A mother in the U.K. says she was “absolutely devastated” after her young daughter’s passport application was rejected over her allegedly trademarked first name – denying the 6-year-old of her long-awaited ‘dream’ trip to Disneyland Paris. When it comes to unusual names, it feels like we’ve heard just about everything, especially as more celebrities opt Read More…
There has been talk of a WW3 happening and while it’s yet to come to a head, people are worried. There are some people who would jump at the chance to enlist and serve their country and then there are others who would like to stay home. The four key jobs that will not be conscripted Read More…
Last week, the US Department of Agriculture proposed a strikingly cruel policy, even for this administration: speeding up the kill lines at America’s chicken, turkey, and pig slaughterhouses. The plan will make one of the country’s most dangerous jobs — working in a meat processing plant — even more unsafe, labor advocates argue. Under the Read More…
President Trump has imposed the highest tariffs since the Great Depression. About half those import taxes are being challenged this week at the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America The tariffs at the heart of this week’s Supreme Court case are raising tens of billions of dollars for the federal government. Read More…
From a futuristic sci-fi attraction in Los Angeles to a dramatic monument to a millennia-old Aboriginal civilisation, these long-awaited museums are worth travelling for. Museums are scaling up. In the year ahead, a wave of new landmark cultural centres will be redefining skylines from Chicago to Central Asia. While vastly varied in scope, these buildings Read More…
Uline warehouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Photograph: Wirestock, Inc./Alamy© Photograph: Wirestock, Inc./Alamy When Laura Wittmann decided this week to submit her resignation from Uline, the giant office supply company owned by two of the biggest donors to Donald Trump’s 2024 election and other Maga Republicans, she did not hold back. “As America descends rapidly into fascism,” Wittmann Read More…
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