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Japanese toilets – equipped with music players, automatic flushes and heated seats – are clearly not afraid to make a splash with their innovative design. But these fashion-forward seats have an unlikely enemy: toilet paper.Toto, a leading Japanese toilet bowl maker, said last week that users should refrain from wiping their seats with toilet paper because it risks creating micro-scratches on the surface.The company’s advice came after a series of social media posts complaining about scratches and discoloration. A Toto representative told Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun that its bidet toilet seats are made of plastic resin due to “resistance to…
The National Electoral Commission has decided on money for law and justice. Janusz Palikot remains in custody. The prosecution appealed against the court’s decision, which changed Waldemar Bonkowski’s sentence from community service to monetary benefits. Here are five things to know on Tuesday, December 31.Today is the last, 366th day of this year. See the weather forecast for New Year’s Eve1. The National Electoral Commission decides on money for PiSThe chairman of the National Electoral Commission Sylvester Marciniak announced that “the National Electoral Commission, following the decision of the Supreme Court, accepted the financial report of the PiS committee from…
YEARSAmbani’s wedding extravaganza first grabbed global attention when pop star Rihanna made her appearance.From funny viral videos to celebrating Indian sporting glory to moments that made us shake our heads in wonder, the year 2024 had all this and more to offer on Indian social media.Here are some of the most memorable moments that we have selected for you.Ambani’s months-long marriageIndian billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his family captivated the world for several months with lavish celebrations for his son Anant’s wedding.The extravaganza first gained attention in March, when some of the world’s most influential people began arriving in India to…
A fund established by the US government to help compensate victims of the late fraudster Bernard Madoff has begun making its final round of payments, according to a statement from the Department of Justice (DoJ).Payouts made by the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) total $131.4 million (£104.6 million) and are expected to bring the total amount paid to 40,930 claimants to $4.3 billion.Madoff, a Wall Street financier disgraced after admitting to one of the biggest frauds in U.S. financial history, died in prison in 2021.He was serving a 150-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in 2009 to running a so-called Ponzi…
A Seoul court has issued an arrest warrant for suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for his attempt to impose martial law on Dec. 3.The arrest warrant comes after Yoon, who is under multiple investigations for insurrection and treason, ignored three summons to appear for questioning over the past two weeks.On Sunday evening, investigators requested an arrest warrant for Yoon on charges of insurrection and abuse of power – a move his lawyer called “illegal.”South Korea has been in political crisis since the short-lived declaration of martial law, with Yoon and his successor both impeached by parliament. Yoon is…
Today’s weather. On Tuesday, December 31, the weather will be cloudy throughout the country, and it will rain a little in some places. Strong winds are expected in some places. Biometeorological conditions will be unfavorable in almost all of Poland.On Tuesday, there will be cloud cover across Poland – from light and moderate clouds in the southern regions to heavy and heavy clouds in the north of Poland. Basically, there should be no rain, only in the region from Pomerania to Suwalki region, it rains up to 1-2 liters per square meter. The maximum temperature in the east and center…
Getty ImagesAn immigration row has broken out between Donald Trump supporters over a long-standing U.S. visa program.The dispute centers on H-1B visas, which allow U.S.-based companies to bring in foreign skilled workers in certain sectors.Some immigration hardliners say the plan hurts American workers — but its supporters say the visas allow the United States to attract the best skills from around the world.The president-elect spoke out, saying he supported the program — even though he had criticized it in the past — and tech billionaire Elon Musk also defended it, saying it attracted “about 0.1 % of engineering talent.Here’s what…
PA MediaSeema Misra said honors were recognition of ‘magnitude of injustice’Former deputy postmasters turned campaigners in the Post Office scandal have said they will fight on after being made OBEs in the New Year honors list. Lee Castleton, Seema Misra, Chris Head and Jo Hamilton were honored for their services to justice.The group was thrust into the spotlight after an ITV drama showed how hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted and convicted of theft, in what has been called the world’s largest miscarriage of justice. most widespread in British history.Seema Misra, who was eight weeks pregnant when she was wrongly…
A Chinese state-sponsored hacker broke into U.S. Treasury Department systems, accessing employee workstations and some unclassified documents, officials said Monday.The breach occurred in early December and was made public in a letter written by the Treasury Department to lawmakers informing them of the incident.In the letter, the Treasury Department said the China-based player was able to bypass security via a key used by a third-party service provider that offers remote technical assistance to its employees.The US agency called the breach a “major incident” and said it was working with the FBI and other agencies to investigate its impact.The compromised third-party…
Getty ImagesCarter et Deng, vus en train de s’embrasser en 1987 à Pékin, entretenaient une relation étroitePar un beau matin de janvier 1979, Jimmy Carter, alors président américain, a accueilli un invité historique à Washington : Deng Xiaoping, l’homme qui a débloqué l’économie chinoise. Premier dirigeant de la Chine communiste à visiter les États-Unis, Deng était arrivé la veille au soir, sous la neige légère et accueilli par le vice-président américain, le secrétaire d’État et leurs épouses. Ce fut le début d’une relation diplomatique qui allait changer à jamais le monde, ouvrant la voie à l’ascension économique de la Chine…