Written by It's funny when you read Pride and Prejudice and find yourself feeling the same way the narrator does: Disliking Mr. Darcy for being arrogant and standoffish in the beginning, and then gradually coming to like him as you learn more about him indirectly through others but also eventually directly. But I've also had experiences where […]
Australia’s Palestinian community is demanding answers after a dentistry student was struck by shrapnel in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Ranem Abu Izneid, 20, was studying in her room on 15 November at Al Quds University in Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, when she heard gunshots. The Australian citizen said bullets fired by Israeli forces penetrated […]
Two weeks ago, we launched an all-or-nothing Kickstarter campaign to fund our new Visual Capitalist book concept, “The Art of Data”. In the book and associated speaking tour, we plan to reveal all of the secrets about data storytelling that we’ve learned over 13 years. However, right now we are still short of the funding […]
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Olaf Scholz will on Monday be officially named to lead his centre-left Social Democrats into Germany’s snap elections in February, but the embattled chancellor faces a tough fight to win a second term. The way has been cleared for Scholz to become the SPD’s chancellor candidate after his popular defence minister, Boris Pistorius, last week […]
Forbes Advisor looked at dozens of offers to find and rank the best no-annual-fee hotel cards. Factors considered include. Hotel specifics perks Earnings rates Welcome bonus Introductory APR Fees Redemption options Travel benefits Forbes Advisor rates cards both as stand-alone products (the card rating on the review) and compared to others in a specific use […]
In May at I/O, we challenged developers worldwide to build transformative apps using the Gemini API, and the response was nothing short of inspiring. Thousands of developers around the world answered the call, adding AI-powered features to their existing apps or creating AI-first applications that push the boundaries of what’s possible. Now, the moment we’ve […]
A Hong Kong lawmaker has called plans to mandate voluntary work for people on government welfare a “half-punitive” scheme, saying most welfare recipients have personal reasons why they are not working. Hong Kong lawmaker Tik Chi-yuen, who represents the social welfare sector, in October 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Speaking to HKFP on Monday, social welfare […]
Shares of Radhakishan Damani’s portfolio stock VST Industries jumped 4% to their intraday high of Rs 328 on the BSE in an early trading session as the company announced the sale of its immovable property in Hyderabad for a consideration of Rs 101. 7 crore. “We hereby inform you that VST Industries Limited (“Company”) has […]
It really should go without saying that you can’t just go around renaming people just because you don’t like their name for some reason. Even if—no, especially if—that person is a foster kid under your care. Some things like this are so outrageously laughable and out-of-pocket that they would be silly if they weren’t so […]