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Fierce winter weather slams US, dozens dead
Unrelenting storms have pummelled the United States over the past week, leading to at least 50 weather-related deaths, officials and U.S. media reported Friday, as large swathes of the country brace for new winter wallops.
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The EC added the Bulgarian Brine Cheese to the list of Protected Designations of Origin
The European Commission approved the addition of the "Bulgarian white brine cheese" to the list of protected geographical indications of the EU. With today's decision, this traditional Bulgarian product enters the list of 1,646 already protected agricultural products. This quality scheme applies to foods and wines whose origin is linked to a specific place of production.
Are Google and Meta to blame for the racist massacre in Buffalo?
BUFFALO, NY - Ask the families of the victims of last year's racist massacre in Buffalo what they want and one goal comes up again and again.
Muhallebici shop to get taste of city’s wetlands
A public installation by Cooking Sections, launched during the 17th Istanbul Biennial last year, "Wallowland / Çamuralem" reopened in Istanbul and will continue its mission and program in a new location in the Kurtulus neighborhood.
It reinterprets a Muhallebici (a buffalo milk dessert shop) to celebrate the water buffalos and their herders surrounding the city.
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Red meat production up 12 percent
Türkiye's total red meat production increased by 12.3 percent in 2022 from the previous year to 2.2 million tons, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has said.
Cattle meat production was 1.57 million tons, a 7.7 percent rise from 2021, while the increase in sheep meat production was 27 percent to 489,000 tons.
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Schultz defends Starbucks’ tough union stance
Longtime Starbucks leader Howard Schultz defended the coffee chain's confrontational approach to unionization on March 29, while insisting it had not violated U.S. labor law in countering the campaign.
The hearing, which got contentious at some points, was convened by progressive Senator Bernie Sanders, focusing on what the independent from Vermont called "illegal union busting."
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Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand
Salman Rushdie's agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York, according to a published report.
Istanbul Biennial to open on the weekend
Organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV ) and curated by Ute Meta Bauer, Amar Kanwar and David Teh, the 17th Istanbul Biennial will open to the public on Sept. 17, bringing together people and processes in a gathering of more than 50 projects, each the fruit of long-term research and collaboration.
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Salman Rushdie on ventilator after stabbing
Salman Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after an Iranian fatwa ordered his killing, was on a ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state on Aug. 12.
The British author of "The Satanic Verses", which sparked fury among some Muslims, had to be airlifted to hospital for emergency surgery following the attack.
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Comanche warriors take spotlight in ’Predator’ prequel ’Prey’
Having battled mighty heroes across time and space, the invisible extraterrestrial hunters of the "Predator" films have a new - or rather, old - foe in an 18th-century female Comanche warrior.