All posts tagged: Highstakes

‘High-stakes’ thriller Prisoner is your next crime drama binge

‘High-stakes’ thriller Prisoner is your next crime drama binge

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sky’s new action-thriller, Prisoner, is coming to our screens this month – and it looks like a must-watch for crime drama fans.  The six-part series, penned by acclaimed writer Matt Charman (Hostage, Bridge of Spies) and directed by BAFTA-winner Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders), follows a principled young prison officer who is tasked with escorting a dangerous prisoner to court to testify against his elite crime syndicate.  © Sky UK / Robert ViglaskySky’s new thriller Prisoner comes to screens on 30 April If you enjoy high-stakes, action-packed thrillers, then it’s worth marking your calendar for 30 April, when all episodes of Prisoner will be available to watch on Sky Atlantic and NOW. But first, watch the trailer and find out more about the series here… What is Prisoner about?  The series follows Amber (Izuka Hoyle), a principled young prison transport officer tasked with taking Tibor (Tahar Rahim), a trained killer and high-value inmate, to court to testify against his elite crime syndicate. The synopsis continues: “When their convoy is brutally ambushed, she’s forced to put her …

The Memo: Iran war roils Trump’s relations with China in advance of high-stakes trip

The Memo: Iran war roils Trump’s relations with China in advance of high-stakes trip

Published by Sam Flores

The war in Iran — and President Trump’s shifting tactics in fighting it — are roiling relations with China, just weeks before the president is to make a high-stakes trip there. The complicated dynamics have a straightforward core.  China has numerous ties with Iran, economically and strategically. At the same time, Beijing has zero interest… Source link

Taiwan’s opposition leader seeks to win friends in China with a high-stakes visit

Taiwan’s opposition leader seeks to win friends in China with a high-stakes visit

Published by Sam Flores

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A few weeks before President Donald Trump arrives in China next month, Chinese President Xi Jinping will have another visitor: Taiwan’s opposition leader. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. When Cheng Li-wun, chairperson of Taiwan’s Nationalist Party, touches down in China on Tuesday, it will mark the first time in a decade that the head of her party visits the mainland. It will also be a defining step for Cheng, 56, who took the reins of the party — also known as the Kuomintang or KMT — in November, in a political about-face that has made her a divisive figure in Taiwan, a self-ruling democracy that rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims. Her view is that the island of 23 million people urgently needs to engage with China to avoid war, and that people should “be able to proudly and confidently say, ‘I am Chinese.’” 00:43 China carries out live-fire military drills near Taiwan 00:0000:00 The KMT has traditionally kept warm ties with Beijing. Yet …

This high-stakes thriller is the best thing on Hulu right now

This high-stakes thriller is the best thing on Hulu right now

Published by skeptic

The British have a history of making top-notch thrillers. Oftentimes, budgets for British shows aren’t as big as those given to American series, so they have to make up for it with solid writing and likable characters. That’s what happened with Red Eye, an ITV series that’s also available to watch on Hulu, which itself is a reliable streaming service for those looking for high-end drama. Red Eye is unpretentious, exciting, and easy to binge. And if you start watching now, you’ll be caught up for the big finish to come. Terror in the sky Big crimes in small spaces The first season of Red Eye aired on ITV in 2024. It’s about a Hong Kong-born British police officer named Hana Li (Jing Lusi) who’s tasked with escorting a British doctor named Matthew Nolan (Richard Armitage) from London to Beijing, where he’s been accused of murder. The British are loathe to extradite one of their own to China, but agree in the interest of not upsetting British-Sino relations during a delicate period, which sets up …

Thomas Goldstein convicted in sweeping federal tax case: high-stakes poker and the fall of a Supreme Court lawyer

Thomas Goldstein convicted in sweeping federal tax case: high-stakes poker and the fall of a Supreme Court lawyer

Published by skeptic

When a federal jury in Maryland found Thomas Goldstein guilty this week, it brought a stunning chapter in American legal culture to an abrupt end. A man who once moved comfortably inside the marble corridors of the Supreme Court now stands convicted of federal crimes, his reputation reshaped by a case built on poker debts, hidden income, and years of misleading financial records. Jurors convicted Goldstein on 12 out of 16 felony counts, including tax evasion, filing false tax returns, failing to pay taxes, and making false statements to lenders. The seven-week trial pulled back the curtain on what prosecutors described as a double life. In public, he was a polished appellate lawyer and legal commentator. In private, they said, he was chasing multimillion-dollar poker games while scrambling to keep the IRS and creditors at bay. Prominent Lawyer Convicted at Trial of Tax Evasion and Mortgage Fraud The SCOTUSblog Founder Hid Millions in Gambling Income and Debts : https://t.co/PVWR763XYM pic.twitter.com/Qacm4Qkkec — Criminal Division (@DOJCrimDiv) February 26, 2026 He now faces the possibility of spending decades …

The High-Stakes Fight Between Hegseth and Anthropic

The High-Stakes Fight Between Hegseth and Anthropic

Published by José Betancourt

Humanity’s real problem, the great biologist Edward O. Wilson once remarked, is that “we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.” There is no better proof for this aphorism than the American military’s escalating spat with Anthropic, the creator of the artificial-intelligence model Claude. If the most fervent believers are correct, AI might one day challenge the power and sovereignty of nation-states. No technology this godlike will be left untouched by superpowers—and no superpower would accept a private company telling it what it could and could not do with it. This week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is bent on cultivating a warrior ethos within the military, threatened to use the byzantine powers of the Pentagon bureaucracy to remove Anthropic’s limits on its own technology. But in doing so, he raised the possibility that even when companies have explicitly vowed to develop AI responsibly, geopolitical factors may force them to abandon their commitments. Read: What Pete Hegseth doesn’t understand about soldiers Relative to its competitors, Anthropic espouses the most public concern with the safety …

Trump’s Suddenly High-Stakes State of the Union

Trump’s Suddenly High-Stakes State of the Union

Published by José Betancourt

Here’s how much things have changed since Donald Trump last addressed Congress: A year ago, he shouted out a beaming Elon Musk, who was watching in the gallery. At the time, Trump was triumphant. But tomorrow night, when he returns to the Capitol to deliver his State of the Union, he will be trying to turn around a stumbling presidency. His prized tariffs have been sharply curtailed by the Supreme Court. His most visible immigration push—federal surges into U.S. cities to carry out mass deportations—has become broadly unpopular since a pair of Americans were killed by his masked agents. War with Iran seems to be approaching, yet Trump has not tried to sell the public on the conflict, articulated his goals, or laid out what would come next. He is facing an onslaught of questions about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the dead and disgraced sex offender, as well as his efforts to use the Oval Office to enrich himself and his family. And the president’s poll numbers have slumped just months before Americans are …