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Shocking video shows migrant moped riders dragging woman along NYC street as they steal her phone as cops reveal Venezuelan gang is behind 62 thefts
Three Venezuelan migrants were arrested by the NYPD in an overnight stint
The suspects were allegedly stealing the iPhones to use the Apple Pay feature
The moment a migrant on a moped dragged a woman along a New York City street to steal her phone was caught in horrifying footage shared Monday by police.
Three migrants were arrested by the NYPD after they allegedly went on a crime spree that saw them stealing wallets and cellphones from at least 62 women across the city's seven boroughs.
Police say they arrested the migrants, all believed to be from Venezuela, in a safe house in the Bronx after executing a search warrant.
The suspects were allegedly stealing the iPhones to use the Apple Pay feature and use the owners' credit cards to buy items.
NYPD Assistant Commissioner Kaz Daughtry said: 'Most migrants come to NYC in search of a better life. Sadly, some come to commit crime. Today we made tremendous progress in the largest robbery pattern plaguing our city.
Monday's arrests come after another video showed about a dozen migrants assaulting two police officers in Times Square late last month.
A Manhattan judge let at least five asylum seekers go free without bail after they were charged with the assault. Only one of the suspects remains in jail.
Four of the suspects are believed to have fled the city after being charged and released after giving fake names to a charity that helps migrants get bus tickets.
According to the New York Post, the migrants charged in the assault are also part of a phone-snatching scheme.
'They’re buying cars back in Ecuador and Venezuela'a police source told the Post. 'They’re putting pools in their homes there. All this money is going back and forth. That’s why the larcenies are going out of control. It’s unbelievable what they’re doing.'
New York City is buckling under the weight of a massive influx of asylum seekers, with over 170,000 arriving since the spring of 2022.
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Iraq BANS U.S. Dollar Transactions at Eight Banks!
The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) banned eight local banks from making US dollar transactions on 4 February, in an attempt to avoid sanctions and US financial restrictions.
A CBI document lists the banned banks as Ahsur International Bank for Investment, Investment Bank of Iraq, Union Bank of Iraq, Kurdistan International Islamic Bank for Investment and Development, Al-Huda Bank, Al-Janoob Islamic Bank for Investment and Finance, Arabia Islamic Bank, and Hammurabi Commercial Bank.
"We commend the continued steps taken by the Central Bank of Iraq to protect the Iraqi financial system from abuse, which has led to legitimate Iraqi banks achieving international connectivity through correspondent banking relationships,” a US Treasury Department spokesman said on Sunday.
The measures come after Iraqi officials met with the US Treasury Department’s top sanctions official Brian Nelson last week.
The Finance Committee in the Iraqi parliament made a statement on 31 January calling for the sale of oil in currencies other than the US dollar, aiming to counter US sanctions on the Iraqi banking system.
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McDonald's Corp.'s sales missed investor expectations in the fourth quarter as growth decelerated, hurt in part by the conflict in the Middle East
Comparable sales, a key metric for the restaurant industry, rose 3.4 per cent in the period, McDonald's said Monday. That's the slowest since the fourth quarter of 2020, and below the average estimate of analysts polled by Bloomberg. Revenue was also shy of estimates.
Shares fell 3 per cent at 9:31 a.m. in New York.
Expectations were lowered after Chief Executive Officer Chris Kempczinski's warning earlier this year of a "meaningful business impact" in the Middle East. The segment that includes the region, which accounts for about 10 per cent of McDonald's revenue, fell well short of estimates. McDonald's said that it has provided some assistance, including relief from royalties, to certain franchisees impacted by the conflict.
Results were strong in the U.K., Germany and Canada, but that was partly offset by a decline in same-store sales in France. Performance there took a hit from boycotts, Kempczinski said Monday on a call with analysts, citing the country’s large Muslim population.
Sauce: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/mcdonald-s-sales-growth-slows-with-mideast-war-hurting-results-1.2030804
The latest CDC Data Showed 2.5 Million Cases of STIs were Detected in 2022: Syphilis,Chlamydia
Cases of syphilis have surged to their highest level since the 1950s, data shows
Experts say dating apps, covid 'hangover' and falling condom use is to blame
Leading sexual health experts have blamed record-high cases of sexually transmitted infections on the 'explosion' in popularity of dating apps like Hinge and Bumble.
Last week, officials deemed the spiralling cases of conditions like chlamydia and syphillis striking the US an 'out of control' epidemic.
The warning followed the release of the latest CDC data that showed 2.5 million cases of STIs were detected in 2022, marking a rise in chlamydia and, most worryingly, potentially deadly syphilis.
Prevalence of the infection, which can damage the brain and heart, has shot up almost 80 percent in five years.
The shocking figures have led to fierce debate among the medical community as to what is causing the alarming situation.
Some, for instance, have pointed to the staggering drop in condom use among American men - almost 30 percent since 2011, according to some studies.
Syphilis Used to Affect Mostly Gay Men, Then Came Dating Apps
In 2000, syphilis was on the verge of eradication with a record-low of 5,979 cases per year in the US.
In 2022, there were 207,000 diagnoses, according to official data.
A decade ago, experts say infections - which spread via contact with a syphilitic sore, which usually forms on the genitals - were almost all among gay or bisexual men.
But there was a sudden 'shift' in 2013, when cases began to rise among women and straight men.
Experts say much of this can be explained by the increasingly popularity of dating apps among heterosexual people, like Tinder, which launched in 2012.
Grindr - a dating app used by gay men - launched in 2009, when syphilis cases among men who have sex with men began to gradually rise.
Experts suggest the apps expanded access to sexual partners, as Americans no longer had to rely on meeting potential suitors in person.
Sauce: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13038723/syphilis-surge-causing-rise.html