November 18, 20240 Comments

Top radio host charged with sexually abusing 8 people

Veteran Australian broadcaster and former Wallabies coach Alan Jones has been charged with sexually abusing seven men and a 17-year-old boy. The 83-year-old was taken into custody at his Sydney apartment early on Monday morning, as detectives from the New South Wales (NSW) Police Child Abuse Squad searched the harbour-front property and seized electronic devices. Mr Jones is one of Australia’s most influential media figures, and has previously denied allegations

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November 15, 20240 Comments

Here’s my no. 1 piece of career advice for young people

Dr. Geetha Murali, CEO of Room to Read. Courtesy of Dr. Geetha Murali. For Dr. Geetha Murali, the topic of education is a deeply personal one. As the CEO of Room to Read, a leading non-profit organization with the mission to create a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality, she is acutely aware that the power of education could break cycles of poverty and inequality around the world. “We’ve

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November 11, 20240 Comments

People who work from home get more sleep and exercise

Homeworkers are using the time saved by not commuting to stay longer in bed, new figures suggest. They got an average of 24 minutes extra “sleep and rest” and spent an additional 15 minutes on things such as exercise, compared with people who worked away from their homes. The snapshot survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found people working from home gained almost an hour on average from

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November 11, 20240 Comments

‘Children constantly coughing’: Pakistan’s record smog forces people home | Environment News

On the streets of Pakistan’s second biggest city, smog stings eyes and burns throats. Inside homes, few people can afford air purifiers to limit the damage of toxic particles that seep through doors and windows. Lahore, a city of 14 million people stuffed with factories, regularly ranks among the world’s most polluted cities, but it has hit record levels this month. Schools have closed in the main cities of Punjab

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