Monthly Archives: May 2024

Families host students as housing prices bite

At the far end of the kitchen in a detached family home in the south of Luxembourg, Agnès Kralj is busy clearing the breakfast table.

“Come in and meet Marianna,” she says, pointing to the 28-year-old PhD student from Brazil.

One could call Kralj and Marianna housemates. At least, they live together, sit for breakfast together and message each other to say if they are going to be home late. Yet, they are generations apart.

Kralj is hosting Marianna and another University of Luxembourg student, Alexandra, as part of a project which launched at the start of this academic year. WeConnect was created to help students find affordable housing by placing them with host families. Students pay around €425 per month including insurance cover – significantly less than accommodation on the…


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Fox News host’s parody music video ‘Keeps Fallin’ about Joe Biden goes viral

A parody music video of President Joe Biden created by comedian and host of FOX News Saturday Night Jimmy Failla is now going viral online as more fans share it. 

The video is a parody of rock artist Tom Petty’s famous tune ‘Free Fallin’ and features clips of Biden wandering around, falling down on stage and on the stairs of Air Force One, as the lyrics point out that Biden ‘Keeps fallin.’ 

Biden, 81, frequently trips and stumbles in public and his gait has become stiffer as he gets older, prompting his staff to try and reduce the…


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Laura Woods won't host Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk after suffering horror injury


Laura Woods has been forced to pull out of hosting Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk after revealing a horror injury.

The TNT Sports and DAZN host was absent from coverage of Fury’s weigh-in against Usyk on Friday and she has now posted a heartfelt update on Friday evening revealing she is unable to attend the clash after sustaining serious injuries while on holiday with boyfriend Adam Collard.

She said on social media: “Just wanted to explain my absence from the telly for a little while, to be totally transparent and avoid any speculation.

“I had an accident last weekend at a holiday cottage. I swung a pillow and hit a large, glass lampshade hanging from the ceiling above me, which shattered and cut my face and arms, but luckily missed my eye.

Laura Woods won't host Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk after suffering horror injury


Laura Woods shared her…

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Baku to host exhibition dedicated to Azerbaijani cuisine

Laman Ismayilova

KamART Art Gallery will host art exhibition “Azerbaijani
National Cuisine” by young artists on May 20-21,
Azernews reports.

The exposition to be presented at Shah Palace Hotel reflects the
diversity of Azerbaijani cuisine: these are meat dishes and
pastries, dolma, kebabs, dairy dishes and flour products, snacks,
pickles and sweets, syrups and preserves – interesting and colorful
compositions reflecting the cuisine of different regions.

Along with food, the paintings show the interior of the house,
household items, dishes, carpets, and tablecloths located
there.

Also in the paintings you can see tandir, oven, saj and barbecue
used in preparing Azerbaijani cuisine.

Along…


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Can I Use a VPN for Discord? – TechRound

Can I Use a VPN for Discord? – TechRound

Discord is a message-based social platform that allows you to chat with friends, or strangers with similar interests. Users can stream, message, or make voice and video calls as part of public or private communities called “servers”, or in private DMs.

The app is popular among the gaming community due to its ability to host calls with mass amounts of players. It also allows players to stream their games within closed communities. New gamers can find people to play with one Discord due to the ease at which members can find like-minded players in public servers.

Students can log into Discord with their university email addresses and join servers that allow them to socialise with people from the same university. Discord is also used for people to chat with native-speakers of the…


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