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Starting in 2027, travelers staying overnight in Glasgow will see a small increase on their accommodation bill as the Scottish city officially moves forward with a new tourist tax. It’s intended to help generate funds for public services and local infrastructure, with the city aiming to raise around £16 million annually. The tax will add five percent to the cost of overnight stays in overnight accommodations, including hotels, hostels, guesthouses, B&Bs and self-catering properties. Based on current rates, that equates to an average of £4.83 per night. The city administration committee approved the plan on Thursday, making Glasgow Scotland’s second city…
There is no shortage of workflow collaboration tools — like Slack or Google Docs, in addition to industry-specific ones like GitHub — for software developers. A startup called AllSpice.io successfully bet that electrical hardware engineering teams need their own collaboration platform, too. AllSpice’s platform sits between existing workflow software. It allows hardware teams to collaborate on the types of documents they traditionally work in — documents that don’t easily translate over Slack and email — like PCB files and electronic CAD files, both of which are used to design circuit boards. Engineers can use AllSpice to single out and comment…
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Thunder Beats Pacers to Win 1st NBA Title Since Oklahoma Move00:46Glowing Up! How One League Is Putting a New Spin on Baseball04:30Helicopter Flips, Crashes Near Lakeside Restaurant in Michigan00:25Hot-Air Balloon Catches Fire and Falls From Sky, Killing 8 People00:24Karen Read Juror Reveals She Had Originally Leaned Guilty02:30Florida Panthers Fans Line Streets for Stanley Cup Parade00:42US Cities Ramp Up Police Presence Amid Fears of Iran Retaliation02:01Military Families at Middle East Bases Sent Home After Iran Attack01:30US Strikes Iran Nuclear Sites: Inside Operation Midnight Hammer02:16Oklahoma City Star Player’s…
“The Tiny Things Are Heavier,” by author Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, is a reflection on young adulthood, migration, cultural misunderstanding and family relationships.Okonkwo’s debut novel is at turns amusing and heartbreaking as it follows Sommy, a Nigerian graduate student trying to navigate her new life in Iowa. Lonesome and homesick, Sommy tries to fit in as she studies for her master’s degree, eventually befriending several other women in their 20s and engaging in a complicated sexual relationship with her gregarious Nigerian roommate, Bayo. Through it all, Sommy is haunted by guilt over her brother Mezie’s attempted suicide just two weeks before…
Summer in Europe is pure magic but some of its best moments come after the season’s peak. That’s why Eurail, the iconic train pass that allows travel throughout 33 European countries, is encouraging travelers to treat summer not as a few fleeting calendar pages but as a mindset that stretches well into September and October.From crisp sunsets on the Adriatic to hopscotching through the Greek Islands (minus the high-season mania) and high-speed hops between Europe’s buzziest big cities, late summer and early autumn is a sensational time to explore Europe with a Eurail pass. All while enjoying comfortable temperatures and…
New York governor Kathy Hochul announced Monday that her state will host a large new nuclear power plant designed to generate at least 1 gigawatt of electricity. “If you take nuclear off the table, you have to burn more fossil fuels,” Hochul said at a press conference. “That’s not going to work for us here in New York.” The governor is directing the New York Power Authority (NYPA), which owns and operates two dozen power plants — mostly dams and gas turbines — to develop the new facility. The plans are still in their infancy: NYPA, a state government entity, has…
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Thunder Beats Pacers to Win 1st NBA Title Since Oklahoma Move00:46Glowing Up! How One League Is Putting a New Spin on Baseball04:30Helicopter Flips, Crashes Near Lakeside Restaurant in Michigan00:25Hot-Air Balloon Catches Fire and Falls From Sky, Killing 8 People00:24Karen Read Juror Reveals She Had Originally Leaned Guilty02:30Florida Panthers Fans Line Streets for Stanley Cup Parade00:42US Cities Ramp Up Police Presence Amid Fears of Iran Retaliation02:01Military Families at Middle East Bases Sent Home After Iran Attack01:30US Strikes Iran Nuclear Sites: Inside Operation Midnight Hammer02:16Oklahoma City Star Player’s…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge who blocked the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America is seeking more information from the government about whether it is complying with his order preserving the 83-year-old international news service.During a hearing on Monday, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth asked a Justice Department attorney why the government hadn’t informed him of layoff notices that were sent Friday to over 600 employees of Voice of America and the federal agency that oversees it.The government lawyer, Brenda Gonzalez Horowitz, told Lamberth that the agency has been complying with his April 22 order “in good faith.”…
Airspace over the Middle East on Monday afternoon EDT, according to FlightRadar24.Courtesy: Flightradar24Airlines diverted more flights in the Middle East on Monday after Iran’s armed forces said the country launched a missile strike on a U.S. military base in Qatar, exacerbating the region’s military conflict.More than 20 commercial aircraft bound for Doha, Qatar, diverted, while another four heading to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates turned around, according to aviation data firm Cirium. Meanwhile, flight-tracking platform Flightradar24 said airspace over the UAE was closed. Reuters reported that the island nation of Bahrain also closed its airspace temporarily.British Airways said Monday…
Vaccines Disability issues Federal agencies Children’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link A former leader of the anti-vaccine group Children’s Health Defense will present this week on thimerosal in flu vaccines at a meeting of the newly appointed vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a CDC official with knowledge of the decision who wasn’t authorized to reveal the information. The presenter, Lyn Redwood, is a nurse practitioner with experience in pediatrics and family medicine, according to a bio posted on Children’s Health Defense’s website, which notes she is president emerita of…