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Updated: 25/12/2024 – 17:51 GMT+1 Psychologist Wambui Karathi, 23, set up a “rage room’ in September 2024 and has welcomed around 40 clients to date. … More Psychologist Wambui Karathi, 23, set up a ‘rage room’ in September 2024 and has welcomed around 40 clients to date.Karathi says these rooms are no substitute for real therapy. While visiting a rage room can offer temporary relief for issues such as anxiety, it does not address the root causes of distress.According to a report by the Global Mind Project, 23% of Kenyans, or around 10.9 million people, suffer from mental disorders. Alarmingly,…

This year, Smorzhevskikh-Smirnova came under online attack for running an exhibition titled Narva 44 dealing with the destruction of the border city during World War II by Soviet forces. The Kremlin blames the devastation on retreating German troops, she said, but the photos showed a different story. The exhibition annoyed Narva’s local council. Smorzhevskikh-Smirnova’s team also attracted criticism for placing a giant banner on the side of the fortress facing Russia proclaiming “Putin is a War Criminal” during Russia’s Victory Day celebrations in May. Estonia is trying to keep relations with its ethnic Russians and with Moscow from boiling over.…

“The targets are our energy infrastructure. They continue to fight for a blackout in Ukraine,” Zelenskyy added. Ukrainian energy minister German Galushchenko said on Facebook that the transmission system operator took “the necessary consumption restriction measures to minimize the negative consequences for the energy system.” Taking a dig at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Ukrainian foreign minister Andrei Sybiha said on X that “this Christmas terror is Putin’s response to those who spoke about illusionary ‘Christmas ceasefire.’” In days leading up to Christmas, Orbán had campaigned for a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine, which Zelenskyy dismissed during an EU leaders…

TIE puts that down to loopholes in the EU’s toy safety regime. While the bloc has the “strictest” rules on toy safety in the world, the lobby says, they don’t cover sellers from outside the EU when the sale is facilitated through an online marketplace. “It’s getting worse because these platforms are becoming more and more popular,” Catherine Van Reeth, director general at TIE, told POLITICO. This wasn’t inherently a bad thing, she added, saying TIE’s members — which include LEGO, The Walt Disney Company, and Barbie-maker Mattel — also sell through online platforms. “But the difference is that then you buy…

Kemi Badenoch, Tory leader: Alcohol and butter make everything better. | Sebastein Bozon/Getty Images Steve Reed, environment secretary: I’m barbecuing the turkey this year, so I can’t tell you yet whether that’s a top tip or a total disaster! Other than that — brining the turkey overnight massively improves the flavor. Liz Truss, ex-prime minister: My top tips for the perfect roast potatoes — don’t peel them, don’t parboil them and don’t even worry about preheating the oven. Simply cut them into chunks and put them straight into a roasting pan lined with olive oil or goose fat and put them in the…

Richard Perry worked with Carly Simon, Ringo Starr, Barbra Streisand and Rod Stewart. He was also behind a near-total reunion of the Beatles three years after the band broke up. Record producer Richard Perry, whose many successes included Carly Simon’s ‘You’re So Vain’, Rod Stewart’s ‘The Great American Songbook’ series and a Ringo Starr album featuring all four Beatles, has died aged 82.Perry, a recipient of a Grammys Trustee Award in 2015, died at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering cardiac arrest, friend Daphna Kastner said.“He maximized his time here,” said Kastner, who called him a “father friend” and said he…

Euroverify breaks down what we know about the carbon footprint of the centrepiece of Christmas decorations. It’s a big dilemma at Christmas: is a real or artificial Christmas tree better for the environment?It seems there’s not one clear answer and many elements to factor in when making the decision.Experts also say that comparing the relative carbon footprint of the real and artificial options could simply be the wrong question to consider and that we should contemplate whether having a tree is necessary, given the toll on the environment.Let’s first break down what we know about the real option.An estimated 60…

Here are Euronews Culture’s People of the Year 2024 – the most influential figures who impacted and defined a year in European and Global Culture. The Euronews Culture team has selected its People of the Year, both European and Global, in the fields of cinema, music, arts, literature, fashion and sport.  We spent several weeks weighing our options and have come up with this list, which while non-exhaustive, represents the 12 figures who made our year and furthered conversation in their respective cultural domains. Congratulations and a big thank you to them, for making 2024 moving, inspiring and iconic.CINEMA – Europe: Karla…

Seyit Karagözoğlu wasn’t there when inspectors came to visit his wine business, Paşaeli, in 2021. Besides running the business, Karagözoğlu spends his time driving through Anatolia, trying to preserve a part of Turkey’s endangered heritage, uncovering the winemaking grapes that time forgot. He was on the road when he received a call from his brother, alerting him something was wrong — this was no usual audit. The inspectors combed through Paşaeli’s facilities for 13 hours until they found a minor infraction, an excuse, and the brothers were entangled in a two-year court fight. Though they weren’t convicted, they were eventually…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave his Christmas greetings to the nation in his nightly address as the country officially marks the second Christmas held on the revised 25th of December day, and the third Christmas in total since Russia’s invasion. Zelenskyy’s Christmas Eve address took a slightly different tone than normal as the Ukrainian leader attempted to instil hope into a nation battered by three years of brutal Russian onslaught.The Ukrainian president officially marked the religious occasion and gave his greetings to the people.Ukraine is observing Christmas on the 25th of December for only the second year. In July of…