The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday acknowledged that it acquired and tested a hacking tool made by Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, but the US law enforcement agency said it did not use it for any investigation. The surveillance firm, which makes the Pegasus software, has been embroiled in […]
Month: February 2022
Newly revealed correspondence between the federal government and the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) at the start of the pandemic is raising renewed questions around the regulator’s independence. The unredacted emails show CTA chairman Scott Streiner, Transport Canada deputy minister Michael Keenan and then-transport minister Marc Garneau’s chief of staff Marc Roy spoke […]
GENEVA — IATA along with Airlines for America (A4A) and 28 other U.S. and international aviation and travel and tourism stakeholder groups, are urging the U.S. government to remove the pre-departure testing requirement for fully vaccinated air travellers flying to the U.S. The vaccinated traveller population adds no additional risks […]
MIAMI — Sea Cloud Cruises is set to be acquired by The Yacht Portfolio, the company behind The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection. Sea Cloud operates a fleet of three masted, full-rigged luxury tall ships; the 64-passenger Sea Cloud, the 94-passenger Sea Cloud II and the recent new-build 136-passenger Sea Cloud Spirit. […]
New Zealand’s government on Thursday said it will end its quarantine requirements for incoming travellers and reopen its borders, a change welcomed by thousands of citizens abroad who have endured long waits to return home. Since the start of the pandemic, New Zealand has enacted some of the world’s strictest […]
At Hammam Bakri in Damascus’ Old City, Syrian men wrapped in towels from the waist down lie down on a scalding marble floor. Masseurs vigorously scrub their skin with a soap-soaked loofah and wash them down with hot water. Around a hexagonal fountain outside — traditionally found in old Damascene […]
From experts to our mothers and grandmothers, everyone recommends applying hair oil for nourishment and growth of our tresses. It is believed to be a natural remedy for dry, frizzy and damaged hair. However, there’s also no denying the fact that there are several myths around hair oil that people […]