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☆ My ex and I are close friends, and he sometimes wants to get back together. My new boyfriend approves of our friendship anyway.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Ariella Steinhorn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

My last serious romantic relationship was one of the most important relationships of my life. I was nervous when I told Cooper about my close relationship with Moses. The short relationships I had between Moses and Cooper made me extremely anxious about my friendship with Moses. It's unusual to remain in such close contact with an ex — especially one who wants to get back together — without a new partner feeling some pangs of jealousy. Before meeting me, Cooper was in an emotionally and financially stifling relationship where he felt prohibited from spending time with his friends.

Persons: Moses, Moses —, —, Cooper Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Manhattan, Los Angeles, New York, Sydney, Edinburgh, Scotland, Brooklyn

☆ Forget Edinburgh — we stayed in Glasgow. It was cheaper and less touristy, with gorgeous gardens and architecture.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Nicole Findlay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewSure, Edinburgh has the castle atop the Royal Mile, but the often-overlooked Glasgow is just as fun, less crowded, equally beautiful, and offers plenty to do for families. Glasgow offers unique family attractionsEdinburgh has tons of tourist attractions, but Glasgow has its own set of treasures. We stayed at hotels in Glasgow and Edinburgh, with the former being substantially cheaper. AdvertisementAnd while Edinburgh is a smaller city, it attracts more tourists than Glasgow. In Edinburgh, we dodged the crowds as we walked up and down the Royal Mile and around other tourist hot spots.

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☆ New sculpture of late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip – plus corgis – divides opinion
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A newly unveiled sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and two corgis in Northern Ireland, intended to pay tribute to the late monarch, has received somewhat mixed reviews from the public. The sculpture was unveiled in Antrim Castle Gardens on September 6. Antrim Castle Gardens“Could be anyone,” wrote one commenter on a Facebook post from the council announcing the work’s unveiling. The sculpture, among the first work commemorating the late Queen in the United Kingdom, was created by artist Anto Brennan as a commission from Antrim and Newtonabbey Borough Council. It was installed in Antrim Castle Gardens, about 19 miles (30 kilometers) north of Belfast, and unveiled on Friday.

Persons: Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Queen “, ”, Cristiano Ronaldo, “, Anto Brennan, Elizabeth, Philip, Prince Philip , Duke of Edinburgh, Brennan, Catherine , Princess, King Charles III, Lucian Freud Organizations: CNN, Antrim Castle Gardens, corgi, ” CNN, Tatler Locations: Northern Ireland, Antrim Castle, Antrim, United Kingdom, Newtonabbey, Belfast, Wales

☆ They were due to leave for their dream cruise in May. Three months on they’re still stuck at the departure port
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —It was the years-long cruise that was supposed to set sail, but saw its departure postponed… postponed… and postponed again. However, there’s one crucial difference between Life at Sea and Villa Vie Residences, the company attempting the 3.5-year cruise: Villa Vie has a ship. This meant the certifications had expired – and instead of simply renewing them, Villa Vie was obliged to start from scratch. Olsen cruise ship. ‘Not what we were expecting’Angela and Steve Theriac have been traveling around Europe while waiting to set sail.

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☆ Here's where American Airlines is adding flights to Europe in summer 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, from American Airlines company, taking off from Barcelona airport, in Barcelona on 24th February 2023. As social media feeds make their seasonal shift from the Parthenon to pumpkin patches, airlines are busy preparing for the 2025 Europe travel season, a bet that strong demand for international travel will continue next summer. American Airlines on Thursday unveiled new routes to Europe for spring and summer next year. Rivals United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are expected to release their 2025 travel plans in the coming weeks. American said its trans-Atlantic capacity next summer will be up low-to-mid-single digits over this year, with executives confident that consumers will continue to prioritize travel.

Persons: Charlotte ,, Brian Znotins, American's Organizations: Boeing, American Airlines, Milan, Rivals United Airlines, Delta Air Lines Locations: Barcelona, Europe, Chicago, Madrid, Philadelphia, Edinburgh, Scotland, Charlotte, Charlotte , North Carolina, Athens, Greece, Miami, Rome, Italy

☆ I've been a student in the UK for 6 years. But my family in the US is getting older, and I'm torn about moving back to be with them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-26 | by ( Erin Liam | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Scarlett Kiaras-AttariI wanted to pursue a master's in medieval history. Although there are so many great departments in the US for religious studies and medieval history, my mentors at school had all studied at Oxbridge — colleges across Oxford and Cambridge. So, in 2022, I followed their advice and pursued a master's in Medieval History at the University of Oxford. That's the difficulty of expat life — there's the US in the UK version of myself, and I'm always teetering between two places. Although I used to think that I'd stay in the UK, I've recently started to think about how my family members are getting old.

Persons: —, Scarlett Kiaras, Attari, I'm, William Shakespeare's, Richard III, I've Organizations: Service, Business, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, University of Chicago, University of Oxford, Oxbridge, Oxford, King's College London Locations: London, Iranian, British, American, Louisville , Kentucky, New England, Scotland, Cambridge

☆ Ancient Calendar, Recently Discovered, May Document a Long-Ago Disaster
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Claire Moses | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A researcher at the University of Edinburgh has discovered what he believes is the earliest calendar of its kind at Gobekli Tepe, an archaeological excavation site in what is now southern Turkey that used to be an ancient complex of temple-like enclosures. Dr. Sweatman said that the intricate carvings at Gobekli Tepe tell the story and document the date when fragments of a comet — which came from a meteor stream — hit Earth roughly 13,000 years ago. The comet strike, which the latest research has placed in the year 10,850 B.C., has long been a source of disagreement among academics and researchers. This is not the first time that Dr. Sweatman has been able to connect the impact of the comet to the site in Turkey, he said. In 2017, he linked the two in an academic paper in which he contended that the carvings at Gobekli Tepe were memorialized in the pillars, and that the site was used as a place to observe space.

Persons: Martin Sweatman, Sweatman, Gobekli Organizations: University of Edinburgh, Tepe Locations: Turkey

☆ Europe was on the brink of a night train revolution. Here’s what actually happened
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Ben Jones | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Prior to the company’s demise, it had looked like Europe was poised for something of a night train revolution. Despite this demand, the hurdles for startups like Midnight Train trying to enter the market to meet it remain virtually insurmountable. Formidable obstaclesEuropean Sleeper is one of the few new night train operators to begin services, but the company has struggled to find rolling stock. “Politicians must be clear: the night train market will be effectively closed for a very long time,” he says. With the honorable exception of Nightjet, which plans to expand rapidly over the next five years, European night train services have yet to match the hype.

Persons: Adrien Aumont, Eva Plevier, Alex Halada, –, ÖBB, Nick Brooks, ”, “, Bart Biesemans, ” Brooks, Mark Smith, Robert Nemeti Organizations: CNN, Trains, Midnight Trains, Regiojet, Compagnie Internationale des, Orient Express, Getty, Austrian Federal Railways, Reuters, Barcelona, European Union, Swiss Federal Railways, Deutsche Bahn, Italian State Railways, Formidable, EU Locations: Europe, Stockholm, Denmark, Germany, Czech, Czechia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Prague, Croatia’s, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin, –, France, Barcelona, AFP, Spanish, Paris, Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Madrid, Porto, Edinburgh, Anadolu, Vienna, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Sicily, Messina, Europe’s

☆ Cole Hocker stuns the world, outkicks Josh Kerr to win men’s 1500m title Olympic gold
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

He was courageous enough to try to do one of the hardest things in running, win a race from the front, wire-to-wire. 😱 A STUNNING upset in the men’s 1500m as AMERICAN COLE HOCKER takes gold! This was the race that all running nerds had circled on their Olympic schedules, but not because of Hocker. Oldest brother Henrik finished fifth in the 1,500 meters at the 2012 Olympics. He said he tried to respond, but ran out of gas – 1500 meters had proven “just 100 meters too much.”“I ruined it for myself by going way too hard,” he said.

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☆ Out and About at the Edinburgh Fringe
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Robert Ormerod | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It’s summer in Edinburgh and visitors from around the world have arrived for the 77th edition of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the chaotic, scrappy, sprawling arts event that opened Friday and runs through Aug. 26. This year, there are more than 3,600 shows on the program, by artists from 58 countries: theater, stand-up, circus and cabaret performances, as usual — but also film screenings, whiskey tastings and a life drawing class with dogs.

Organizations: Edinburgh Festival Fringe Locations: Edinburgh

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☆ Britain cancels $1.7 billion of computing projects in setback for global AI ambitions
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

(Photo by Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images)The U.K. government has canceled £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) worth of computing infrastructure projects, in a big setback to the country's ambitions to become a world leader in artificial intelligence. A government spokesperson confirmed to CNBC that two major taxpayer-funded spending commitments, worth £500 million and £800 million, respectively, were being dropped in order to prioritize other fiscal plans. Earlier this week, British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves announced a raft of spending cuts after revealing Labour had inherited a projected £22 billion ($28 billion) of unfunded pledges from the center-right Conservatives. The Labour government was widely expected to announce the introduction of the first-ever U.K. AI Bill in a speech delivered by King Charles III last month. A DSIT spokesperson instead told CNBC the government would consult on plans to regulate AI in due course.

Persons: Rasid Necati, Rishi Sunak's, Rachel Reeves, unfunded, codebreakers, Keir Starmer's, King Charles III Organizations: Artificial Intelligence, Getty, CNBC, Research, University of Edinburgh, Labour, Department for Science, Innovation, Technology, British Locations: London, United Kingdom, Anadolu, Bletchley, Nazi Germany

☆ Photos show what life is like in the world's most isolated settlement
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Rachel Askinasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The Edinburgh of the Seven Seas settlement is considered the most remote settlement in the world. The settlement, which is on the island of Tristan da Cunha, is home to around 230 people. AdvertisementResidents of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, one of the British Overseas Territories on the island of Tristan da Cunha, call their home "the world's most isolated settlement." Tristan da Cunha is an active volcanic island in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean. The last time it erupted was in 1961, which forced islanders to evacuate to England, according to the website of the Tristan da Cunha Government and the Tristan da Cunha Association.

Persons: Tristan da Cunha, — Organizations: Service, British Overseas Territories, Tristan da Cunha Government, Tristan da Cunha Association, Business Locations: Edinburgh, Cape Town , South Africa, England

☆ Remember when Taylor Swift wore drag in ‘The Man’ music video
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Caitlin Chatterton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Ethan Miller/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs "Lover" with her band, backup singers and dancers in Nashville, Tennessee, in May 2023. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs in Glendale, Arizona, during the opening weekend of "The Eras Tour" in March 2023. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift sings "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" in Paris in May 2024. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Swift performs the 10-minute version of "All Too Well" in Nashville in May 2023. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift leaves the stage after the "Speak Now" set in Nashville in May 2023.

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☆ ‘Chariots of Fire’ immortalized the 1924 Paris Olympics. Decades later, the film finds a way of ‘really speaking to people’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

So begins the 1981 Oscar-winning film “Chariots of Fire,” introducing a group of British athletes as they train for the Olympic Games. Based on the lives and gold-medal-winning performances of sprinters Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams ahead of the 1924 Paris Olympics, “Chariots of Fire” won four Oscars – including Best Picture. Athletes and officials process during the Opening Ceremony of the 1924 Paris Olympics. “The film has got a way of really, really speaking to people … something much more than we envisaged or probably had been put into it. He went on to become an influential journalist, broadcaster and athletics administrator, and he remains one of only three British men to win the Olympic 100m title.

Persons: St Andrews, ” David Puttnam, ”, Eric Liddell, Harold Abrahams, Ronald Reagan, Joe Biden, “, It’s, Liddell, Abrahams –, –, Ian Charleson, Allan Wells, ” Eric Liddell, Firmin, Wells, Abrahams, Liddell’s, ‘, ’, I’ve, they’ll, ” Sue Caton, He’d, ” John MacMillan, MacMillan, “ He’s, Robin Hood, ” Abrahams, ” Harold Abrahams, Ben Cross, Sam Mussabini, “ Harold Abrahams, Mark Ryan, ” Liddell’s, Ryan, Puttnam, Oscar, Tom McNab, Nigel Havers –, Andrew Lindsey –, we’d, … I’ve, ” Courage Organizations: CNN, Olympic Games, CNN Sport, Keystone, Hulton, Scottish, international, University of Edinburgh, Olympics, Topical Press Agency, Getty, Eric Liddell Community, Cambridge, AAA, Central Press, BBC, “, Paris, ABC, Disney, Entertainment Locations: Scottish, St, Paris, Scotland, China, Asia, Moscow, Edinburgh, “, St Andrews, England

☆ What to know if you’re traveling this weekend amid the global tech outage
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Here’s what to know if you’re planning to travel this weekend. David J. Phillip/APUS-based carriers American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Allegiant Airlines, SunCountry and Frontier Airlines all reported issues on Friday. Crews have limits on their working hours, so staffing challenges cascade along with flight delays. That all depends on the type of ticket you have, the airline you’re flying with and whether you have travel insurance (which is always a good idea). If you’re set to travel soon, wherever you are in the world, it’s worth double checking your individual journey status before you travel.

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Read previewMajor airlines, banks, and supermarkets are experiencing widespread disruptions linked to an IT outage after Microsoft reported problems with its online services. American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines are among the airlines that have issued ground stops for their aircraft due to communication issues, Reuters reported. A spokesperson for Singapore's Changi Airport told BI: "Due to a global outage affecting IT systems of many organizations, the check-in process for some airlines at Changi Airport is being managed manually." On Thursday night, Frontier Airlines issued a ground stop order, saying in a statement: "flight operations are currently being impacted by a major Microsoft technical outage." AdvertisementThe Austin-headquartered tech giant, which specializes in security for cloud computing platforms, confirmed with CNBC on Friday morning that it was receiving outage reports.

Persons: —, Dan Coatsworth, AJ Bell, CrowdStrike, Omer Grossman, CyberArk, Grossman Organizations: Service, Microsoft, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, United Airlines, Reuters, London Stock, Business, BI, —, Local, Changi, Changi Airport, Melbourne Airport, Sydney Airport, Rajiv Gandhi, Edinburgh Airport, Berlin Airport, Ryanair, Europe's, Frontier Airlines, CNBC, Windows Locations: Singapore, Changi, Australia, Delhi, India, Germany

☆ Stegosaurus skeleton sets auction record, selling for $44.6 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A Stegosaurus skeleton has become the most valuable fossil ever sold at auction, being snapped up for $44.6 million in New York. The dinosaur fossil was sold on Wednesday to an anonymous buyer after it was sought after by seven bidders, according to Sotheby’s, the auction house handling the sale. The fossil, nicknamed “Apex,” smashed its pre-sale estimate, which was between $4 million and $6 million. Apex became the most valuable fossil ever sold at an auction, according to Sotheby's. According to Sotheby’s, it sold “Sue,” a Tyrannosaurus rex and the first ever dinosaur to be sold at auction, for $8.4 million in 1997.

Persons: ”, Jason Cooper, Sotheby’s, Steve Brusatte, ” Brusatte, ” Sotheby’s, Apex, Sue, “ Stan Organizations: CNN, Apex, Scotland’s University of Edinburgh Locations: New York, Moffat County , Colorado, U.S, America, Sotheby’s

☆ I'm from the UK and moved to the US 19 years ago. Time zones still confuse me, and I don't get why people love long road trips.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewIt's not very often that you're offered a job in an exciting new country — at least in my case. AdvertisementAmericans love road tripsI can't quite understand the appeal of "The Great American Road Trip," in which you drive 700 miles in one day while singing along to rock ballads. Thanks to a fun game in the car, I actually enjoyed my road trip to Maine last week. AdvertisementMeanwhile, there are six in the US, which encompasses 3,532,316 square miles, including Alaska Standard Time and Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time. "Some things you get used to, some things you don't," goes the old saying about making a big change.

Persons: —, I've, I'm, Jane Ridley, reckons it's Organizations: Service, Business, ZZ Locations: England, Manhattan, America, London, Edinburgh, Florida, New York, Maine, American, Alabama, Scotland, Wales, Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Los Angeles and New York City, California, York, Britain

King Charles III takes part in the Ceremony of the Keys on the forecourt of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 2. Andrew Milligan/WPA Pool/Getty ImagesYou may have noticed King Charles III hasn’t been out and about quite as much over the last six weeks and it’s not for the reason you think. As this is the first general election of Charles III’s reign, there may have been a desire from within the institution to emphasize this. First off, the PM informed King Charles of his decision to call for a general election. That’s because the day after a general election, the monarch invites the leader of the party that won the most seats in the House of Commons to Buckingham Palace.

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☆ Eating less bacon and other processed meat may reduce the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers, study shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewCutting back on processed meat in your diet may reduce the risk of serious diseases, including some cancers, a new research analysis predicts. Processed meat has long been thought to be a culprit in chronic illnesses like heart disease. Specifically, there would be about 352,900 fewer cases of diabetes, 92,500 fewer cases of heart disease, and 53,300 fewer cases of colorectal cancer, according to the estimate. However, more research is needed on unprocessed red meat like steak, as some studies have suggested that, in moderation, it may be less harmful than processed meat. One important caveat to the study is that the potential health benefits of cutting out processed meat also depend on what you replace it with.

Persons: —, Bacon, Lindsay Jaacks, Jaacks Organizations: Service, Business, University of Edinburgh, University of North Locations: University of North Carolina, Hill

☆ Online-gambling giants conquer U.S. with tactics deemed too tough for Britain
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +22 min

NYSEIn 2018, British regulators sanctioned the UK arm of online gambling giant Flutter after it failed to catch an astonishing anomaly. The United States is Flutter's largest and fastest-growing market in terms of revenue. Both online sports betting and online casinos have been legal and regulated far longer in Britain than in the United States. But in the United States, Flutter doesn't place such limits on the age group. Around a decade ago, British politicians became concerned about a rise in gambling-linked fraud and suicides involving online VIP customers.

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☆ How Britain’s political parties got their colors
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

While these are the only two parties with a realistic chance of winning the election, other smaller parties across the British political system offer a veritable kaleidoscope of differing — and sometimes duplicate — colours. The Liberal Democrats (orange), and Reform UK (turquoise) and the Green Party (you guessed it), are all vying for votes. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer during the launching of Labour Party election manifesto, in Manchester, on June 13, 2024. Among the smaller parties, color choices have sometimes been relatively straightforward – the Green Party uses green, unsurprisingly, due to its obvious connections with environmentalism. Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, during an election campaign visit in Frome, UK, on May 30, 2024.

Persons: Sinn Féin, Dominic Wring, Rishi Sunak, Jeff J Mitchell, ”, Keir Starmer, Oli Scarff, Liberal Democrats —, Ed Davey, Hollie Adams Organizations: CNN, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Reform, Green Party, Scottish National Party, Northern, Wales ’ Plaid Cymru, UK’s Loughborough University . British, British, British Union of Fascists, Labour Party, Getty, Conservative Party, Liberal Party, Social Democratic Party, Lib, Bloomberg, UK Independence Party, Christian Democrats, Marijuana Party of Canada, Republicans Locations: Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain, British Union, Manchester, AFP, Frome, UK, Europe

☆ 2 travelers in wheelchairs watched as their plane departed without them after an error saw them left waiting on the tarmac
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Three people were left on the tarmac as their plane took off without them, the Washington Post reported. Liz Weir, an author who uses a wheelchair, said the plane left with her luggage on board. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementTwo people in wheelchairs were left on the airport tarmac as their flight took off without them, The Washington Post reported.

Persons: Liz Weir, couldn't, —, easyJet Organizations: Washington Post, Service, Post, Business Locations: Northern Ireland, Belfast, Edinburgh

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