Image copyright JACK LAWSON Paintings of vulvas are popping up on doors of toilet cubicles across London. It’s all part of a campaign to promote positive body image among women – specifically what’s “down there”. Oliwia Bober, 23, is the artist behind the genitalia designs – and says feedback has been positive. “Women are often […]
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A 29-year-old man who once slept rough on the streets of Norwich has had his paintings showing his mental health struggles exhibited in New York. Siris Hill has battled crippling anxiety and he taught himself to draw when he failed to get therapy. He found the creative process helped his state of mind and he
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Image copyright Getty Images Virgin Mobile says it has restored services to customers across the UK who had been struggling to make calls, send text messages and use mobile data. Virgin Mobile said it would compensate customers for the problem which it said was due to a “technical issue”. Complaints began coming in on Tuesday
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Across Iran, but particularly in the northern regions, where my family is from, herbs are treated like a vegetable or main ingredient, rather than a garnish. In the Bay Area, where I now live, I can always spot an Iranian shopper’s grocery cart from afar — it’s the one piled high with bunches of parsley,
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Intel has revealed another hardware security flaw that could affects millions of machines around the world. The chipmaker said Tuesday there’s no evidence of anyone exploiting the bug. The bug is embedded in the architecture of computer hardware. Intel says it could let attackers see leaked data but it’s difficult to exploit outside of a
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An attorney for John Wetteland says the former All-Star and World Series MVP pitcher is “completely shocked” and innocent of charges accusing him of child sex abuse. Attorney Derek Adame commented Monday after Wetteland attended an arraignment hearing in Denton County, Texas. Wetteland and his wife didn’t speak to reporters. Adame says the Texas Rangers
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Just two weeks ago, the United States and China seemed to be gliding toward a trade deal meant to resolve tensions between the world’s two largest economies. But the breakdown in talks since — the United States raised tariffs to 25 percent on $200 billion of Chinese imports and is threatening to tax an additional
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Oscar-winning actor George Clooney was criticized by LGBT+ activists on Tuesday after he called a boycott of luxury hotels owned by Brunei a “warning shot” to Indonesia and Malaysia should they consider introducing similar anti-gay laws. Clooney in late March led calls for a boycott of nine
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Washington is the first state in the nation to establish a program to help offset the costs of long-term care, under a new law signed Monday by Gov. Jay Inslee. Starting in 2025, the program promises a benefit for those who pay into the program, with a lifetime maximum of $36,500 per person, indexed to
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Madonna’s publicists announced her appearance last month Madonna’s performance at the Eurovision Song Contest has been thrown into doubt by organisers, who say she has yet to sign a contract for the show. Speaking on Monday, Eurovision’s executive supervisor Jon Ola Sand said: “The European Broadcasting Union has never
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