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CNN  —  An honorary member of Buckingham Palace has resigned and apologized after a Black charity founder said she was questioned about whether she was really British at a royal reception on Tuesday. The guest, Ngozi Fulani, is the CEO of Sistah Space, an organization that provides specialist services to women of African and Caribbean heritage affected by abuse. Fulani was attending a royal function on domestic abuse organized by the Queen Consort on Tuesday evening when she said a member of staff began a line of questioning that the palace called “unacceptable and deeply regrettable.” Fulani said that the…

With its stunning heritage sites, ‎€‎306 billion futuristic mega-city, and Arabian hospitality, Saudi has emerged as one of the world’s most pioneering tourism destinations – and this week, the nation is being put on the world stage.Global tourism leaders descended on Riyadh on Monday for the World Travel and Tourism Global Summit, shining a light on the country’s planned transformation into a global tourist destination.Julia Simpson, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) President and CEO, announced at the event that WTTC members are set to invest more than $10.5 billion (€10.1 billion) in Saudi over the next five years.It comes as…

CNN  —  An explosion occurred Wednesday at Ukraine’s embassy in Madrid, injuring one Ukrainian employee who was handling a letter addressed to the country’s ambassador to Spain, officials said. The individual was slightly injured and is being treated at hospital, while police are investigating, Spain’s foreign ministry said. Kyiv’s ambassador to Spain, Serhil Pohoreltsev, was the intended recipient of the envelope, it added. A separate letter bomb, which was deactivated at a weapons manufacturer in northern Spain late Wednesday, had the same return address as the one that exploded in Ukraine’s embassy in Madrid, a senior Spanish official told Spanish…

Researchers investigated the effects of krill oil on age-related neurodegeneration and Parkinson’s disease. They found that krill oil can protect against many neurodegenerative processes in worms and human cell lines. The researchers say that their findings warrant further preclinical and clinical research before it is widely recommended. Marine oils like fish oil have been extensively researched for their health-promoting properties. Until now, however, krill oil has remained relatively understudied. Krill oil has a high content of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, and choline, an essential nutrient that aids healthy brain development and function. One study found that dietary supplements of…

CNN  —  Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and her husband Prince Harry faced “disgusting and very real” threats from right-wing extremists, a former counterterrorism police chief has said. In an interview with Britain’s Channel 4 News on Tuesday, Neil Basu said the threats against Meghan were serious and credible enough that authorities had assigned teams to investigate them. “If you’d seen the stuff that was written, and you were receiving it … you would feel under threat all of the time,” said Basu, who was in charge of royal protection during his time at the Metropolitan Police. “People have been prosecuted…

Following the UK’s exit from the EU, British nationals living abroad need to ensure they have the right paperwork to prove their residency.Last week, it emerged that a UK citizen living in Denmark hadn’t registered his post-Brexit residency by the required date. He now faces deportation.Although many Brits living in the EU have found the information regarding their legal status confusing, you still need to comply.Here’s what you need to know about residence permits post-Brexit in different EU countries and what you risk if you haven’t applied for yours.Rights for UK nationals living in the EU post-BrexitWhen the UK voted…

Calix has been one of the major success stories in the highly competitive technology communications space over the past several years. Although it’s a company that few consumers would immediately recognize by name, the Calix cloud and software platforms empower internet service providers of all categories and sizes to transform and electrify their businesses. On a more practical level, Calix’s capabilities and tools allow business service providers (BSP) to support and promote their subscribers via compelling experiences, which we’ll detail. For BSPs, this translates into creating a stronger, stickier bond with customers via more substantial customer acquisition, heightened loyalty, and…

Prior to the pandemic, the worldwide travel and tourism industry accounted for just over 10% of global GDP. After a difficult 2020 and 2021, with, some false starts in the industry due to new variants of COVID-19, tourism is almost at a similar level now.Speaking to Euronews at The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) in Riyadh, Julia Simpson, President and CEO of the body, painted an upbeat picture.”Travel and tourism globally used to generate about $9.6 trillion (€9.3 trillion) globally, and at this end of this year we’ll be back to about $8.4 – $8.5 trillion (€8.1-€8.2 trillion). And…

A fake video with false Al Jazeera branding has claimed that Ukrainians were arrested in Qatar during the World Cup for performing Nazi salutes.The video includes the official graphics of the Doha-based news organisation, but there is no trace of Al Jazeera producing or publishing the story.No such arrests of “Ukrainian supporters” have been reported.The video was widely shared on pro-Russian Telegram channels and on the Chinese social media platform Weibo. Russia’s embassy in the United Kingdom and pro-Kremlin television presenter Vladimir Solovyov have also claimed that Ukrainian “neo-Nazis” were detained in Qatar.But an analysis of the video shows that…

CNN  —  Russia’s upper house of parliament unanimously voted on Wednesday to toughen a controversial law banning what the bill describes as “LGBT propaganda,” making it apply to Russians of all ages. The bill has to be signed into law by Russian President Vladimir Putin after being passed by the Federation Council. It passed the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, on November 24. The law proposes to ban all Russians from promoting or “praising” homosexual relationships or publicly suggesting that they are “normal.” It also prohibits “propaganda” of pedophilia and gender reassignment in advertising, books, films. The original…