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Anti-Walz slogan website used to troll Trump supporters: ‘Let’s vote for adults’

Ex-Democrat Tulsi Gabbard endorses Donald Trump in 2024 presidential race

A Queensland architecture firm has been shortlisted in an international open design competition for a new conservation centre in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Design renders for the new $1.2 billion Bundaberg Hospital in Queensland have been released.

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost airline, has launched a scathing attack on Germany’s air travel market.

Japan Airlines (JAL) and Liverpool Football Club (LFC) have officially opened the new Japan Airlines Lounge at Anfield Stadium, a significant development in their multi-year partnership that began in June 2024. The lounge, part of a broader hospitality package, offers guests a luxurious matchday experience complete with a three-course menu and top-tier service.

Toronto Pearson’s Fire and Emergency Services Training Institute (FESTI) has partnered with the Ontario Association of Emergency Managers (OAEM) to launch an innovative collaboration. This new alliance will leverage FESTI’s globally recognized training facilities and its Corporate Services and Leadership Training program alongside OAEM’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) initiatives.

In a move to transform the travel industry, Wetime AI, under the leadership of CEO Sietse Schelpe, harnesses sophisticated AI technologies that cater to growing demands for personalized and sustainable travel experiences. The company specializes in leveraging real-time data to offer tailor-made travel suggestions, promising to revolutionize how journeys are planned and enjoyed.

Italian aviation safety investigators, ANSV (Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo), have released a preliminary report on a LATAM Airlines Boeing 777-300ER (registered PT-MUG) that suffered a tail strike incident at Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) on July 9, 2024.

La Concha Key West, freshly reimagined as the quintessential retreat from the mundane, proudly unveils its latest addition: the Grand Dame Villas at the Rooftop. This transformative renovation has revitalized the entire seventh floor into seven luxurious rooftop villas, introducing a new tier of concierge-level service. Each villa is uniquely tailored and features floor-to-ceiling windows and private balconies that provide breathtaking vistas, complemented by a dedicated Lifestyle Concierge.

Selling extras is a strategic way to enhance guest satisfaction and significantly boost hotel revenue.

Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) is excited to announce a special dining event featuring two top chefs, Chef Ian Kittichai and Chef Richie Lin, from September 12 to 15, 2024, at Soi Social. Chef Ian Kittichai, known for his Thai restaurants like Issaya Siamese Club in Bangkok, and Chef Richie Lin, the founder of the famous Mume restaurant, will join forces to create a unique menu that combines Thai and Taiwanese flavors.

The Four Seasons Resort Seychelles at Koi is set to host a unique gastronomic celebration with the esteemed Executive Chef Toshikazu Kato from the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues Geneva. This exclusive event will take place for just two evenings, Thursday, September 19, and Friday, September 20, 2024, featuring a specially curated omakase menu by Chef Kato.

Malaysia aims to diversify its tourism markets and boost its appeal by leveraging new airlines and expanding airport capacity through strategic marketing campaigns. According to Tourism Malaysia director-general Manoharan Periasamy, this strategy focuses on emerging markets like Pakistan and Bangladesh, highlighting Malaysia’s rich cultural diversity, natural wonders, and vibrant modern cities.

Samsung has announced new AI capabilities for its smart appliances, including new AI-generated wallpapers for certain refrigerators, as well as an AI upgrade for its Bixby voice assistant. The updated Bixby will hit five Samsung Bespoke appliances starting on August 27th.AI-generated wallpapers are coming to Samsung Family Hub refrigerators released in the US and Korea after 2022, the company says. To create them, users will pick a theme from seven categories and one of six art styles. Once the new wallpaper is created, it can go on the fridge’s cover screen or whiteboard, or saved in an album for later. It will require a Wi-Fi connection, and users will be limited to creating up to five wallpapers per day. The improved Bixby will be

Let’s put this sloppy, bad-faith argument to rest.

Ikea is now testing an online platform in Madrid and Oslo where people can sell their used Ikea furniture to others. The platform, Ikea Preowned, lets users list their furniture with photos and a price, and the actual listings (like this example) look a lot like what you might see on Ikea’s main website. However, buyers and sellers have to agree on a place and time to meet to hand over the furniture.Right now, sellers have the option to get paid via a bank transfer with no added fees or by receiving an Ikea gift card with an extra 15 percent added to the furniture’s purchase price, per the Ikea Preowned website. You can’t return items that are damaged or aren’t in the condition you might have expected, though you can request a refund, I

A new tool shows how much air quality has changed since the Industrial Revolution in cities across the world. It generates a single image made up of different colored stripes representing pollution each year in each major city. You can see stark contrasts from place to place, showing how much work is left to do to clean up pollution and also how well those efforts can pay off in the long run. Air pollution has fallen sharply in wealthy Western nations but is still a serious health risk in many places around the world.“Air pollution is often called the ‘invisible killer,’ but these images make the invisible visible,” Kirsty Pringle, a codirector of the project who is based at the University of

Wizards of the Coast has walked back some of its planned updates to D&D Beyond. All your current Dungeons & Dragons characters sheets are once again safe with the publisher no longer forcing updates to newer versions of spells, weapons, and magic items.Last week, as a part of the updates to Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition collectively known as the 2024 revision the publisher announced that it would update D&D Beyond, the tabletop RPG’s official digital toolkit that players use to reference content and create characters using a host of official and third-party sources. The update would add the new 2024 rulebooks to the toolkit, mark outdated content with a “legacy” badge, and change players’ character sheets to reflect all the new

Newspaper giant Gannett is shutting down Reviewed, its product reviews site, effective November 1st, according to sources familiar with the decision. The site offers recommendations for products ranging from shoes to home appliances and employs journalists to test and review items but has also been at the center of questions around whether its work is actually produced by humans. “After careful consideration and evaluation of our Reviewed business, we have decided to close the operation. We extend our sincere gratitude to our employees who have provided consumers with trusted product reviews,” Reviewed spokesperson Lark-Marie Antón told The Verge in an email. But the site more recently has been the subject of scrutiny, at times by