At an annual chocolate festival in the medieval town of Óbidos, Portugal, lucky visitors got a taste of the viral Dubai chocolate craze, as pieces of a giant 80kg tablet were handed out to the crowd.
Category: 3. Europe
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A huge bar of viral Dubai chocolate steals the show at a festival in Portugal
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Remote Africa doesn’t have enough surgeons. New 3D technology could bring them closer to patients
The programme could be a lifeline in a region with too few medical specialists for the population.
Charles Owusu Aseku has traveled across Ghana and beyond in search of care for the large growth of tissue called a keloid on his neck since 2002.
The 46-year-old was…
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Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzlement
PARIS — Marine Le Pen and eight other former MEPs from the French far right were found guilty Monday of embezzling European Parliament funds.
Le Pen and her codefendants are awaiting sentencing.
This story is being updated.
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Missing Cambridge College clock hand returned nearly a century after student prank
Better late than never. The hour hand of a chapel clock that was taken in a student prank during the 1930s has been returned to a Cambridge college. The perpetrators of the prank were not known until now. Only the minute hand remains elusive…
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The Great Grovel: How Trump forced elite institutions to bend to his will
One after another, a parade of the wealthiest and most elite institutions in American life since last November have found themselves confronted by unprecedented demands from President Donald Trump and his team of retribution-seekers.
One after another, these establishment pillars have met…
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Donald Trump’s Scottish golf course will not host world’s top championship – POLITICO
Trump purchased the course in 2014 and his son Eric Trump has pushed for Turnberry to host its first Open Championship since 2009. Prior to that, Turnberry last hosted in 1994.
“The area where there’s a bit of challenge is around the logistical and commercial side. The last time we…
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Primark boss steps down over ‘inappropriate behaviour’ complaint
Paul Marchant “acknowledged his error of judgement”, said Primark owner Associated British Foods on Monday.
The boss of low-cost retailer Primark has resigned with immediate effect following a complaint made by a woman about his behaviour towards her in a social…
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Why Trump’s trade wars are threatening already vulnerable brewers
US craft brewers, already contending with a slump in sales, are set to be impacted by President Trump’s trade tariffs.
America’s craft brewers already have enough problems. Hard seltzers and cocktails are muscling into beer sales. Millennials and Gen Z don’t drink…
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Crude oil markets retreat as economic concerns outweigh Trump’s tariff threats
Crude oil prices climbed on Monday amid US President Donald Trump’s threats to impose 25% to 50% tariffs on Russia’s oil. However, economic concerns may outweigh geopolitical tensions, as a weakening economic outlook could dampen oil demand. Investors will also be closely watching…
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Trump promises ‘big, big problems’ if Zelenskyy backs out of minerals deal – POLITICO
Zelenskyy on Friday emphasized that Ukraine will not accept a minerals agreement that would jeopardize its accession to the European Union.
“Nothing that could endanger … Ukraine’s accession to the EU can be accepted,” he said at a press conference in Kyiv.
Ukrainian Foreign…
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