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Turkish cuisine wins Michelin award
After working for many years in the financial center of Wall Street in New York and the Forex markets in Geneva and London, Gökhan Yüzbaşıoğlu opened a Turkish restaurant, named El Turco, in Miami and has recently been honored by Michelin, the largest authority in the food and beverage industry in the world.
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Airspace of Switzerland closed
This was announced by the Swiss agency that provides Skyguide air navigation services.
A statement from Skyguide states that the Swiss airspace was closed to traffic until further notice due to security reasons due to a technical malfunction that occurred this morning in this agency.
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Switzerland closes airspace after computer glitch
Switzerland closed its airspace on Wednesday after a computer glitch with the air traffic control system grounded flights, officials said.
"Swiss airspace is closed to traffic for security reasons after computer failure with Skyguide, the Swiss air traffic control service," Skyguide said in a statement.
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Over 3,000 migrants lost at sea in 2021: UN
More than 3,000 people died or went missing in the Mediterranean and Atlantic while trying to reach Europe last year, double the toll from 2020, the United Nations said on April 29.
A fresh report from the U.N. refugee agency demanded urgent action to combat surging deaths among refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants trying to reach Europe.
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Measles cases soar 400 percent in Africa this year
Africa is facing an explosion of preventable diseases due to delays in vaccinating children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on April 28, with measles cases jumping 400 percent.
Twenty African countries reported measles outbreaks in the first quarter of this year, eight more than in the first three months of 2021.
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Montreux Jazz Festival gets back into the swing
The Montreux Jazz Festival is to return this summer promising a "dizzying panorama of sound" after two years muted by the pandemic, with Diana Ross, Bjork, Stormzy and Herbie Hancock in the line-up unveiled on April 13.
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Food prices soar to record levels on Ukraine war disruptions
World food prices hit an all-time high in March as Russia's invasion of breadbasket Ukraine has disrupted wheat and coarse grain exports, the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization said on April 8.
The FAO's food price index surged by 12.6 percent between February and March, "making a giant leap to a new highest level since its inception in 1990," said the FAO.
US to the UN: Russia has Lists of Ukrainians to be Killed or sent to Camps
The United States has warned the United Nations that it has information that Russia has lists of Ukrainians to be killed or sent to camps in the event of an invasion. This is stated in a letter received by AFP on Sunday.
It also says that the United States is deeply concerned and warns of a potential catastrophe involving human rights violations.
Signed: An important center opens in Belgrade VIDEO / PHOTO
In that city, the Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabi, met with the founder and CEO of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, and Børge Brende, the President of the World Economic Forum.
Facebook’s crypto project Diem sold after pushback
The Facebook-backed digital currency project Diem has announced the winding down and $182-million sale of its technology, capping a years-long initiative that drew significant concern from regulators.
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