Month: September 2024

An elitist odor filled the New York air this week, as presidents and prime ministers gathered at the United Nations General Assembly. They mostly pontificated and propagandized in sync with the ultra-woke, statist UN’s perennial push for greater government control of our economic, cultural, and social lives. For the UN, unaccountable, top-down global decision making by unelected ‘experts’ remains de rigueur. Transparent, bottom-up, nation-based democratic decision-making remains beyond the pale. Nevertheless, a breath of fresh analytical air blew across Manhattan on Monday. The release of the FII PRIORITY Compass 2024 report, an FII Institute publication, provided welcome relief from the ... Read more

Windows 10 users are already facing major changes later next year when this popular operating system loses all free support from Microsoft but now there’s a more urgent deadline that shouldn’t be ignored. Microsoft has just confirmed that PCs using older versions of Windows 10 will soon be blocked from accessing Teams. That means those who don’t upgrade will no longer be able to make video calls, share files or send messages via the much-used platform. “Microsoft Teams is governed by the Modern Lifecycle Policy, the Teams desktop client needs to be under a supported OS version,” a post explained. ... Read more

Young Brits are dicing with death or life-changing injury by inhaling potentially deadly “hippy crack” which is being offered to revellers visiting bars at Tenerife’s party capital. Scores of young holidaymakers were seen taking the drug during boozy nights out at the raucous Veronicas Strip at the popular Playa de las Americas resort. It is the same strip where British teen Jay Slater partied at a festival the night before he disappeared in the island’s mountainous area. The apprentice bricklayer, 19, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, went missing on June 17, 2024, while holidaying for a three-day music festival in Tenerife with ... Read more

Viktor Shvaiko was born in 1965 in Russia’s remote town named Altai. He was born and brought up in natural beautiful surroundings, thus such beautiful surroundings made the very subject of his paintings. He was strongly inclined towards fine arts and paintings; this was the main force which drove him to the Novoaltaisk Artistic School, which is known to be one of the best schools for Arts in the Source link

October is almost here, the weather has turned and heavy rain is lashing the UK for the next several days. And at this time of year attention turns to the kind of problems our houses face in winter, especially when it’s raining hard outside and we’re all trying to find some way to dry our clothes and cook our dinner, pumping moisture into our house all the while. But there is a way to stop mould around your windows this autumn and winter – using a £1 can of shaving foam. Emily Caloe, Senior Buyer at Vonhaus, said: “Damp, humid ... Read more

If you’re in the market for a new coat, White Stuff shoppers have found an impressive deal saving them £84. The Peyton Quilted Mac was retailing for £140 but has since been reduced by more than half, taking it down to £56. For a stylish coat that should keep you warm well into the autumn and winter months to be priced at less than £60, that’s an offer to take notice of.  Trench coats are a timeless option and they’ve been cropping up yet again in this year’s new season fashion collections. The Peyton Quilted Mac offers a slightly different ... Read more

An unusual substance found on the necklace of a 3,500-year-old mummy has rewritten part of human history. Archaeologists say the bizarre jewellery is adorned with what is thought to be the world’s oldest cheese. It was found on a body entombed in an ancient burial site in Xinjiang in northwestern China. Throughout history, humans have been buried with treasures and times of great cultural significance. And archaeologists say the Chinese “cheese necklaces” are a thrilling piece of ancient history that offers an insight into the region’s dairy-producing past during the Bronze Age. The lactose-rich lumps are the oldest examples of ... Read more

A holidaymaker insists you can enjoy a luxury break in Switzerland on the cheap – and relax “like a millionaire”. There’s nothing like jetting off somewhere abroad when you need a break. Whether it’s work stress, personal struggle, or your calendar has been stacked up with social plans that have left you knackered, we all need time to chill. But, the reality is that between rising bills and the expensive cost of living, forking out on a fancy holiday often isn’t feasible. But one woman recently flew to Geneva, Switzerland, for £23 and spent less than £50 a night on ... Read more

Technology has already taken over our pockets, laps and wrists but now some of the world’s biggest firms are trying to bring their latest devices to our faces as well. Apple recently launched its space-aged Vision Pro headset in the UK which offers both virtual and mixed reality experiences and now Meta – the firm behind Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram – has shown off its latest wearable which it hopes we will all be wearing in the future. Meta is no stranger to headsets and glasses with the company already producing the hugely popular Meta Quest gaming device along with ... Read more

Britons’ energy bills could be cheaper if the Government ditches “clunky old rules” about power generation, a former Tory minister has said. John Penrose, an MP from 2005 to 2024, called for the modernisation of the country’s energy system to lower costs and decarbonise faster. He warned that getting to net zero was costing “billions of pounds more than it needs to” without these improvements. The former MP said: “Families and businesses are facing enormous energy bills that are much higher than they should be, because of clunky old rules about how power is generated, regulated, traded, stored and transmitted. ... Read more