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Racing against the tides of Brexit
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 23/04/2023
» Of all the vexing regulations that Brexit has thrust upon Paul Knight's shellfish exporting business, the one he finds most absurd is this: Before he can deliver his crabs and lobsters to France and Spain, they must be certified by a veterinarian.
Surrogacy fires up Italy's hard right
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 23/04/2023
» After a long flight from Seattle with their newborn son crying in their laps, an Italian couple gathered their infant's American birth certificate from the overhead compartment, got his American passport stamped and found friends and neighbours cheering with celebratory balloons outside their Milan apartment.
Generation Z finding time for second-hand luxury watches
AFP, Published on 25/01/2023
» ZURICH - Swiss watches are in high demand these days, but sales of second-hand timepieces are also booming, driven by Generation Z buyers who want luxury goods but are also sustainability-minded.
Finnish fur farm horror caught on video as industry fights ban
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» HELSINKI: Obese, infection-ridden foxes trapped in small cages; cubs feeding on their dead siblings: footage filmed by an animal rights group paints a shocking picture of fur farming in Finland.
US expands access to abortion pills through pharmacies
AFP, Published on 04/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - Retail pharmacies in the United States will be permitted to sell abortion pills, health officials said Tuesday, a move that could significantly expand access to the procedure after last year's landmark Supreme Court ruling that overturned federal abortion rights.
Study: China Covid deaths could reach 1 million
Published on 15/12/2022
» Almost 1 million people in China may die from Covid-19 as the government rapidly abandons pandemic curbs, according to a new study by researchers in Hong Kong.
Musk: Twitter's ban on Trump 'grave mistake'
Reuters, Published on 26/11/2022
» WASHINGTON: Twitter's ban on then President Donald Trump after the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol by his supporters was a "grave mistake" that had to be corrected, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Friday, although he also stated that incitement to violence would continue to be prohibited on Twitter.
'Fast Furniture' falls out of fashion
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 20/11/2022
» Americans bought piles of furniture during the pandemic, with sales on desks, chairs and patio equipment jumping by more than US$4 billion (149.3 billion baht) from 2019 to 2021, according to a market data company. And a lot of it won't survive the decade.
Far-right Trump backers on trial for Capitol riot 'sedition'
AFP, Published on 03/10/2022
» WASHINGTON - The landmark sedition trial of five members of the far-right Oath Keepers opened Monday with prosecutors telling a jury that the group heavily armed itself on January 6, 2021 to attack the Capitol to keep Donald Trump in the presidency.
A county where Maga took control
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 02/10/2022
» Times are grim in the cowboy far north of California. Wildfires rage. Covid-19 lingers. Drought has stripped most of the snow from Mount Shasta and shrunken Shasta Lake.