]

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SBI Holdings is dangling XRP to sell a plain three year bond, but the numbers show how small

Japan's SBI Holdings will issue a ¥10 billion retail bond on March 24, but the story is the XRP perk dangled in front of buyers, conditional on opening an account at SBI VC Trade and completing receipt procedures by noon on May 11. Pricing drops on March 10, subscription runs from March 11-23, and secondary […]

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Google Cloud and MoneyGram just signed on to run launch Midnight nodes for new privacy network banks want

Google Cloud, MoneyGram, Vodafone's Pairpoint, and eToro will run launch-phase nodes on Midnight, a zero-knowledge privacy network targeting a mainnet launch at the end of March 2026. The pitch isn't anonymity, but selective disclosure. It's the ability to prove compliance or settlement eligibility without broadcasting raw customer data onto a public ledger. Midnight describes these […]

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Bitcoin sees $1B ETF inflows after brutal outflow streak, setting up the clearest path to $90,000

Bitcoin has rebounded from an early-February slide that briefly pushed it to $60,000 and produced its most oversold signal on record, easing some of the pressure that has weighed on crypto markets. According to CryptoSlate's data, the flagship digital asset has steadied in recent days and briefly approached the $70,000 mark before settling around $67,300 […]

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Bitcoin price rally is riding record $1.2 trillion margin debt, and the unwind could be here already

Bitcoin’s rally is riding record $1.279 trillion margin debt, and the unwind could arrive without warning Bitcoin’s next phase is being shaped by a record build in U.S. market leverage, recession-leaning survey data and an expanding Treasury buyback program that is aimed at bond-market plumbing rather than monetary easing. Those inputs show up across FINRA’s […]

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Ethereum price path to $10,000 now hinges on seven upgrades and a fragile ecosystem vote

Ethereum’s latest long-term planning document has given investors a new way to assess whether the digital asset can eventually reach $10,000 by the end of this decade. The newly published “Strawmap,” introduced by Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake, reads less like a conventional roadmap than a preemptive response plan. It sketches a path for Ethereum […]

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MSTR short squeeze chances shift as traders bet $5B against MSTR while Strategy returns 11% yield

Institutional interest in Strategy’s (formerly MicroStrategy) preferred securities is building at a time when the company’s common stock, MSTR, remains one of the market’s most-watched bearish trades tied to Bitcoin. The clearest signal came this week, when Prevalon Energy and Anchorage Digital said at Strategy World 2026 that they had each allocated part of their […]

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Tuwaiq Sculpture 2026 and the New Riyadh Scenography

In the heart of Riyadh, along the historic artery of Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Street (Al Tahlia), a bold and decisive transformation has unfolded. The seventh edition of Tuwaiq Sculpture has concluded its live symposium, leaving behind twenty-five monumental works…

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Meta’s digital dollar comeback could unlock a $1 trillion Treasury shift Washington is not ready for

Social media giant Meta is quietly plotting a return to stablecoins. This time, however, the primary beneficiary may not be Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse, but the US Treasury market. On Feb. 24, Coindesk reported that Meta was exploring stablecoin-based payments for a possible rollout in the second half of 2026, likely through a third-party provider rather […]

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Bitcoin miners sell 5,359 BTC as winter power costs bite and their $7.4 billion treasury starts shrinking fast

Public Bitcoin miners collectively held 115,335 BTC as of Feb. 20, worth roughly $7.4 billion at the recent price, but that treasury dropped 4.44% month-over-month, the first sustained contraction since miners began stockpiling coins as balance-sheet assets. The decline wasn't an accident. Riot Platforms sold 1,818 BTC in December 2025 for $161.6 million in net […]

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Bitcoin on course for record fifth straight monthly loss as $4.5B ETF outflows put $58,000 in sight

Bitcoin is heading toward an uncomfortable milestone, a potential fifth consecutive monthly decline if February closes in the red, and the setup is starting to look less like a crypto-specific drawdown and more like a macro-driven repricing. This five-month losing streak would be notable in the post-ETF era and would also be Bitcoin’s longest stretch […]

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