If you are among those who keep finding make-up where it doesn’t really belong – like on your clothes or as a brown border around your collar – the online world of TikTok and Instagram are full of life hacks. There is a treasure trove of simple tricks …
How to keep your home network secure: Smart tricks and settings
Network security is not just for IT professionals. Even home users need to keep their networks secure to prevent unauthorized people from, for example, hogging their broadband, installing malware that turns connected devices into robots in botnets, and…
The Week in Pictures: February 9-16, 2024
From the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war, conflict in southern Lebanon and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the Middle East to the Super Bowl, dpa International presents its Pictures of the Week.
Keep Germany from going cashless: Central bank launches lobby group
A new German advocacy group will fight to keep hard cash as a universally accepted payment method, in hopes of pushing back against the expanding use of credit cards in the country. Germany’s central bank, the Bundesbank, held a launch event on Friday …
The Week in Pictures: February 9-16, 2024
From the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war, conflict in southern Lebanon and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the Middle East to the Super Bowl, dpa International presents its Pictures of the Week.
Half-term holiday heralds start of busiest week of year so far for Stansted Airport
Stansted Airport is set for its busiest week of the year so far as thousands jet away for half-term. Hot on the heels of a record-breaking January, more than 360,000 passengers are expected to fly from the Uttlesford hub over the next 10 days. Today (F…
Search begins for new chief executive for Herts County Council after Owen Mapley quits
Hertfordshire County Council’s chief executive Owen Mapley has quit after five years in the top job. He is leaving the authority to become chief executive of The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). He joined the council as di…
Leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has died in prison
Leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has died in prison, state news agency TASS reported on Friday, citing the prison authorities. Navalny, 47, collapsed on Friday after a walk in his penal colony in the northern Russian region of Yamal and…
3rd Test: Ben Duckett’s ‘Bazball’ rattles India on Day 2, puts England in stronghold (Stumps)
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], February 16 (ANI): England’s ‘Bazball’ strategy rattled the Indian bowling attack throughout the day and left the hosts shell-shocked as an assertive century from Ben Duckett ensured that England finished strong here at Niranj…
About 10,000 German retail workers striking in wage dispute
About 10,000 retail workers in Germany went out on strike on Friday, primarily against the nationwide grocery chain Edeka, according to the trade union verdi. “There are probably close to 10,000 employees on strike today,” the union told dpa. Edeka emp…