Global Perspectives: Unveiling Truths Empowering Minds, Enlightening Souls

About two years ago, I was in a car with my best friend and her toddler. She was driving, and I was sitting in the back next to her 10-month-old, who was tucked into his car seat. For a while, the ride was smooth—then the baby burst into tears. We tried every common trick to comfort him. I contorted my …

– April 22, 2024 — Coles has enlisted the help of Richmond Football Club’s very own ‘top guns’ Jack Graham and Seth Campbell to encourage customers to get behind military charity Bravery Trust in the lead up to Anzac Day. Graham and Campbell put their baking skills to the test by making their own batch of Anzac biscuits under the …

Top Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. But even with Republicans controlling both the state House and Senate, it’s far from clear that they will reach a compromise during the final days of their four-month …

Megan Thee Stallion is facing a harassment lawsuit from a man who says he used to work as a cameraman for the Houston rapper. According to the complaint, filed in a California court and viewed by Pitchfork, Megan Thee Stallion’s “conduct created a hostile work environment for Plaintiff [Emilio Garcia], making the conditions of his employment intolerable in direct contravention …

PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images Co-authored by Treading Softly. Many people are fascinated by the luxuries and lifestyles of celebrities. Numerous media outlets, such as TV shows, award ceremonies, and magazines, are dedicated to documenting their every move. What often fascinates us about them is their complete disconnect from the standard reality of the working American. The vast majority of …

Baby Reindeer, Richard Gadd’s Netflix series about a budding comedian’s experience with a stalker, is — as we wrote in our review on Mashable — one of the most upsetting and brilliant shows of the year. And the fact it’s based on Gadd’s own experiences makes it all the more disturbing. As the show has quickly grown in popularity, though, …

When Michael Cohen takes the stand in the coming days as the star witness in his former boss’s criminal trial, it will mark the climax of his transformation from Donald Trump’s bullying defender to one of his loudest public enemies. As Cohen tells and retells the story — in congressional testimony, television interviews, two books, a popular podcast and assertions …

Taylor Swift’s style is always evolving, from sequin micro shorts to over-the-top dresses to basic graphic T-shirts and denim skirts. The singer does a great job of keeping us on our toes when it comes to her outfit choices. And one of her recent Instagram ‘fits has caught our attention. In a behind-the-scenes post from Jack Antonoff (record producer and …

Chase offers flexible terms but low APYs on its certificates of deposit Catherine Falls Commercial / Getty Images Fact checked by Michael Rosenston Chase CD Rates With over 4,700 branches across the U.S,, Chase Bank is one of the largest full-service banks in the country. While Chase offers a wide variety of terms on its CDs, its rates are on …

Conversational AI platform Parloa has nabbed $66 million in a Series B round of funding, a year after the German startup raised $21 million from a swathe of European investors to propel its international growth. The company is focusing on the U.S. market in particular, where Parloa opened a New York office last year — it says this hub helped …

More than 400 officers were involved in raids across Sydney following the stabbing of an Assyrian bishop last week. Australian police have arrested seven teenagers as they launched a series of “anti-terror raids” following last week’s stabbing of an Assyrian Orthodox bishop. More than 400 police officers executed 13 search warrants at properties across Sydney overnight, with the suspects considered …

Lilly recently announced news that could solve a big problem. Eli Lilly‘s (LLY 1.96%) Zepbound has shown it has what it takes to become a blockbuster. The weight-loss drug, following regulatory approval late last year, brought in $175 million in revenue in just its first few weeks on the market. Doctors and their patients are flocking to weight-loss drugs known …

Three decades into her career, Christina Aguilera is still booked and busy. Since December 2023, the pop megastar has been in the midst of her second Las Vegas residency, this time taking over the intimate, cabaret-style interiors of the Voltaire at The Venetian with a brand-new show spanning career hits and Burlesque deep cuts. Now on a month-long break, the …

Tony Blair leads tributes to Frank Field, ‘an independent thinker always pushing at the frontier of new ideas’ Good morning. Tony Blair, the former Labour figure, has been among the many figures this morning paying tribute to Frank Field, the former Labour MP and campaigner against poverty, who has died at the age of 81, after a long illness. Field …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court has ordered the seizure of funds in JPMorgan Chase bank accounts in Russia, court filings showed on Wednesday, in a lawsuit filed by state-owned bank VTB as it seeks to regain funds blocked abroad. JP Morgan Chase last week sued VTB in New York to halt its efforts to recover $439.5 million from an …

Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users. After testing these briefly with Windows Insiders earlier this month, Microsoft has started to distribute update KB5036980 to Windows 11 users this week, which includes “recommendations” for apps from the Microsoft Store in the Start menu. “The Recommended section of the Start menu will …

What does a typical day look like for you? I’m trying to implement more working out into my routine, so I get up and play basketball for a couple of hours. Later I hang out with my friends, try to eat good food. It’s a bad habit, but I eat a lot of fried seafood: catfish, shrimp, hush puppies… Well, …

Image: Hollie Adams (Reuters) It’s not only food CEOs who need to worry about their bottom lines thanks to in-demand weight loss drugs like Ozempic. Big Tobacco and Alcohol have reason to fret, too. The Best Things You Didn’t Know Your Switch Could Do A new report from Morgan Stanley finds that people using GLP-1 drugs — among them Ozempic, …

KUALA LUMPUR – April 17, 2024 — Auxi Therapeutics Sdn Bhd unveils its state-of-the-art GMP CAR-T & CGT Laboratory at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), a facility with transformative potential to revolutionise cancer treatment and promote precision medicine. The 6,000 sq ft laboratory, built with an investment of about RM6 million, is dedicated to the production of cellular and gene therapies (CGT) with …

Over 400 former and current collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes urged the NCAA to not ban transgender athletes from women’s college sports, according to a letter sent out on Tuesday.  “We implore you, the NCAA’s highest governing body and members of an organization focused on supporting the wellbeing of not just athletes but sport itself, to focus on the long-documented …