It’s springtime in Germany and people are obsessing about white asparagus
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Asparagus season has arrived in Germany, signaling the unofficial beginning of springtime. There is no other vegetable that Germans obsess about as much as ...North Korean leader's sister denounces denuclearization calls, saying nuclear status is permanent
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The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday mocked Washington and its Asian allies for what she called their “daydream” ...Ivan Boesky, stock trader convicted in insider trading scandal, dead at 87
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Ivan F. Boesky, the flamboyant stock trader whose cooperation with the government cracked open one of the largest insider trading scandals in the history ...Paris and the Olympics have changed each other during their summer fling
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In French, there are no goodbyes. Instead, Olympic crowds from Paris to the surfing venue in Tahiti were saying “au revoir” — see you ...‘Hitting kids should never be allowed’: Illinois bans corporal punishment in all schools
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This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools. Legislation that Gov. JB ...South Korea says North Korea is again flying balloons toward the South, probably carrying trash
June 25, 2024
South Korea said North Korea was flying balloons likely carrying trash across the border for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, despite the South’s ...Here are the nearly 200 new Florida laws taking effect Monday
July 1, 2024
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been busy over the last few months signing laws that were passed as part of the 2024 Legislative Session. ...Here are all of the new Florida laws going into effect next month
June 4, 2024
Over the past few months, Florida lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis have been busy passing new laws as part of the 2024 Legislative Session. ...Salman Rushdie's 'Knife' is unflinching about his brutal stabbing and uncanny in its vital spirit
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In Salman Rushdies first book since the 2022 stabbing that hospitalized him and left him blind in one eye, the author wastes no time ...The Latest | Trump speaks with reporters after 4th day of witness testimony in hush money trial ends
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Defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s hush money trial dug Friday into assertions of the former publisher of the National Enquirer and his efforts to ...Henry Kissinger was a trusted confidant to President Nixon until the bitter, bizarre end
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All these years later, the scene still is almost too bizarre to imagine: a tearful president and his perplexed aide, neither very religious, kneeling ...Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100
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Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated ...King Charles III's cancer diagnosis lays bare pressures at Buckingham Palace
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King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis heaps more pressure on the British monarchy, which is still evolving after the 70-year reign of the late Queen ...Fendi caps couture with futurism-tinged ode to Lagerfeld at Paris Fashion Week
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As Paris Couture Week drew to a close , Fendi offered a hypnotic blend of minimalist futurism and homage to the legendary Karl Lagerfeld ...King Charles III shows his reign will be more about evolution than revolution after year on the job
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Don’t rock the boat. A year after the death of Queen Elizabeth II triggered questions about the future of the British monarchy, King Charles ...South Korean dog meat farmers push back against growing moves to outlaw their industry
July 31, 2023
The dogs bark and stare as Kim Jong-kil approaches the rusty cages housing the large, short-haired animals he sells for their meat. Kim opens ...