BERN, Switzerland (AP) — The first thing that hits you at the World Cheese Awards is the smell.
As the 37th edition — part competition, part a celebration of cheese — kicked off in Switzerland on Thursday, some…
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Bus crashes into a bus stop in Stockholm and kills 3 people
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A double-decker bus crashed into a bus stop in Stockholm on Friday, killing three people and injuring three others, police said.
Authorities were alerted to the crash at 3:23 p.m. on…
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US clears the way for bids for Lukoil’s international business
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The US on Friday cleared the way for companies interested in buying Lukoil’s international business, as it also…
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How the weapon became so mainstream
Gideon LongBusiness reporter
Kseniia KalmusKseniia Kalmus started to make drones for the Ukrainian army after Russia’s invasion The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is often described as the world’s “first drone war”. It has led to a continuing huge…
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What’s behind Rachel Reeves’s hokey cokey on income tax rises?
After weeks of wondering will she, won’t she, and recent heavy hints that she would indeed raise income taxes in the Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has now decided against the manifesto-breaching move.
Amid the fog of Budget speculation, here is…
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Record settler attacks in West Bank opening up rifts within Israel
Lucy WilliamsonMiddle East correspondent, West Bank
ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty ImagesIsraeli security forces inspect the Hamida Mosque after it was vandalised by Israeli settlers The marks of the attack on Hamida Mosque, near Deir Istiya in the…
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The ‘bogan’ Australian giving War & Peace an irreverent remake
Ander LouisAnder Louis has written a ‘bogan’ version of Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel War & Peace “Just then, Prince Andrei rocked up to Anna’s joint. He was the pregnant sheila’s hubby. Like his missus, he was pretty good looking himself.”
Those lines…
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