The conceptual ‘Burrow’ pet carrier has been designed by Denmark-based Olga Orel as a product for owners to use as a way to shift animals between locations in a comfortable way. The carrier features a two-part design including a base and a roof with air vents, which connect with one another to form a safe, secure unit for toting pets. A series of mesh panels offer a slight barrier for pets, while still allowing for optimal airflow and visibility to the exterior.The conceptual ‘Burrow’ pet carrier is optimized for travel with a design that transforms into a bed upon arrival…
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With rising prices caused by inflation, Canadians are struggling to afford the basic costs of living. According to a recent Angus Reid Institute study, nearly 60 per cent of Canadians are struggling to provide food for their families. Meanwhile, profits are surging for grocery retailers, raising concerns about monopolies. In today’s market economy, competition means standing out by offering customers more while working faster for less cost. Among top grocery retailers in Canada like Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro, it also means protecting and growing their dominant market position. The pandemic and other global crises has been especially profitable for the…
Brian Stettin, City Hall’s senior advisor on severe mental illness, explains Mayor Eric Adams’ new approach, and why “compassion and care” should take priority over consent when city workers encounter people who aren’t able or interested in caring for themselves — even when those people don’t present any immediate danger:“Look, if we’re going to just leave people on the street who are in need of medical care because we don’t have the beds and we don’t have the services then we should at least be honest enough to say that that’s the reason we’re abandoning people to the street,” he…
The Southeast Asia waterway is one of the deadliest in the world and more than 1,900 people have already made the journey since January – six times more than in 2020. ‘Grave risks’ at sea “UNHCR warns that attempts at these journeys are exposing people to grave risks and fatal consequences, said UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo. “Tragically, 119 people have been reported dead or missing on these journeys, this year alone.” Most of those risking their lives are Rohingya refugees, who fled Myanmar in their hundreds of thousands in 2017, to escape military persecution. In an appeal for help from…
Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on Tuesday dared U.S. prosecutors to come after him like they have Julian Assange by revealing in a BBC News interview that the WikiLeaks publisher sent him a backup of leaked materials from former military analyst Chelsea Manning.”Let me tell you a secret. I had possession of all the Chelsea Manning information before it came out in the press,” Ellsberg said to BBC’s Stephen Sackur in the on-camera interview. “I’ve never said that publicly.”Assange had sent him the materials—which include evidence of U.S. war crimes—in case “they caught him and they got everything,” the 91-year-old…
LIMA, Peru — Lawmakers voted Wednesday to impeach Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, hours after he declared that he was dissolving Congress and would rule the nation by decree.The legislature had been scheduled to debate Castillo’s removal on corruption charges Wednesday afternoon, and the president said as recently as Tuesday evening that he would respect the process. His shock announcement during an unscheduled television address Wednesday morning drew widespread condemnation, spurred mass resignations from his cabinet and led lawmakers to bring the vote forward.Castillo, 53, said he would rule by decree until new elections for a constituent assembly could be held,…
The question of whether artificial intelligence (AI) can invent is nearly 200 years old, going back to the very beginning of computing. Victorian mathematician Ada Lovelace wrote what’s generally considered the first computer program. As she did, she wondered about the limits of what computers could do. In 1843 Lovelace wrote, in regard to what is arguably the first general purpose programmable computer: The Analytical Engine has no pretensions to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform. It can follow analysis; but it has no power of anticipating any analytical relations or truths.…
D.C. United continued to rebuild its defense with the addition of Mohanad Jeahze, an Iraq national team left back acquired on a transfer from Swedish club Hammarby.Jeahze, 25, signed a three-year contract with an option for the 2026 season, United announced Wednesday. The club used targeted allocation money to complete the deal, putting Jeahze in the tier of players just below its highest-paid stars, designated players Christian Benteke and Taxi Fountas. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.“Mohanad has proven himself to be one of the best left backs in the Nordics over the last two years and we…
In August, two men on a motorcycle pulled alongside the car of the Mexican journalist Fredid Román as he was leaving his home in Chilpancingo, the capital of the state of Guerrero. Román had just filed a column laying out accusations of government failures in the investigation of the mass abduction and disappearance of 43 students. He would never see its publication.Bullets peppered his vehicle. He died as his murderers sped away.Román was the fourth Mexican journalist killed in August alone, the 14th in the first eight months of 2022, according to Reporters Without Borders, which has designated Mexico as…
Rega, a Swiss Air-Rescue company, has ordered a second batch of 12 five-bladed H145 helicopters to be operated from its mountain bases. The aircraft will replace the current fleet of AW109SP helicopters and follows an initial contract for nine H145s, announced in March this year. By 2026, Rega will operate an all-Airbus fleet consisting of 21 five-bladed H145s. “By selecting the five-bladed H145, we are ensuring that Rega will continue being able to provide its patients with reliable and professional medical assistance by air for the next 15 years,” said Ernst Kohler, CEO of Rega. Powered by two Safran Arriel…