Tue 24 August 2021: The gender gap in income in many countries was never a secret, but this time it hit new highs in the U.K. Female directors at Britain’s top companies earn almost three-quarters less than their male counterparts, a study showed Monday. A female director at one of the companies listed on London’s FTSE […]
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Mon 23 August 2021: According to a study conducted in the United States, during the pandemic, aggression among spouses climbed six to eight times across the country. Physical aggression was confined to two acts per year before the pandemic began, but soared to 15 acts per year once the lockdown began, according to a study […]
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Sun 22 August 2021: According to The Independent, the municipality of Maenza in Rome’s Latium province has joined Italy’s €1 Houses project, which will allow anyone for the first time to buy a house near the Italian city. Several towns and villages around Italy are offering low-cost housing to encourage people to relocate to their […]
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Sat 21 August 2021: With The Blind Spot, artist Jasper Udink ten Cate and experience designer Jeroen Prins want to contribute to a more accessible society. They present a ‘4D art experience’ for both sighted visitors and visitors who are visually impaired or blind. The 4D artworks do not focus on looking, but appeal to […]
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Fri 20 August 2021: According to The Wall Street Journal, Amazon aims to extend its retail operation by constructing department stores in the United States. Earlier this week, the online shopping giant surpassed Walmart in total sales to become the world’s largest retailer outside of China. According to reports, the first department store outlets would open in California and Ohio. They are said to be modeled after Bloomingdale’s and Nordstrom, and sell a variety of […]
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Thu 19 August 2021: According to US-based news outlet Fox News, a YouTuber has established a new Guinness World Record by guzzling a two-liter bottle of Pepsi in less than 20 seconds. YouTuber Eric “Badlands” Booker, whose channel was created in September 2012, set the world record by chugging the bottle of sugar-free cola in […]
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Sat 14 August 2021: A 40-year-old piece of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding cake sold for more than $2,500 at auction. The “large slice” of icing and marzipan, which came from one of 23 official wedding cakes made for the royal wedding in 1981, sold Wednesday for £1,850 ($2,562) plus a 20% buyer’s premium […]
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Fri 13 August 2021: Adidas stated on Thursday that it had reached an agreement to sell the Reebok brand to Authentic Brands Group of the United States for 2.1 billion Euros ($2.5 billion). Back in February, the company started the formal process of selling Reebok, which it acquired in 2006 for roughly $3.8 billion, due […]
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Wed 11 August 2021: As more people switch to electric vehicles, Ford said late last month that it would be releasing a new fragrance for individuals who miss the smell of classic engines and gasoline. Olfiction, a renowned fragrance consultancy, designed the Mach-Eau fragrance with elements that replicate the odors of chemicals generated from automobile […]
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Wed 11 August 2021: Nearly 28,000-year-old cave lion cub was discovered perfectly preserved and frozen deep in the Siberian arctic, making it one of the world’s best-preserved ice age animals, according to an expert. Sparta, as this female cave lion is called, is estimated to be 27,962 years old, according to a study published this […]
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