Top EU court rules same-sex marriages must be recognized throughout bloc

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The European Union’s highest court ruled Tuesday that all member states should honor the civil status of same-sex couples married anywhere else in the bloc, regardless ...

Pope Leo to push unity at Nicaea, site of first Christian council

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On his first international trip as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV arrived Thursday in Turkey - site of the ancient summit - to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the ...

DC will miss Mayor Muriel Bowser when she’s gone

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Her pragmatic style stands in contrast to the current trend in cities of handing power to ideologues. “I used to hate it when people called me pragmatic,” she told ...

Israelis moving abroad in rising numbers due to fear and discontent

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Tens of thousands of Israelis have left the country over the past two years, with numbers spiking during the summer of 2023.

The hot new Dubai restaurant run by an AI chef

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Chef Aiman doesn’t physically cook; it creates. It can analyze ingredients, generate unconventional flavor combinations and write detailed recipes that human chefs ...

Viola Fletcher, oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 111

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Viola Fletcher, one of the last two known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and a plaintiff in a symbolic lawsuit seeking reparations for the attack - one ...

Chopping chives as competitive sport? Chefs are chasing a perfect score

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From the first dish, he knew the meal would be a disappointment “because the chives were badly chopped.” If a chef couldn’t be bothered with the little things, they ...

Taj Mahal’s luster is deliberately tarnished to fit a religious narrative

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In recent years the Taj has also become a contested site, targeted by those determined to recast India’s pluralist history. The symbol of love is now a flash point ...

Frida Kahlo self portrait sells for $55 million

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The Frida Kahlo self-portrait “El sueño (La cama)” shattered the auction record for a work by a female artist, selling for $55 million at Sotheby’s on Thursday.

Listening to music is linked to lower dementia risk, study suggests

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Researchers looked at data spanning a decade and involving more than ten thousand relatively healthy people, aged 70 and older. People who listened to music most ...

City’s dispute with 10-year-old beekeeper sparks public outcry

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The complaint about his activities that arrived in a plain business envelope has spiraled into a months-long saga that is poised to change the law for all hobby ...

Trump HIV prevention plan shuts out South Africa — the nation most affected

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South Africa has about one-fifth of the global population of people living with HIV and historically has received the largest share of U. S. funding for HIV prevention. ...

Serial killer linked to 1988 murder - police

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In a chilling reminder of unresolved grief, Virginia police have finally traced a link between a suspected serial killer and a teen’s brutal murder from 1988, igniting ...

Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation

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One minute he's claiming he's ended seven wars and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize - the next minute he's planning to go to war.

How Tucker Carlson instigated an inevitable war within MAGA

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The inevitable fracturing of President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement is in sight, the instigator of its rupture that most narcissistic and destructive of media personalities: ...

Dutch museum is an architectural marvel with a mission

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Ma Yansong, the founder of MAD Architects, says on the museum’s website that the weaving of stainless steel staircases symbolizes the twists and turns that many ...

The last voices of World War II: Veterans speak of duty and loss

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For the American World War II veterans, all in their late 90s or early 100s, the event marked what will be one of the last times they gather to publicly relay what ...

Mamdani’s suits and ties send a clever message

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Mamdani’s suits are distinct from the ones worn by former New York governor Andrew Cuomo. Take the shoulders, for instance. Softer and less padded than Cuomo’s, ...

What’s the best cutting board for meat and vegetables?

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Most of my savoury cooking prep takes place on a large wood cutting board. (I don’t recommend glass or metal, as they will dull your knives almost immediately.)

Pokémon card thieves strike. Can police catch them all?

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Pokémon is a fast-growing segment of the multibillion-dollar trading card business, with the rarest finds valued at tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars. One ...

It's not just Venezuela, as US boat strikes spread fear across the Caribbean

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In Trinidad and Tobago, a Caribbean island nation so close to Venezuela that on a clear day it’s visible, the second homes off the northwestern coast lie empty. ...

It's a whole lotta marble! - Designers on Trump’s Lincoln Bathroom

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The reveal was startling, in part because of the total transformation and dramatic use of marble and because it comes on the heels of the demolition of the entire ...

Tom Brady clones family pet who died in 2023

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Brady thanked the company for giving him and his family “a second chance with a clone of our beloved dog.

The day strangers helped a man on his birthday

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Every year on October 29, at exactly 1:11 a. m. - the time he was born - Josh Chace’s mother would send him a birthday text. “Happy birthday to the best guy I know,” ...

A young chess star’s death, cheating accusations and a sport in turmoil

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For more than a year, Naroditsky had been trying to prove himself after being accused of cheating by a former world champion. Then friends found him unresponsive ...