MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Solomon Islands lawmakers elected former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister Thursday in a development that suggests the South Pacific island nation will maintain close ties with China. Manele used his first speech as leader to promise to govern with integrity and to put his nation’s interests first. “I will […]
May 1, 2024 Love them? Hate them? Either way, mesh flats continue to trend for spring! What started in luxury with brands like Khaite and The Row, has trickled down into more mainstream brands and retailers. I’ve warmed up to the sheer trend myself, but have decided it won’t be a long lasting moment in […]
The recent Investigation Discovery documentary series Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV detailed a variety of alleged misdeeds and mismanagement behind the scenes of Nickelodeon and its array of children’s sitcoms during the 1990s. The accusations it contained ranged from overwork all the way up to allegations of child sexual abuse. A lot of […]
Congratulations, you got yourself a new place! Let the unpacking, decorating, and housewarming begin. Sure, the actual packing and moving may have stolen your energy, but there’s nothing like a new home to re-energize and inspire you. Whether it’s your dream house you’ve been saving up for or that apartment you loved on first tour, […]
Godmorgon! After my offbeat post on Monday (check out the amazing before and after pictures of a Swedish camper!), I am reigning it in a little today and landing back to earth. Not quite back to earth though, as this lovely home is high up among the rooftops of Gothenburg’s Rosengatan neighbourhood. Sometimes great views […]
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the 2023 governorship candidate for the Labour Party in Lagos State, has alleged excessive spending on helicopter services by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. According to Rhodes-Vivour, Sanwo-Olu spent the following amounts on helicopter charter services: * April 2022: ₦1,039,875,000* July and August 2023: ₦512,000,000 Rhodes-Vivour questioned the allocation of nearly ₦2 billion in three […]
Activism / StudentNation / May 1, 2024 On April 30, protesters disbanded their encampment when the university pledged to vote on divestment from companies affiliated with Israel. This shows a different way of doing things. Ad Policy Pro-Palestinian students celebrate reaching a deal with the administration at Brown University, bringing an end to their encampment. […]
Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (rome) Wednesday, May 01, 2024 Inter Press Service World Press Freedom Day 2024 ROME, May 01 (IPS) – Journalism is in crisis, again. The challenges to press freedom are enormous and multi-faceted and they are deepening — in “free” and open societies as well as autocracies. And there are no simple […]
If you ever watched Pixar’s heartwarming, imaginative 2009 film Up and thought, “Wow, I’d sure love to see what that big floating house would be like to live in,” you might be getting your chance. As a part of Airbnb’s new “Icons” line of vacation homes, the house from Up has been painstakingly recreated in Abiquiu, […]
Picking a storage medium for data preservation can be a conflicting time. Sure, they say optical storage tends to last, but it can’t be as straightforward as just burning everything onto Blu-Rays, right? Here’s a paper from Canadian Conservation Institute, teaching you the basics of using compact disks for data storage, it appears, without missing […]
