TULUM Rooftop Bar & Restaurant, located on the 15th floor of the W Miami hotel in Brickell, is hosting a specialized brunch buffet to celebrate Independence Day. The holiday event pairs a festive atmosphere with views of downtown Miami and Biscayne Bay. The culinary lineup features a woodfire grill and carving station with prime rib served alongside horseradish cream, smoked brisket, baby ribs, and citrus-glazed chicken. Side dishes at the station include truffle mac and cheese, heirloom carrots, and corn succotash. For classic holiday fare, an elevated Americana section offers wagyu sliders and gourmet hot dogs. The buffet also includes an artisan bakery and morning table stocked with house-made buttermilk biscuits with truffle honey butter, brioche French toast, mini croissants, pain au chocolat, and a seasonal berry display. A live brunch station prepares classic, Tulum, and smoked salmon eggs benedict, as well as soft scrambled eggs with crème fraîche and chives. These are accompanied by premium breakfast sides such as applewood smoked bacon, maple-glazed pork sausage, duck fat roasted potatoes, and charred asparagus. A salad station features seasonal options like heirloom tomato with burrata, baby kale Caesar, and a watermelon feta mint salad. The holiday menu concludes with a dessert experience curated by the pastry chef. No à la carte menus will be available during the buffet service. The holiday dining package is priced at $65 per adult and $35 per child ages 4 to 12, plus applicable taxes and service charges. Reservations for the Independence Day buffet can be booked directly through the OpenTable platform. By ML Staff. Photos: Company.

The healthcare industry is experiencing a deep and lasting transformation, driven by digital tools, lifestyle changes, and rising expectations for more accessible care. One of the most influential developments in this shift is personalized telehealth, which focuses on adapting medical support to the individual rather than applying a generalized approach. Image by DepositPhotos At its core, personalized telehealth represents a move toward continuous, connected care. Instead of isolated appointments, patients now engage in ongoing digital interactions that help them manage health in real time, improve outcomes, and reduce unnecessary barriers to treatment. Understanding Personalized Telehealth in Modern Healthcare Personalized telehealth refers to digital healthcare systems that tailor medical advice, consultations, and monitoring to each patient’s unique profile. This includes medical history, lifestyle habits, environmental factors, and ongoing health data collected through digital tools. Unlike traditional healthcare, which often relies on occasional visits, this model encourages continuous engagement between patients and healthcare providers. It allows individuals to access medical guidance without delays while ensuring that recommendations reflect their actual condition and daily behavior. In addition, this approach improves communication between doctors and patients. Instead of relying solely on in-person examinations, healthcare professionals can track progress over time, adjust treatment plans faster, and provide more relevant support when needed. AI-Driven Diagnostics and Real-Time Health Monitoring A major factor behind the growth of personalized telehealth is the use of intelligent data analysis and continuous monitoring systems. These technologies help identify patterns in patient health that may not be immediately visible during standard consultations. Wearable devices and mobile health applications now collect information such as heart rate, sleep quality, activity levels, and stress indicators. This data is then used to support more accurate decision-making and early detection of potential health issues. Real-time monitoring also improves responsiveness. When unusual changes are detected, healthcare providers can intervene quickly, preventing complications and reducing emergency situations. Companies like helimeds are helping advance this shift by offering integrated telehealth solutions that combine patient data tracking with streamlined medical consultations. This creates a more efficient and responsive care environment that supports both patients and practitioners. Image by DepositPhotos Benefits for Patients and Healthcare Providers The advantages of personalized telehealth are significant for both sides of the healthcare system. Patients benefit from easier access to medical support, reduced waiting times, and the ability to manage chronic conditions without frequent clinic visits. Another key benefit is improved treatment accuracy. Because care plans are based on individual data, patients often receive more effective recommendations that better align with their health conditions and lifestyle needs. For healthcare providers, telehealth reduces administrative pressure and allows more efficient time management. Doctors can oversee a larger number of patients while maintaining consistent monitoring and communication. This improves long-term care quality and strengthens patient relationships. Additionally, telehealth systems help streamline documentation and follow-ups, reducing repetitive tasks and allowing medical professionals to focus more on diagnosis and treatment rather than logistics. The Impact on the Global Wellness Industry Personalized telehealth is also reshaping the broader wellness industry by blending healthcare with lifestyle management. Fitness, nutrition, and mental well-being are increasingly integrated into digital platforms that encourage users to take a more active role in their health. Consumers today expect personalized insights similar to those found in other digital services. This expectation has led to a more data-driven wellness culture where individuals track progress, set goals, and receive tailored recommendations in real time. Mental health support has also become more accessible through virtual platforms, allowing individuals to seek guidance more comfortably and consistently. As a result, wellness is no longer viewed as separate from healthcare but as an ongoing, interconnected experience. This convergence is frequently highlighted in lifestyle media such as Miami Living Magazine, where health innovation is presented as part of modern living rather than a separate industry. Image by DepositPhotos The Future of Telehealth and Personalized Medicine The future of personalized telehealth is expected to become even more integrated and predictive. Advances in machine learning and biometric technology will enable more precise health forecasting and earlier intervention strategies. Smart devices will likely become more deeply embedded in daily life, collecting continuous health signals that help build highly detailed personal health profiles. These insights will allow healthcare providers to anticipate risks before symptoms become serious. There is also growing potential for integration between telehealth platforms and smart home ecosystems, creating environments that actively support wellness through environmental adjustments, reminders, and automated health tracking. Ultimately, personalized telehealth is redefining what it means to receive medical support. It is shifting healthcare from a reactive model to a continuous, adaptive system that prioritizes the individual and supports long-term wellbeing in a more intelligent and integrated way. By ML Staff. Images courtesy of DepositPhotos

Discover the Dior Summer 2023 men’s line, which takes us on an artistic journey from Paris to Granville, and finally to Charleston, England. Through a series of enchanting photographs, the collection showcases a blend of the avant-garde imagination of the Bloomsbury Group and the founder’s love of nature. The looks are a fusion of tailored precision and outdoor functionality, featuring reinvented versions of the iconic Oblique Suit and Saddle, created in collaboration with American brand Mystery Ranch. The collection also includes backpacks with removable water-repellent covers and hoods and wide-brimmed hats designed by Stephen Jones. Celebrating Dior’s masculine identity, the collection pays tribute to freedom and combines heritage, modernity, and adventure. To learn more visit www.dior.com By ML Staff | Images courtesy of Dior

Miami Emerging Arts Leaders are invited to join a special America 250 edition of the annual July 4th Celebration at Tropical Park, hosted by Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces, on Saturday, July 4, 2026. The event will run from 3 pm to 9 pm at Tropical Park, located at 7900 SW 40th Street, Miami, FL 33155. Organizers expect the largest County-supported Fourth of July gathering, with music, food vendors, entertainment, themed photo opportunities, special appearances and interactive experiences throughout the park, followed by a fireworks show to conclude the evening. Admission is free and open to the public. Fireworks are scheduled for the end of the event. Parking is limited, so attendees are encouraged to arrive early and use public transit, rideshare or carpooling when possible. For important event information, visit the event page. Miami Emerging Arts Leaders, a program of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs with support from the Arts and Business Council of Miami and the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, continues its mission to identify and cultivate the next generation of arts leaders through networking and professional development opportunities. By ML. Photo(s)/Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces

South Florida restaurants are rolling out summer prix fixe offerings, with Hutong Miami, Mayfair Grill, and Adrift Mare introducing multi-course menus and special dining experiences aimed at drawing locals during the slower season. Hutong Miami, a Northern Chinese restaurant in Brickell, is offering three separate prix fixe options. Its Bubbles & Bao brunch serves free-flowing dim sum and signature dishes every Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for $68 per person, with an optional $20 add on for unlimited cocktails, wine, and sparkling wine. The Emperor Dinner, priced at $58 per person, includes a handmade dim sum platter, an entrée, a side, and dessert nightly from 5 p.m. to close. Brickell Nights on Thursdays from 6 to 11 p.m. features free-flow starters, tableside Peking duck, and a main course for $68, with an additional $20 option for bottomless drinks. At Coconut Grove’s Mayfair Grill, a three course seasonal tasting menu is available for $55 per person. The menu includes dishes such as hearts of palm ceviche, wood grilled short ribs with crispy yuca and chimichurri rojo, lobster ravioli, and a key lime sundae, with an optional $25 wine pairing. Adrift Mare at Brickell Arch is launching a new Chef’s Table Series on July 11, limited to 10 guests per seating. The ticketed dinner, priced at $120 per person, pairs curated beverages with a menu built around the Spanish technique of thin layer paellas and socarrat, featuring courses such as Spanish tortilla, chorizo a la sidra crostini, pulpo a la gallega, two rice preparations, and torrejas for dessert. Reservations are available through the venues’ websites, including Hutong Miami, Mayfair Grill, and Adrift Mare, as well as an online booking page for the Chef’s Table Series. By ML. Photo(s)/Hutong Miami

Burberry has unveiled a curated edit of summer essentials worn by actor Simone Ashley, focusing on pieces designed for warm weather escapes and relaxed travel. The selection emphasizes versatile outfits for sunlit days and spontaneous plans, combining classic polos with Burberry House Check swimwear and sliders to create coordinated getaway looks. Women can explore the brand’s latest summer offering, which highlights lightweight layers and poolside staples styled around the House Check motif. The edit is available through Burberry’s dedicated women’s summer styles section online. The brand is also promoting men’s looks suited to holidays and weekend breaks, featuring packable wardrobe staples that can be dressed up or down. Customers can browse the latest men’s summer styles edit on the Burberry website. By ML. Photo(s)/Burberry

Many people have been killed in Venezuela, and many remain missing following powerful back-to-back earthquakes, with many more injured. Rescue teams have also been trying to locate people trapped in collapsed buildings. People walk among the rubble of collapsed buildings in La Guaira, Venezuela, 25 June 2026. Ronald Pena R / EPA Images Here, Raffaele De Risi, associate professor in civil engineering at the University of Bristol, answered our questions about the role building design may have played in the disaster. Venezuela is in an active seismic zone. Why do you think there have been so many devastating building collapses? Indeed, Venezuela is a seismically active country. Hazard levels can easily be checked on several websites, such as the Global Seismic Hazard Map from the Global Earthquake Model Foundation. The number of building collapses is unfortunately linked to several factors rather than a single one: these range from the age and construction type of the buildings to their level of maintenance, to local soil amplification (when seismic waves pass from hard bedrock into softer surface soils), and proximity to the source. In addition, both events were shallow (the mainshock particularly so), which further contributes to such extensive devastation. More broadly, it is not possible to identify a single cause; it is generally a combination of factors. How would you recommend that countries construct their buildings in a country like Venezuela with the earthquake risks that it has? Modern seismic building codes are very effective at preventing this kind of catastrophic collapse, so for new construction, they are central to the answer. The crucial point is enforcement: a code only protects people if it is properly applied, and construction quality is controlled. It’s also worth remembering that much of the world’s building stock predates current codes, which have evolved as scientific understanding has advanced, often incorporating lessons directly from events like this one. For that existing building stock, seismic retrofitting and strengthening are essential, since we cannot simply rebuild everything. And for strategic buildings such as hospitals and power plants, modern solutions like base isolation can keep them not just standing but operational, and have performed extremely well in recent earthquakes. How can buildings be retrofitted to enhance their protection against earthquakes? Nowadays, there are many retrofitting techniques, and the right one depends on the building type, for example, reinforced concrete, steel or masonry. Broadly, a retrofit either increases the building’s strength and stiffness or reduces the forces it has to withstand, for instance, through base isolation (an engineering technique which decouples a building from its foundations) or energy dissipation devices. What matters most is this: before any retrofitting, a bespoke assessment is essential. The goal is to reduce the unknowns about the structure through detailed surveys and material testing, and to build models capable of diagnosing it, so that the intervention can target the building’s specific weaknesses rather than applying a generic fix. There have been numerous ‘pancake’ building collapses as a result of the earthquakes here, how do these happen and how can they be prevented? A “pancake” collapse occurs when the vertical elements that support a building’s weight (primarily its columns) fail. The floors then lose their support and fall one on top of another. This is one of the deadliest forms of structural failure. In older buildings, pancake collapses are often caused by brittle failure. Columns that were not properly designed and detailed to deform and absorb energy simply break. The problem may be made worse by an open or weak ground floor, which concentrates the damage at a single level. The engineering approach used to prevent this is known as capacity design. The principle is to determine in advance where the structure should sustain damage and to ensure that this damage occurs in a controlled, ductile manner, typically in the beams. The columns, joints, and foundations are deliberately designed to be stronger so that they remain intact while the beams safely absorb and dissipate the earthquake’s energy. This principle is often summarised as “strong column, weak beam.” A building designed in this way can sway and dissipate energy rather than losing an entire storey and collapsing. Combined with proper structural detailing and strong connections that prevent a local failure from spreading through the building, capacity design is a central feature of modern building codes. It is also a major reason why well designed modern buildings are far less likely to suffer pancake collapse. It looks like there are many buildings that have been damaged but have not collapsed. Does this typically result in many other buildings having to be demolished in the aftermath of earthquakes, and how is this decided? Yes, and this is actually a sign that the buildings performed as intended. For ordinary structures, the goal of seismic design is not to survive undamaged, but to protect life: the building is allowed to be damaged, absorbing the earthquake’s energy, provided it does not collapse, and people can evacuate safely. A building that is badly damaged but lets everyone out has done its job, even if it must later be demolished. Afterwards, each of these buildings has to be assessed, usually in two stages. Buildings that have sustained damage but allow people to get out alive have done their job. Ronald Pena R First, rapid inspections tag buildings for immediate use (broadly, safe, restricted, or unsafe to enter) to keep people out of danger while aftershocks continue; an “unsafe” tag does not mean the building is condemned, only that it cannot be occupied until checked properly. Then a detailed engineering assessment determines how much of the original capacity remains and whether repair is feasible. Whether a building is repaired or demolished depends on several factors: whether repair is technically possible, how much strength is left, whether the building is permanently leaning (which often makes repair uneconomic), and ultimately, the cost of repair against the cost of rebuilding. This is why major earthquakes are frequently followed by extensive demolition (as across central Christchurch, New Zealand, after 2011), even where buildings did not collapse. Far from being a failure, it reflects the design philosophy at work: the buildings spent themselves to save the people inside. Words by Raffaele De Risi, Associate Professor in Civil Engineering, School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering, University of Bristol. Special thanks for The Conversation. Support and donate today.

Versace has released a curated selection of men’s sneakers as part of its La Vacanza collection, offering styles designed for the summer season. The range features sneakers with refined detailing and signature House symbols, reflecting Versace’s established design codes for casual footwear. The La Vacanza sneakers are now available in Versace boutiques and on versace.com for online shoppers. By ML. Photo(s)/Versace

Christian Dior Couture has introduced the first installment of its Winter 2026-2027 collection, featuring ready-to-wear pieces, sneakers, and accessories that balance subtle design elements with more exuberant details. The new offering draws on historical references while emphasizing relaxed silhouettes, reflecting the house's focus on comfort and ease of movement for the upcoming cold-weather season. The Winter 2026-2027 styles are available in Dior boutiques and on Dior.com for online shoppers. Shoppers can explore the collection across womenswear, menswear, jewelry, baby, and home categories, with styling options designed for both formal and casual wear. By ML. Photo(s)/Christian Dior Couture

Givenchy has launched a new Summer Dresses and Silhouettes collection that highlights key seasonal looks across womenswear. The collection focuses on streamlined shapes, including a sliced mini dress in crepe cady, a crisp poplin shirt and a long asymmetric skirt in denim. These pieces are styled with a curated range of bags and shoes to create complete ready to wear outfits. The Summer Dresses and Silhouettes line is available in Givenchy boutiques and on Givenchy.com for online purchase. Shoppers can also browse additional womenswear and menswear selections through the brand’s website or visit local boutiques for in person styling assistance. By ML. Photo(s)/Givenchy

Lottery games have long been part of global entertainment, offering structured formats that are easy to follow and widely recognised. In recent years, their popularity has grown even further, supported by digital innovation and increased accessibility. Today, players from many regions can explore lottery platforms more easily than ever, with features such as quick access to updates like Irish Lottery results contributing to ongoing interest. A Longstanding Global Presence Lotteries have existed in various forms for centuries, with different countries developing their own formats and traditions. This long history has helped establish lotteries as a familiar and trusted form of participation across diverse audiences. As the format has evolved, it has retained its core structure while adapting to modern expectations. This balance between tradition and innovation continues to support its global appeal. Digital Transformation and Accessibility One of the key drivers of growth in lottery gaming is the shift to digital platforms. Online access has made it easier for users to participate, check outcomes, and stay informed. Features such as real time updates and easy navigation allow players to follow events without difficulty. Access to information like Irish lottery results has become more streamlined, enabling users to stay connected wherever they are. Mobile Technology and Convenience The widespread use of smartphones has further expanded access to lottery platforms. Mobile friendly designs ensure that users can engage with content and check updates at any time. This convenience has played a significant role in attracting new audiences. The ability to access lottery information quickly and easily aligns with modern expectations for digital services. Global Reach and Diverse Formats Lottery games are now available across many regions, each offering unique formats and styles. From national draws to regional variations, the diversity of options contributes to their continued growth. Players can explore different types of lottery systems, each with its own structure and schedule. This variety keeps the experience engaging and encourages ongoing participation. Transparency and Structured Systems Modern lottery platforms place a strong emphasis on clarity and structure. Clearly defined rules, transparent processes, and accessible information help users understand how each system operates. This transparency supports confidence in the format and ensures that users can engage with a clear understanding of how the games function. Integration with Broader Digital Entertainment Lottery gaming is increasingly part of a wider digital entertainment landscape. Users often explore multiple forms of online engagement, and lotteries fit naturally within this ecosystem. The ability to check updates, including Irish lottery results, alongside other digital activities reflects how seamlessly lottery platforms integrate into everyday routines. Responsible and Balanced Participation As access to lottery platforms has increased, there is also a greater focus on responsible engagement. Clear information and structured formats support a balanced approach, allowing users to participate in a mindful way. Maintaining this balance is important in ensuring that lottery gaming remains a positive and sustainable form of entertainment. Continued Growth and Future Outlook The global growth of lottery games shows no sign of slowing down. As technology continues to advance, platforms are likely to become even more accessible and user friendly. With ongoing improvements in digital infrastructure and user experience, lottery gaming will continue to evolve while maintaining the structured format that has made it widely recognised. The expansion of lottery games around the world is driven by a combination of tradition, innovation, and accessibility. Digital platforms, mobile technology, and global reach have all contributed to their increasing popularity. As users continue to engage with features such as Irish lottery results and explore different formats, lottery gaming remains a prominent and evolving part of the global digital entertainment landscape. By ML Staff. Images generated with OpenAI.

The Savoy in London has completed a redesign of selected guest rooms and suites, introducing interiors that highlight vintage glamour on the bank of the Thames. Known for its long-standing ties to the city’s theater scene, the luxury hotel has unveiled revived accommodations that draw on Parisian art deco, aligning the new look with the property’s early twentieth century heritage. The reimagined rooms feature period-influenced detailing and styling that recall figures such as George Gershwin and Charlie Chaplin, aiming to connect contemporary guests with the Savoy’s historic role in London’s cultural life. By ML. Photo(s)/Sotheby’s