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Your will may not decide where your super goes: About 15.7 million Australians are estimated to lack a binding death-benefit nomination

Your will may not decide where your super goes: About 15.7 million Australians are estimated to lack a binding death-benefit nomination

Super Consumers Australia research has found that many Australians either don’t have a binding nomination or may have been inadequately informed about making one. Millions of Australians may believe their superannuation will automatically go to the people they name in their will when they die. But this is not necessarily so. A recent news report…

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Malaysia’s Princess Ilyana, 29, married British GT racer Chris Froggatt, 32; the multi-day Kuala Lumpur wedding blended royal traditions with motorsport

Malaysia’s Princess Ilyana, 29, married British GT racer Chris Froggatt, 32; the multi-day Kuala Lumpur wedding blended royal traditions with motorsport

Tengku Puteri Ilyana Alia of Malaysia and her partner, Christopher Lionel Froggatt (Facebook photo) Tengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Ilyana Alia, daughter of the Sultan of Pahang, married British racing driver Christopher Lionel Froggatt in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, August 7.Princess Ilyana, 29, is the daughter of Sultan Abdullah, the Sultan of Pahang who served…

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World’s longest national road in Australia is 14,500 km long and forms a giant loop around the continent, crossing deserts, rainforests and major cities  | World News

World’s longest national road in Australia is 14,500 km long and forms a giant loop around the continent, crossing deserts, rainforests and major cities  | World News

Highway 1, Australia. Image Credit: Tony Bowden/Wikipedia Australia has the world’s longest national highway, which is a marvelous engineering example known simply as ‘Highway 1.’ Spanning approximately 14,500 kilometres, this massive highway covers around the entire mainland continent like a belt, acting as an important transport base that connects every state capital city from Sydney…

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Maryland’s first human composting facility offers an alternative to burial and cremation through natural organic reduction

Maryland’s first human composting facility offers an alternative to burial and cremation through natural organic reduction

Representative Image (AI-generated) Maryland is giving residents a new option for what happens to their bodies after death. According to WYPR, a public radio station serving Maryland, the state is now home to what is described as the nation’s largest human composting facility: a 37,000-square-foot facility in Elkridge operated by Earth Funeral. The facility uses…

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A billionaire bought a dying Scottish island for .2 million and spent 5 million bringing it back to life with 100,000 trees, restored homes and new community spaces | World News

A billionaire bought a dying Scottish island for $2.2 million and spent $135 million bringing it back to life with 100,000 trees, restored homes and new community spaces | World News

When billionaire hedge fund manager Ian Wace bought Tanera Mòr in Scotland’s remote Summer Isles in 2017, the 800-acre island had little resemblance to the thriving community it had once been. Its historic buildings had fallen into disrepair, its population had dwindled and much of the land had become overgrown. Wace paid about £1.7 million…

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Patrick Mahomes gets emotional as Chiefs legends return to training camp and reopen old memories | NFL News

Patrick Mahomes gets emotional as Chiefs legends return to training camp and reopen old memories | NFL News

Patrick Mahomes (Image via Getty Images) Patrick Mahomes is entering another training camp surrounded by familiar faces, but this time some of them are no longer fighting for roster spots. Former Kansas City Chiefs stars have returned as part of the team’s Ambassadors program, giving current players a chance to learn from veterans who helped…

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Atlanta reused a nearly 7,000-pound wind turbine blade as a 50-foot pedestrian bridge; the retired Colorado blade now carries walkers through Beaverbrook Park

Atlanta reused a nearly 7,000-pound wind turbine blade as a 50-foot pedestrian bridge; the retired Colorado blade now carries walkers through Beaverbrook Park

Image Credit: Allison Carter via Georgia Tech Research News Center A retired wind turbine blade that once generated electricity at a Colorado wind farm has found an unexpected second life in Atlanta, as a pedestrian bridge. According to the Georgia Tech Research News Center, a 15-metre (about 50-foot) blade weighing roughly 7,000 pounds was transported…

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Indian Jazz guitarist Pritesh Walia detained by ICE, claim friends and family; phone taken away

Indian Jazz guitarist Pritesh Walia detained by ICE, claim friends and family; phone taken away

Indian musician Pritesh Walia detained by ICE, claim friends and family. Pritesh Walia, an Indian musician, was detained by ICE on August 2, a statement issued from his Instagram account claimed. “This is Liza. I’m currently managing Pritesh’s account on his behalf. On Sunday night, August 2, after we returned to Los Angeles, Pritesh was…

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Quote of the day by Elon Musk: “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor” – a lesson on conviction, risk and pursuing goals worth the uncertainty | World News

Quote of the day by Elon Musk: “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor” – a lesson on conviction, risk and pursuing goals worth the uncertainty | World News

Quote of the day by Elon Musk (AP photo) Success tends to look inevitable once it has already happened, the finished company, the working invention, the achievement everyone now takes for granted. What usually gets left out is the genuine uncertainty that came before any of it. Elon Musk described exactly that uncertainty in one…

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