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Building vacancy rates are at a 30-year high in many US cities - including New York, which had a staggering 22.2% of office space sitting empty in the first three months of the year. So what can be done with all that unused space, as many workers continue to do their jobs remotely?

#Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews Tens of thousands of Russian convicts were released from prisons and sent to the front line to fight in the war against Ukraine, many with the Wagner group. Some of them are dangerous criminals, who have been sent home to Russia after serving among troops, where they have been said to commit more serious crimes. Activists have said that there have been several killings committed by these prisoners in Russia, who are "traumatized" by prison and the war in Ukraine. Russia's President Putin has said the reoffending rate among convicts who have fought in Ukraine is ten times lower compared to regular prisoners.

#DonaldTrump #USElection #BBCNews Republican contenders clashed on stage at their first 2024 presidential debate, as they vied to displace the absent frontrunner Donald Trump. Eight rivals took to the stage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to brawl over issues from Ukraine to abortion. While most were reluctant to attack Mr Trump, some of the hopefuls did take aim at the no-show former president. The eventual winner will challenge the Democratic candidate, likely President Joe Biden, in November 2024.

#Wagner #Russia #BBCNews Wagner boss Prigozhin listed as a passenger on a crashed plane in Russia - BBC News Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia's civil aviation authority has said. Earlier, Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone reported the Embraer aircraft was shot down by air defences in the Tver region, north of Moscow. The jet, which was flying from Moscow to St Petersburg, was carrying seven passengers and three crew. Prigozhin led a failed mutiny against the Russian armed forces in June.

#Oppenheimer Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an IMAX®-shot epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it. The film stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Emily Blunt as his wife, biologist and botanist Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer. Oscar® winner Matt Damon portrays General Leslie Groves Jr., director of the Manhattan Project, and Robert Downey, Jr. plays Lewis Strauss, a founding commissioner of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Academy Award® nominee Florence Pugh plays psychiatrist Jean Tatlock, Benny Safdie plays theoretical physicist Edward Teller, Michael Angarano plays Robert Serber and Josh Hartnett plays pioneering American nuclear scientist Ernest Lawrence. Oppenheimer also stars Oscar® winner Rami Malek and reunites Nolan with eight-time Oscar® nominated actor, writer and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh. The cast includes Dane DeHaan (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets), Dylan Arnold (Halloween franchise), David Krumholtz (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story) and Matthew Modine (The Dark Knight Rises). The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan. Oppenheimer is filmed in a combination of IMAX® 65mm and 65mm large-format film photography including, for the first time ever, sections in IMAX® black and white analogue photography. Nolan’s films, including Tenet, Dunkirk, Interstellar, Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy, have earned more than $5 billion at the global box office and have been awarded 11 Oscars and 36 nominations, including two Best Picture nominations.

#Wildfires #BBCNews #BritishColumbia Wildfires raging across Canada’s British Columbia have shown some signs of easing, but the blazes have still driven out more than 30,000 people from their homes. Officials said firefighters have made some progress aided by cooler weather but the "battle is not over". The government is deploying military to help with evacuations in the province. Some firefighters are continuing to work even after discovering that they have lost their homes to the fires, officials said.

#14yearsold #girl #woke #schoolboard #triggered #facts A 14-year-old girl From Chippewa Valley Schools Made Fun Of School board Officials For Complaining About Facts and Truths.

#Health #PregnancyLoss #BBCNews Around one in five pregnancies end in miscarriage. But the care and support women receive during and after pregnancy loss varies greatly, depending on where in the world they live.