Fans of the Atlanta Hawks were shocked and supremely nervous when they didn’t see Trae Young on Friday night. Just before the team’s game against the Denver Nuggets, it was announced that Young wouldn’t play. In the end, he didn’t even sit on his team’s bench, leading some to speculate that the absence had to do with more than just a simple shoulder injury, as the team originally reported. The Hawks would later say that a “miscommunication” between Young and head coach Nate McMillan led to the star’s absence. Now we know more about what happened. Trae Young and…
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Conversations around the four-day workweek have been reignited by the COVID-19 pandemic, with workers and employers rethinking the importance of workplace flexibility and benefits.The idea is simple – employees would work four days a week while getting paid the same and earning the same benefits, but with the same workload.Companies reducing their workweek would therefore operate with fewer meetings and more independent work.Hailed as the future of employee productivity and work-life balance, advocates for the four-day workweek suggest that when implemented, worker satisfaction increases, and so does productivity.Trade unions across Europe are calling for governments to implement the four-day working…
The introduction of 3D scanners at airports could mean passengers no longer have to remove liquids from hand luggage.The UK government is considering installing the hi-tech scanners in airports around the country.If the technology is rolled out, the security rules on taking liquids and laptops out of carry-on bags could be scrapped in the UK in 2024.A final decision is yet to be made, but what could it mean for the future of air travel?What are the security rules for liquids in hand luggage?The current rules in UK airports require passengers to place all liquids into a clear plastic bag…
The writer is a former Member of the European ParliamentThe rest of Europe looks with amazement at the goings-on in Britain. Faced with a Brexit that has demonstrably failed, Rishi Sunak’s government seems hapless. But his putative successor, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, refuses to plot a bold way back to Europe, saying he wants to “make Brexit work”. Any radical reform of the UK’s relations with the EU is likely to be delayed until at least his second term — a position that would be both tardy and presumptuous. Instead, Starmer should promise to forge an immediate customs union…
Every hard disk is too small if you just wait long enough. TreeSize Free tells you where precious space has gone to. TreeSize Free can be started from the context menu of a folder or drive and shows you the size of this folder, including its subfolders. Each folder can be expanded in Explorer-like style to see the size of its subfolders. Scanning is done in a thread, so you can already see results while TreeSize is working. The space, which is wasted by the file system can be displayed and the results can be printed in a report. Efficient…
The hardest goodbye. Two months after tying the knot, Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams are mourning the loss of their beloved dog Carl. The Bachelor Nation star, who had the bloodhound before meeting his wife, shared the sad news on his Instagram, calling the late pup “a true gentle giant.” “Trying to type this through tears, but it’s with a heavy heart I must tell you that @carlthebloodhound has gone to doggy heaven, Wells wrote on Dec. 3, along with a carousel of photos. “Carl, you were such a good guy. You were sweet, noisy, protective, and slobbery, and boy did you…
Joey McFarland has apologized after sparking controversy for walking the red carpet at the Emancipation premiere with the original photo of an enslaved man known as Peter that inspired the film. “I wholeheartedly apologize to everyone I have offended by bringing a photograph of Peter to the Emancipation premiere,” the Oscar-nominated producer said in an Instagram post on Sunday. “My intent was to honor this remarkable man and to remind the general public that his image is not only brought about change in 1863 but still resonates and promotes change today.” The photograph shows a man named Peter, who…
“Cinema Sabaya” may be heading to the Academy Awards and is definitely heading to North America. A press release announced that Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Orit Fouks Rotem’s award-winning feature debut, Israel’s submission to the 2023 International Feature Oscar race. Described as a “richly textured portrait of a group of Arab and Israeli women taking part in a documentary filmmaking workshop,” “Cinema Sabaya” is slated for a 2023 theatrical release with a digital and home video release to follow. “Cinema Sabaya” is inspired by Rotem’s own experience “teaching filmmaking to groups of women in Acre and…
With Christmas and New Year falling on weekends this year, online travel companies have witnessed an uptick of 50-60 per cent in flight and hotel bokings, compared to last year’s festival season.Travel was impacted for the last two years due to the pandemic . Traditionally, there is an uptick in travel during Christmas and New Year. However, businessline had reported that in the same period last year the travel industry was witnessing a dip in booking due to the Omicron variant. Given that the number of cases have reduced, customer confidence has been steadily increasing and both occasions are coinciding…
Authorities in Kherson have released a video it said was the aftermath of the Russian shelling of a residential building. But officials said that no civilians were injured in the attack. The strike comes just weeks after Ukrainian forces have re-taken the area.Russian forces have parked on the other side of the Dnipro river with Kherson within reach of their artillery.Elsewhere in Ukraine, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has begun a four-day official visit to the country, stopping first in Kyiv and neighboring Bucha and Irpin.”I’m in Ukraine at this point in time out of solidarity with the victims…