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• Macedonia pledges action after girl drowns fleeing dog pack

  06-11-2018 22:47 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SKOPJE, Macedonia - Macedonia's government has pledged to revise legislation on stray animals after a teenage girl drowned in a river while trying to escape a pack of feral dogs.Police ......
  
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• Eat your heart out at the Pizza Museum

  06-11-2018 20:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - There is now a museum for pizza lovers everywhere that's popped-up in arguably America's pizza capital, New York City.The Museum of Pizza is dedicated to all things ......
  
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• China will be the world’s most visited country by 2030

  06-11-2018 20:45
  New research predicts that China will be the most popular holiday spot in the world, with the largest number of both inbound and outbound travellersChina will overtake France as the world’s number one tourist destination by 2030, a new report from global research company Euromonitor International predicts. As well as receiving more visitors than any other country in the world, it will also have the largest number of outbound travellers, overtaking the US and Germany, with 260 million outbo
  
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• Nigeria's 'Mona Lisa' shown at home for first time since it resurfaced

  06-11-2018 20:37
  The Nigerian Mona Lisa, a painting lost for more than 40 years and found in a London flat in February, is being exhibited in Nigeria for the first time since it disappeared.
  
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• Michelin awards stars to 76 New York City restaurants

  06-11-2018 20:35
  Michelin handed out its coveted stars to 76 restaurants in New York City in its 2019 guide on Tuesday, four more than last year, boosting the Big Apple's reputation as a global destination for its...
  
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• Will we ever be able to get rid of paper receipts?

  06-11-2018 19:11
  Paper accounts of your spending might seem harmless, but they pose an environmental hazard. What should we do?You diligently recycle, you carry a reusable coffee cup and you have sworn off plastic straws. Yet your wallet is stuffed with crumpled scraps of paper recording all manner of recent (and ancient) transactions: the couple of quid at Tesco, the £50 from a cash machine last week, that pricey pair of shoes from a year ago.Every year the UK pumps out 11.2bn paper receipts. What many of
  
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• Ariana Grande’s new song teaches us the joy of ex

  06-11-2018 19:11
  In Thank U, Next, Grande eschews slagging off past loves in favour of thanking them. It’s a philosophy to aspire toTo see how far the genre of “ex diss tracks” has come, you only need to listen to Ariana Grande’s new single, Thank U, Next, released just after she broke up with her fiance, Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson. In it, Grande thanks all her past loves for the part they played in the creation of the “so amazing” Ariana 2.0: “One taught
  
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• Benedict Cumberbatch is ‘sick of camomile tea being called tea’. Is he right?

  06-11-2018 18:49
  Herbal drinks aren’t tea, says the actor. So what should we call them? And why do people bother drinking them anyway?When is tea not tea? That is, inarguably, a question. According to the Sherlock actor and exceptionally unlikely sex symbol Benedict Cumberbatch, it’s when it comes in a fey little sachet and smells of newly mown lawn. “Shall I really vent now? I’m sick of camomile tea being called tea,” said Cumberbatch – sounding a little like he had drunk too
  
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• Is the wind turbine really a 'new apex predator'?

  06-11-2018 18:44
  The presence of wind turbines can reduce the number of birds and lizards in an area, a new study has found. Should we start tearing the farms down?Name: wind turbines.Age: Early examples date to the 7th century. Continue reading...
  
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• Do your kids a favour: Pick retirement savings over tuition

  06-11-2018 18:41 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Most financial planners advise never tapping retirement savings to pay for your kid's education. Even as college costs climb, there are still options to borrow that cash, whereas it's often ......
  
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• Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in defence of the family-friendly mall restaurant

  06-11-2018 18:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - The old adage is that you can't please everyone, but Jamie Oliver insists on trying.The British celebrity chef says his life would probably be easier if he had ...
  
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• Kids Help Phone adds texting option to hook up young people with crisis counsellors

  06-11-2018 18:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Canadian youth can now access mental health support through a free bilingual texting service being rolled out across the country by Kids Help Phone.The charitable organization is introducing ......
  
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• Pringles sells Thanksgiving-flavoured chips for limited time

  06-11-2018 17:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - Those who crave the tastes of Thanksgiving no longer have to wait for the meal to be cooked.Pringles is selling chips that taste like turkey, stuffing ...
  
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• The Kindertransport children 80 years on: 'We thought we were going on an adventure'

  06-11-2018 16:00
  In 1938, the first of the Jewish Kindertransport children evacuated from Nazi Germany arrived in Britain. This week, we’re publishing the stories of six of those refugees, beginning here with Bob and Ann KirkFriday is the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht – the Night of Broken Glass. The pogrom of 9 November 1938 in Nazi Germany demonstrated to the Jewish population their lives were in urgent danger and that they must leave if they could. But where to go? Other countries were relucta
  
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• RIGHT AT HOME: Choosing the perfect sofa for your space

  06-11-2018 15:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Ask interior designers what the most important element in a room is and many will say that — after wall colour — it's the sofa.So how do you choose this ......
  
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• ASK A DESIGNER: Interior doors can add light, personality

  06-11-2018 15:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Clients are sometimes surprised when home builder and designer Marnie Oursler starts talking about bedroom doors.They expect to discuss things like windows, wall colours and where a built-in bookcase might ...
  
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• Franklinia: a tree with history and beauty

  06-11-2018 15:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
  If you have the ears to listen, this tree has a story to tell.Let's go back to 1765 and travel along with American naturalists John Bartram and his son William, ...
  
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• Hong Kong at night: mixology, a jailbird bar and floodlit horse races

  06-11-2018 12:54
  Creative cocktails, a kick of nostalgia, live music venues and nocturnal gambling: when the sun goes down in Hong Kong, the city comes to lifeMixologist Antonio Lai was one of the first to bring molecular mixology to Hong Kong, when he opened Quinary in 2012. And the fact that it’s still standing five years later, in a city dedicated to novelty over longevity, is a sign of just how good his bar is. It’s been ranked in the world’s 50 best bars list ever since it opened. The drin
  
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• What to do in Ottawa in 2019

  06-11-2018 12:45
  With almost half its population under the age of 35, this vibrant, riverside, eastern Ontario city – selected by Queen Victoria as Canada’s capital – is a diverse, modern metropolisIn early spring, you simply have to sample Canada’s sweet liquid gold: maple syrup. The season really gets going in March – and around Ottawa there are loads of sugar shacks and maple-related events. You can even have a maple manicure, pedicure, massage or maple sugar body scrub and wrap
  
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• The lowdown on Ottawa: Canada’s capital city

  06-11-2018 12:45
  Whether you want to do mass yoga, visit parliament, try a BeaverTail pastry or ice skate on the Rideau canal – Ottawa has something for every visitor …The city of Ottawa has a wonderful setting, its centre perched on cliffs above the churning Ottawa River and overlooking the peaceful rolling forests of the Gatineau Hills. Once a rowdy lumber town, it quietly developed into one of the country’s most handsome and liveable cities; federal money backed impressive architecture and
  
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• Beavertail doughnuts and brewery bus tours: things to eat, see and do in Canada’s capital

  06-11-2018 12:45
  Whether you want to do mass yoga, visit parliament, try a BeaverTail pastry or ice skate on the Rideau canal – Ottawa has something for every visitor …The city of Ottawa has a wonderful setting, its centre perched on cliffs above the churning Ottawa River and overlooking the peaceful rolling forests of the Gatineau Hills. Once a rowdy lumber town, it quietly developed into one of the country’s most handsome and liveable cities; federal money backed impressive architecture and
  
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• Ottawa: the ultimate seven-day itinerary

  06-11-2018 12:44
  Where else can you cycle river paths, shop farmers’ markets, and watch city lights from a hot tub? Welcome to Ottawa – Canada’s bustling capitalMonday
  Ottawa’s most notable building is its majestic gothic parliament and it’s one of the landmarks you can take in when exploring the city on foot. Try Ottawa Walking Tours, Ottawa Free Tours, or your own river- and canal-side wanderings on paths around Parliament Hill. For bygone tales of brawling French and Irish gangs,
  
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• In praise of loud women – the joy and power of being noisy and female

  06-11-2018 11:00
  My big voice was frowned upon when I was a girl in the 70s. Now, celebrities from Beyoncé to Michelle Obama are helping to tear up the idea of what a woman should sound like
  No one wants to sit next to a loud woman. I know this because someone recently moved the placement card on a dinner table to get away from me. That label – “loud woman” – has never been a compliment, even though some of us may wear it as a badge of honour. Picture a loud woman and she is in Tec
  
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• Use care when pawing your pets' food

  06-11-2018 07:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Millions of people have at least one pet at home. Studies have shown there are many health benefits to having a companion animal. Pets can increase fitness, lower stress and ......
  
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• Tea and history: an evocative brew in Chengdu, China

  06-11-2018 07:30
  This centuries-old teahouse in Sichuan province and its regulars are a world away from China’s modern megacitiesOut in the western suburbs of Sichuan’s capital, Chengdu, the town of Pengzhen is home to what’s said to be the oldest teahouse in China. About 300 years old, the Guanyin Pavilion is at the heart of a tiny community of historic streets where, against a tide of rapid modernisation, the local population proudly preserves its heritage and traditional way of life. Continu
  
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• The man who would be king, eventually: Prince Charles turns 70

  06-11-2018 05:17
  When Prince Charles, who turns 70 next week, becomes king on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth, he will have waited longer than any of his predecessors to head a royal family that dates back...
  
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