[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron said Russia launched a “brutal attack” on Ukraine in an imperialist, revanchist violation of international law. Macron made the comments during a ceremony marking the 78th anniversary of Allied landings in Nai-occupied Provence during World War II, and just hours after he spoke to Putin and helped broker a deal to allow UN nuclear inspectors to visit a critical plant in Ukraine. Macron, who tried tirelessly but unsuccessfully to prevent…
"Ukraine war: Macron slams Russian invasion, hours after brokering nuclear inspection deal"Author: Staff Reporter
[ad_1] Apps and devices have been steadily incorporating digital well-being features (in other words, using your phone to get you off your phone) for years. Google Wellbeing launched back in 2018, and the company has since introduced more features to help people’s mental well-being. Taking advantage of Google’s digital wellness features with your home devices can help silence distractions, encourage you to stay off your phone and a host of different things that can help you get…
"Google Home Can Help You Get Better Sleep, Here’s How."
[ad_1] Photo: Collected Do you want to move up in your job or career more quickly? Everyone in the world wants to get to a place where they have stability, a good salary, and a job where they feel useful and comfortable at the same time. However, most people have to start at the bottom and move up little by little until they reach their goal. Getting ahead in your career can be hard. You…
"Harvard’s 3 Keys to Grow Faster at Work"
[ad_1] “They were picking up tax information and getting tutored in English and checking out movies and tracing their family history. They were sitting in the library, just because it was a pleasant place to sit, and sometimes they were doing things that had nothing to do with the library.” — Susan Orlean, “The Library Book” In her ode to the fire-ravaged old library in downtown Los Angeles (and to libraries in general), Orlean points…
"8 non-book things you can check out from L.A. libraries"
[ad_1] COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Estonia’s government said Tuesday it has decided to remove a Soviet-era monument from public space in an eastern border town sitting in the Baltic country’s Russian-speaking part, with the prime minister saying the reason for the dismantling is that it represents a risk for public order. “No one wants to see our militant and hostile neighbor foment tensions in our home,” Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said, adding the move came following…
"Soviet Union: Estonia removes monument"
[ad_1] UK businesses have grown increasingly uneasy as tensions over Taiwan skyrocket, and Beijing’s relationship with Washington takes a nosedive. Tony Danker, the head of the Confederation of British Industry, has warned in the wake of escalating tensions that the UK should look to pull away from a reliance on China for imports. Mr Danker told the Financial Times: “Every company that I speak to at the moment is engaged in rethinking their supply chains…
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[ad_1] Bose pioneered noise-canceling headphones a while ago, but since then virtually every brand under the sun has released its own models of headphones with comparable technology. The field is almost completely occupied by headphones that feature noise canceling. The best noise-canceling headphones can be difficult to identify, because the quality varies wildly between options, so it’s important to know which pairs are worth the investment. The market is extremely competitive, which makes it better…
"Best Noise-Canceling Headphones for 2022"
[ad_1] What does social media have in common with cave drawings, the printing press, and the telephone? They’re all part of an elite group of inventions we celebrate for having revolutionized the very nature of human communication. They were so instrumental in our civilization’s advancement that we think of history as divided into the periods before and after each. For social media, that distinction came in 2003 with the release of Myspace. Although we didn’t…
"How to Disconnect From Social Media"
[ad_1] Call for Papers: Journal of Strategic Security The Journal of Strategic Security has issued a call for Papers for its upcoming Special Issue on Urban Security. The special issue will look at a range of urban security issues including urban warfare, urban insurgency, urban crime and insecurity, operating in dense urban terrain (DUT), megacities, and subterranean spaces (SubT), and in the Urban-Littoral interface, as well as the protection of the populace. Papers addressing the…
"Call for Papers: Journal of Strategic Security Security – Special Issue: Urban Security 2023"
[ad_1] “I never meant to hurt anybody,” Brittney Griner told a Russian judge during her sentencing hearing last week. “I made an honest mistake. And I hope that, in your ruling, that it doesn’t end my life here.” Griner’s been in the custody of Russian authorities since February 17 when she was detained at a Moscow airport by customs officials who say she was in possession of vape cartridges containing less than a gram of…
"Trading Brittney Griner for Russia’s Viktor Bout"