Nothing much lies on Qatar’s border with Saudi Arabia. A few sunbaked outposts and miles and miles of vast, empty desert in all directions. Then, earlier this year, something very different appeared in the middle of this nowhere: A huge, gleaming luxury hotel complex, complete with its own theme park. The Hilton Salwa Beach Resort...
If you have notions of living in a proper English castle, Devizes Castle in Wiltshire offers the expected castellations and turrets as well as a history that dates to the 11th century. The current castle was built in the 1830s and stands on top of ruins of a former royal household that was passed down...
The boss of British Gas owner Centrica has said he is horrified that debt collectors have broken into vulnerable customers’ homes to fit energy meters. The Times found debt agents working for British Gas expressed excitement at putting meters in the homes of people who had fallen behind on energy bills. “This happened when people...
As many as half a million workers are striking across Britain on Wednesday, closing schools, canceling university lectures, and bringing most of the rail network to a standstill in what unions say is the biggest single day of walkouts in more than a decade. Teachers, university staff, train drivers, and civil servants — including staff checking passports at airports — are...
Damian Lillard scored 42 points for the second game in a row as the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 122-112. Lillard, who also had 10 assists and eight rebounds, now has 49 40-point career games. He is tied with Shaquille O’Neal in 19th place on the list of players with the most 40-point...
King Charles III will not feature on Australia’s new five dollar note, the country’s central bank has announced. The new design will pay tribute to “the culture and history” of Indigenous Australians, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) says. A portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II appears on the current design of the five-dollar...
Before the pandemic, Mark had a lot of autonomy in his job in the IT department of a US industrial firm. He and his teammates were able to get their work done, he says, “without our manager doing much, you know, managing”. That changed abruptly when the company transitioned to working from home. “The monitoring...
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