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Sean Dilley Sean Dilley says the last straw came after he and his guide dog Shawn were stopped from entering a restaurant last week As a guide dog handler of 25 and a half years, I’ve had hundreds of experiences of being refused service – but online threats and increasing hostility towards disabled people mean […]
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has testified at his national security trial that urging other countries to speak up for the city’s pro-democracy movement does not amount to seeking foreign interference. Jimmy Lai. File photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. The 76-year-old, who wore a green sweater and a suit jacket, stands accused of two counts of taking […]
In 2019, the much loved, gregarious, yet softly spoken Duncan Hulscher had just about enough of running bars in Amsterdam when he came to Alhaurín el Grande in the Guardalhorce Valley. Visiting friends, he could see how the change of environment suited him. By February 2020, he had negotiated a price and bought the lease […]
There are good ways for an old fighter to tap into lost youth, not that the man on the other end of the phone line would care for such descriptions. He’s 64 now, Buster Douglas, but he always feels that bit lighter on his toes when he walks into the Thompson Community Centre in Columbus, […]
Amateur physicist B.J. is going on vacation, but he likes to plan things right down to the zeptosecond. "Assume the flight accelerates at a constant speed for the first half of the flight, and decelerates at the same rate for the second half. 1) What speed does the plane need to reach to have that […]
“Our subcontractors never should have driven their canvassers in a U-Haul van and those involved were immediately reprimanded,” Tim Pollard of Blitz Canvassing tells WIRED. On Wednesday, October 30, Muldrow and her fellow door knockers were fired hours after the publication of the WIRED story. At first, some people had trouble logging into Campaign Sidekick, […]
Returning to Greece with the historical drama “The Return” proved an emotional affair for Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes and director-producer Uberto Pasolini. “Meeting this dream, this need inside Uberto and his passion for the story… We were really moved,” said Binoche before bursting into tears alongside her co-star and director at the film’s press conference […]
Nollywood actor Yul Edochie has spoken out against the practice of physically disciplining African children for speaking their native language. On his Instagram page on Thursday, Edochie emphasized the importance of teaching children English for effective communication. However, he strongly advised against punishing children for speaking their mother tongue, describing it as “unacceptable” and a […]
More than 100 Israeli medical workers are voicing their opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing military offensive in Gaza, rebelling against what they describe is a widespread culture of silence and fear of punishment among Israelis who want the government to stop killing Palestinians in their name. In a letter addressed to the White […]
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