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• Saudi woman designs abayas for freer lifestyles

  29-06-2018 23:34
  JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - When Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving ended on Sunday, fashion designer Eman Joharjy and her friends drove to Jeddah's seafront where they exchanged their car for...
  
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• Adam Sandler makes a surprise cameo in Montreal couple's wedding photos

  29-06-2018 22:28 via winnipegfreepress.com
  MONTREAL - A pair of Montreal newlyweds shared their wedding day with an extra special guest when actor Adam Sandler dropped by to make a surprise cameo in their photoshoot.Photographer ......
  
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• What's in a name Brazil? No more Peles and Zicos

  29-06-2018 21:48
  SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - The biggest change for Brazil at this World Cup is not on the field, or on the training ground, or even in the dressing-room. It's on the team sheet.
  
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• Vaccination critic placed on probation by medical board

  29-06-2018 21:48 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LOS ANGELES - A Southern California pediatrician and outspoken critic of mandatory vaccinations has been placed on probation for 35 months by the state's medical board.Dr. Bob Sears had been ...
  
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• Canadian award-winners dazed by glitzy ceremony with the Queen, royal newlyweds

  29-06-2018 19:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Three brilliant young Canadians admit to finding themselves momentarily struck dumb when meeting the Queen earlier this week.Aditya Mohan, Ishita Aggarwal and Midia Shikh Hassan say their royal ......
  
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• 3 Tips for Sprucing Up Your Laundry Room

  29-06-2018 19:00
  A laundry room can be just as inviting as any other room in your home. Image: Jodi Fleming DesignWe hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. The laundry room: At best, it’s an efficient space to complete your weekly chores. At worst, it’s cramped, ugly and disorganized. You may dread going to your laundry room, but with the right colors, materials and tools, you can make it o
  
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• Greece drafts NBA superstar Antetokounmpo to woo tourists

  29-06-2018 18:54
  ATHENS (Reuters) - "I'm Giannis Antetokounmpo. Visit my beautiful country, Greece," the NBA All-Star beams, standing before a row of classical Greek columns in Greece's latest push to attract...
  
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• Messi gets face-saving Kazan mural to match Ronaldo's

  29-06-2018 17:48
  KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Kazan artists worked through the night on Friday painting a mural of Argentina's Lionel Messi to match one of Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo on a building opposite, saving the...
  
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• Quiz: in it together or flying solo – what kind of sharer are you?

  29-06-2018 17:45
  From crisps to feelings, sharing feels good. Are you a closed book or do you tend to wear your heart on your sleeve? Take the quiz to find outMade to be shared
  Campo Viejo is passionate about the Spanish way of life: sharing wine, laughter, stories and food, a life of passion, and a world as authentic as their wines. Believing that life gets better the more generous we are with each other, the founders of Campo Viejo strove to change the parochial nature of Spanish wine drinkers — who dran
  
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• FDA OKs first drug made to reduce excessive sweating

  29-06-2018 17:43 via winnipegfreepress.com
  U.S. regulators on Friday approved the first drug developed specifically to reduce excessive sweating, a common condition that can cause people anxiety and affect their social lives.The Food and Drug ......
  
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• New app offers interactive experiences for Disney guests

  29-06-2018 16:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - With the opening of Toy Story Land at Hollywood Studies, Walt Disney World is also offering guests a new mobile app called Play Disney Parks.The ...
  
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• To Infinity: Toy Story Land opening at Disney in Florida

  29-06-2018 16:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - For children of the mid-1990s, Disney's Toy Story Land offers the opportunity to visit the imaginary world they grew up in. For their parents, it ...
  
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• California bows to beverage industry, blocks soda taxes

  29-06-2018 16:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A new push by the beverage industry is slowing the expansion of soda taxes in California and elsewhere.California cities pioneered soda taxes as a way to combat ...
  
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• A bucket of red please: revellers battle it out with wine in Spain

  29-06-2018 16:11
  HARO, Spain (Reuters) - Revellers poured buckets of wine over each other in northern Spain on Friday in an annual wine battle in the country's Rioja producing-region.
  
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• China tariffs could erode remaining US shark fin business

  29-06-2018 15:47 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PORTLAND, Maine - A new set of Chinese tariffs on U.S. seafood including items made from shark fins could further erode what remains of the American industry for the controversial ......
  
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• Tattoo this: England superfan gets '2018 World Cup Winners' on his belly

  29-06-2018 15:42
  LEEDS, England (Reuters) - When England captain Harry Kane scored his second penalty against Panama in their group stage clash on Sunday, super fan Jamie Richardson was left in no doubt that manager...
  
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• For Russia's smallest World Cup city, moment of fame over too soon

  29-06-2018 15:38
  SARANSK, Russia (Reuters) - Saransk, the smallest of Russia's World Cup venues, is adjusting to life without world-class football and the joie de vivre of enthusiastic foreign fans, after hosting its...
  
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• Why I love Nigella Lawson, by Anna del Conte

  29-06-2018 14:19
  ‘Nigella always makes my recipes better,’ says the legendary Italian food writerI met Nigella before she started writing. She came to one of my demonstrations; I don’t remember which – I was doing quite a few at the time. There she was, sitting in the front row, this very beautiful girl. She came up to speak with me afterwards, saying: “I’ve always liked your cooking.” And we’ve been exchanging recipes ever since.Food writers always pinch each othe
  
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• Painting Furniture: What? Why? How?

  29-06-2018 14:00
  Do you have an outdated piece of furniture, or simply a piece that no longer fits your decor? You may be tempted to replace the item; however, painting furniture is an easy (and inexpensive) way to give your pieces new life. Painted furniture can add a pop of color to a room – like a red lamp base or chair in an otherwise neutral color palette.  Painted furniture can also help everything blend in: for example, a new white headboard and white nightstands to fit a white bedroom.The
  
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• Neptune, London: 'A scampi-flavoured Studio 54' – restaurant review

  29-06-2018 14:00
  It’s incredibly beautiful to look at, but does this hip new seafood joint live up to the hype on the plate?Naming a fish restaurant after Neptune, Roman god of the sea, is a swaggering move. Even Poseidon’s counterpart, it seems to suggest, would find the Kumamoto oysters and mackerel escabeche world-class. Furthermore, pre-buzz on the opening of this Bloomsbury seafood palace was so fulsome that, to have missed it, one would have had to be particularly – ahem – hard of h
  
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• Should I tell my ex-partner's wife-to-be that he abused me?

  29-06-2018 13:49
  He was very controlling and had anger issues, and I am worried that he might treat her in the same wayI split from my partner two years ago, after a seven-year relationship. One of the main reasons for the breakup was abuse, both verbal and physical: he isolated me from family and friends, broke things in our home when in a rage, monitored my emails and social media and threatened to harm himself if I didn’t do what he wanted. It was very difficult to leave but I am much happier now. About
  
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• Readers' travel photography competition: June – the winners

  29-06-2018 12:44
  Moments of calm from Bruges to West Bengal are a theme in this month’s selection, chosen by Mick Ryan of fotoVUE. Scroll down to see the winner, who receives a £200 voucher for an i-escape holiday property. The overall 2018 prize is a trip to West Greenland with Wild Photography Holidays• Enter our July competitionContinue reading...
  
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• My life in sex: ‘We date people together, invite them back to our bed together’

  29-06-2018 11:00
  The bisexual man who loves threesomesMy partner and I had been together for eight years when we changed the nature of our relationship. She and I had tried an open relationship before; it led to recriminations, arguments and eventually a break-up. But this time was different: we dated people together, inviting them back to our bed. Being rejected, flirted with, turned on, let down, tied up: we were experiencing every wonderful-awful aspect of dating together. I’ve always struggled with the
  
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• Homes with tennis courts for sale – in pictures

  29-06-2018 10:46
  As Wimbledon nears, we serve up five properties where a game is always on handContinue reading...
  
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• The best co-ordinated pieces for all ages – in pictures

  29-06-2018 08:00
  With the hard work of a matching top and bottom done for you, you can focus on statement accessories Continue reading...
  
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• Abbots Court, Dorset: ‘A luxurious but unstuffy country retreat’ – hotel review

  29-06-2018 07:30
  The renovation was part-sponsored by Farrow and Ball but it’s the delicious menu created using ingredients from the grounds that reveals this largely self-sufficient B&B’s true coloursImagine Gordon Ramsay presiding over the kitchen in the evening then getting up early next morning to muck out the pigs and weed the vegetable beds. Never mind Ramsay, it’s an implausible scenario for any head chef but things are done differently at Abbot’s Court, a seven-bedroom country
  
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• Hundreds of cash machines close as UK turns to contactless payments

  29-06-2018 07:01
  Which? says ATMs around the country are shutting down and rural operators are worst hitCash machines around the UK are closing at a rate of 300 every month, with rural communities worst hit, according to an analysis by Which?.Almost 1,500 machines on the Link network shut down between November 2017 and April 2018, partly because the dramatic increase in contactless payments for small transactions is making cash less necessary.Continue reading...
  
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• China tariffs could hurt remaining US shark fin business

  29-06-2018 06:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PORTLAND, Maine - A new set of Chinese tariffs on U.S. seafood including items made from shark fins could jeopardize what remains of the American industry for the controversial products.China ......
  
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• Rooftop vineyard brings local wine to New Yorkers

  29-06-2018 01:50
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Devin Shomaker thinks about growing grapes, he doesn’t imagine the rolling hills of California’s Napa Valley or the greenery of New York’s Finger Lakes region.
  
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• Romaine lettuce outbreak tied to tainted irrigation canal

  29-06-2018 01:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Tainted irrigation water appears to be the source of a national food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, health officials said Thursday.About 200 people were sickened in ......
  
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• London house price growth at nine-year low amid Edinburgh and Manchester spurt

  29-06-2018 01:01
  Aberdeen and Cambridge were only two of 20 cities with price fall over past year – surveyHouse price growth in London has slowed to a nine-year low, while prices in Edinburgh and Manchester are rising faster than in any other major UK city, according to a survey.The latest UK Cities House Price Index, from the property research firm Hometrack, shows that Aberdeen and Cambridge were the only two out of 20 major cities where house prices were falling over the past 12 months, by 5.7% and 0.9%
  
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• Cryptic crossword No 27,548

  29-06-2018 01:00
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• The Latest: California governor OKs 12-year soda tax ban

  29-06-2018 00:19 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Latest on a California effort to ban local soda taxes (all times local):3 p.m.Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a measure blocking new local taxes on soda ...
  
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