• Rise in car insurance payments with motorists now more likely to make claims, says Aviva

    Aviva says there was a 16pc increase in the volume of motor damage payments it made last year, while their value grew by 37pc. The insurance company believes the cost of living was a factor, with people more likely to make claims for small repairs to their cars rather than pay the bill themselves.

  • The expert guide to spending a penny: How often is too often? Why swimming makes you want to go. And how many seconds is the ideal duration

    We MOSTLY do it without thinking. Yet experts say when — and how — we urinate can reflect or even improve our general health. For instance, new research suggests that hand grip strength can reflect the strength of your pelvic floor — which is linked to incontinence. Here, we get the experts’ view on the latest thinking and advice..

  • Fewer Americans file for jobless claims

    WASHINGTON >> Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week as the labor market continues to thrive despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool it.

  • Now Could Be Time for Private Investors to Make Their Mark

    The venture capital crunch may be easing, but it isn't over yet. That means there could be direct investment opportunities for private deal investors.

  • IRS makes improvements in services for American taxpayers

    Washington, Apr 15 (Prensa Latina) With the April tax filing deadline here, the Internal Revenue Service highlighted a variety of improvements that dramatically expanded service for millions of taxpayers during the 2024 filing season. The post IRS makes improvements in services for American taxpayers first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • American journalist now held in Russia six months

    Alsu Kurmasheva, an American reporter for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, has been held in Russia for six months for her journalism. Why hasn’t the U.S. Department of State designated her as wrongfully detained? Deník N/Ludvík Hradilek, courtesy of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Six months ago today, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist and American citizen Alsu Kurmasheva was detained in Russia. Like Wall Street Journal reporter...

  • This Viral Kickstarter Telephoto Camera Makes Impossible Promises

    Chinese tech company Beaverlab Technology Co., Ltd has taken Kickstarter by storm with its Excope DT1 camera. However, the camera is suspicious at best and an outright lie at worst. [Read More]

  • How Left-Wing Organizations Betray the Groups They Claim to Represent

    The Communist Party of the Soviet Union—like most communist parties—came to power as the great defender of workers. In reality, the Soviet Communist Party didn’t Read More

  • Americans Now Worry About Out-Of-Control Power Bill Inflation

    Americans Now Worry About Out-Of-Control Power Bill Inflation Tens of millions of Americans are having trouble paying their power bills as residential electricity inflation continues to run rampant. The latest data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (February's print) shows that three out of every four major cities in the US had power prices rise for residential customers. "Food has been a worry, but now electricity is the worry," 75yo Alfredo De Avila told Bloomberg, adding,...

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    Stella Artois Makes Light of How Often Drinkers Steal Its Glassware

    Stella Artois distributes custom glassware to bars to make pours of the Belgian pilsner more distinctive, but thousands of those chalices go missing every year. Rather than fighting the thefts, the AB InBev brand celebrates them in a playful campaign by agency David New York. “Missing Chalices” shows the branded glassware tucked into a kitchen cabinet, drying on a dish rack and finding a place at a dining room table—a journey that started with it being hidden in a jacket pocket. The thefts...

  • Anti-Terrorism Council redesignates CPP-NPA as terror group

    The Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) has maintained the terrorist designations of the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) as well as the Islamic State East Asia (ISEA) and other Daesh-linked groups and has tagged an individual linked to various activities of communist rebels as a terrorist.

  • WATCH: Anti-Israel Protesters at Yale Tear Down American Flag

    Anti-Israel protesters at Yale University tore down an American flag on Friday night as they occupied the campus in what Jewish students have called an act of intimidation against them and against the university.