“It almost looked like she was walking on clouds that day,” says Maren Sheldon, twin sister of the late breast cancer campaigner, Kris Hallenga. Maren is remembering the “living FUNeral” her sister had organised last year in Truro Cathedral in Cornwall. For the occasion, Kris wore a sequinned top with “YODO” on the back –…
Signs that modern slavery victims were being forced to work at a McDonald’s branch and a factory supplying bread products to major supermarkets were missed for years, the BBC has found. A gang forced 16 victims to work at either the fast-food restaurant or the factory – which supplied Asda, Co-op, M&S, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and…
QuickSort is a sorting algorithm based on the Divide and Conquer that picks an element as a pivot and partitions the given array around the picked pivot by placing the pivot in its correct position in the sorted array. How does QuickSort Algorithm work? There are mainly three steps in the algorithm. 1. Choose a…
Top 15 Amazing Benefits of Fruit Facials for Glowing Skin Fruit facials have become a popular and effective skincare solution for those looking to naturally enhance the radiance of their complexion. Packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, fruit facials offer a variety of benefits that can rejuvenate and nourish the skin. In this article, we…
BBC Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, is a paradise of lush vegetation and white-sand beaches, surrounded by crystal blue waters. But this is no tourist destination. It is strictly out of bounds to most civilians – the site of a highly secretive UK-US military base shrouded for decades in rumour and…
Underground web personality Kati Kelli died in 2019, leaving behind six years of her bizarre, avant-garde YouTube series Girl Internet Show. Lovingly curated by filmmakers Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow) and Jordan Wippell (Kelli’s widower), the loosely connected program is refashioned in cinematic form, albeit with minimum interference, in Girl Internet Show: A…
How to Grow Carnation Flowers: A Comprehensive Guide Growing carnation flowers (Dianthus caryophyllus) is a rewarding experience for gardeners who appreciate vibrant colors and pleasant fragrances. This comprehensive guide will walk you through everything you need to know to successfully grow carnation flowers, from choosing the right variety to ensuring optimal soil, light, and water…
JOHANNA LEGUERRE/AFP Robert Bourgi has lifted the lid on decades of work with French and African presidents It was January 1998 and Robert Bourgi was waiting to see the Gabonese president Omar Bongo, in an antechamber at his seaside palace in Libreville. He was there to collect funds for the approaching French presidential election on…
BBC Nazdana fled from Afghanistan with her divorce documents There is a young woman sheltering under a tree between two busy roads clutching a pile of documents to her chest. These pieces of paper are more important to Bibi Nazdana than anything in the world: they are the divorce granted to her after a two-year…