Author: Olive Metuge

Sponsored: Slow-cooked, smoky, and seriously delicious…Pho lovers, this one’s for you. Vietnamese Foodies’ Australian Slow Cooked Brisket Pho takes the beloved classic to another level. The secret? Time. At the core of this dish is a 14-hour bone broth, slow-simmered to perfection for that signature rich and comforting depth. But what sets this one apart? The brisket. Sourced from Australia, it’s slow-cooked for four hours – smoked, braised, and infused with just the right amount of umami. Every bite is melt-in-your-mouth tender, balanced by fragrant spices, delicate rice noodles, and a fresh hit of herbs. It’s familiar, yet something entirely…

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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In his Rose Garden speech launching a global trade war by announcing the most sweeping tariffs in modern history, President Donald Trump bestowed a history lesson on his audience that diverged from the factual record: “Then in 1913, for reasons unknown to mankind, they established the income tax so that citizens, rather than foreign countries, would start paying the money necessary to run our government. Then in 1929, it all came to a very abrupt end with the…

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Twenty people have been killed in a fire at a nursing home in north-east China, state media report.The blaze in Chengde city, Hebei province, broke out on Tuesday night local time and was extinguished in about two hours.Nineteen people survived the fire and were taken to hospital for observation, reports say.Authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze, and a person in charge of the home has been detained. No other details were immediately available.On social media, some called for a thorough investigation while others expressed sympathy for the elderly victims.”Old people already have mobility issues,” one Weibo user wrote.…

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It’s a fierce, majestic beast that disappeared thousands of years ago, save for artistic renderings in books and on screen, as in Game of Thrones.Or, maybe, it’s just a grey wolf with a few tweaks.American biotech company Colossal Biosciences made a surprise announcement Monday, claiming it had brought the dire wolf back from the dead, thus achieving the company’s first successful “de-extinction.”Colossal Biosciences says these two wolves, pictured at three months old, carry the genes of the extinct dire wolf. The Texas-based company announced their births on Monday. (Colossal Biosciences)Colossal showcased videos of the fluffy white wolf pups roaming in its 2,000-acre…

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WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Apr 8, 2025 at 10:35 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:   Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Tuesday, April 8, SCOTUSblog (Apr. 8, 2025, 10:35 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/the-morning-read-for-tuesday-april-8/ Source link

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Home Daily News Diversity references scrubbed from BigLaw… Diversity Diversity references scrubbed from BigLaw websites amid DEI probes; informal guidance issued By Debra Cassens Weiss March 20, 2025, 11:57 am CDT BigLaw firms are scrubbing diversity mentions from their websites and reexamining policies amid the Trump administration’s attack on diversity, equity and inclusion programs that it considers to be illegal. (Image from Shutterstock) BigLaw firms are scrubbing diversity mentions from their websites and reexamining policies amid the Trump administration’s attack on diversity, equity and inclusion programs that it considers to be illegal. Many law firms began changing their websites even…

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The two new bars in Dubai include a speakeasy… Next month, there are two new amazing bars coming to Dubai. DIFC’s already established dining scene will have two new features on the 16th floor of Emirates Financial Towers, Geisha and Opal Room. Both separate entities but also completely interconnected, Geisha is a seductive Pan Asian dining lounge, and Opal Room is an exclusive speakeasy hidden in plain sight. You can head there for the whole night, from sunset to early hours, as these new venues promise an escape into a world where every moment feels like a scene from a film…

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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. On Feb. 10, more than a dozen Department of Homeland Security officials joined a video conference to discuss an obscure, sparsely funded program overseen by its Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. The office, charged with investigating when the national security agency is accused of violating the rights of both immigrants and U.S. citizens, had found itself in the crosshairs of Elon Musk’s secretive Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. It began as a typical briefing, with…

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AFPA mural on the wall of the former US embassy in Tehran depicts the Iranian government’s view of negotiations with the USIran is ready to engage with the US at talks on Saturday over its nuclear programme “with a view to seal a deal”, its Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said.But US President Donald Trump must first agree there can be no “military option”, Araghchi said, and added that Iran would “never accept coercion”.He also insisted the negotiations in Oman would be indirect, contradicting Trump’s surprise announcement on Monday that they would be “direct talks”.Trump, who pulled the US out…

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The Ukrainian military has captured two Chinese men fighting with the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Tuesday. Zelenskyy said a clash with Chinese soldiers occurred near the villages of Tarasivka and Bilohorivka in the Donetsk region, where six Chinese military personnel engaged Ukrainian troops. Zelenskyy noted that previously captured North Korean soldiers were fighting in Russia’s Kursk border region, where Ukrainian forces captured territory, while the Chinese were caught on Ukrainian soil. Ukraine has information that there are “significantly more” Chinese fighting alongside the Russians in the more than three-year war, Zelenskyy said, posting a video…

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