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☆ I've written 66 guidebooks for Lonely Planet. Here are the top 10 places I've ever visited.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Brendan Sainsbury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Havana remains one of my favorite cities in the world to visit. Diego Grandi/ShutterstockI've visited Havana over 30 times and studied and researched the city for 10 different guidebooks. I love the Cuban city for its irrepressible street energy and animated, resilient people. When first arriving in town, I gravitate to the historic squares and thoroughfares of the Old Town and then head for a lengthy stroll along the Malecón sea drive. Here, at one of the city's most famous meetup spots, I can get a handle on the city's mood, reacquaint myself with my Cuban friends, and see what's changed since my last visit.

Persons: Diego Grandi, Shutterstock I've Locations: Havana, Cuban

☆ My 6-year-old's friend didn't want to play with him. Instead of stepping in as super mom, I let them figure it out themselves.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Sarah Dimuro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewBy the time school started again, my son was excited to be reunited with his friends. He looked so proud walking into the play yard that first day back, Super Mario Brothers backpack stuffed with his first grade essentials. AdvertisementBut then, as I was tucking him into bed one evening, he turned to me and said: "Mama, Carla doesn't want to play me anymore." I also appreciated the idea she mentioned about reminding our son what it means to be a good friend. A month after our conversation, I picked him up from his after-school program, and there was Carla, playing with the other girls.

Persons: —, reacquaint, Mama, Carla doesn't, They'd, He's, Emily Edlynn's, Edlynn, It's, Carla, I'm, Walter Organizations: Service, Super, Business

☆ Why apple prices plunged in October
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But apple prices plunged 7.9%. A Goldilocks year for applesIn general, apple prices dip in the fall, because that’s when they’re harvested and flood the market. An apple orchard near Leavenworth, Washington state. “We have a lot of volume, but I don’t know if we’re gonna be making any money this year.”Though gas prices have fallen, apple farmers have other rising costs, including labor. To cope with rising costs and improve sustainability, many farmers have been making adjustments to how they operate, said Todd Fryhover, president of the Washington Apple Commission, which promotes the state’s apple industry.

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☆ Opinion: Who a ‘stalemate’ in Ukraine really benefits
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Augusta Anthony | Opinion Jade Mcglynn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Responses to the recent statements by the commander in chief of the Ukrainian military, Valery Zaluzhny, warning of a stalemate war between Ukraine and Russia, have been varied and revealing. On the other side, skeptics of Western support for Ukraine gloatingly cited the interview as evidence that Ukraine should have capitulated at some imagined earlier opportunity. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyi meets with the Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg on September 28, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is not Ukraine that is desperate to continue war despite plentiful options to stop the bloodshed — it is Russia. And would there still be ‘fatigue’ in Western capitals if Ukraine had retaken more territories during the summer counteroffensive?

Persons: Jade McGlynn, “, Read, Valery Zaluzhny, Jade McGlynn Jade McGlynn, Zaluzhny, Zaluzhny’s, Volodymyr Zelensky, Igor Zhovka, Ukraine gloatingly, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, NATO Jens Stoltenberg, Yan Dobronosov, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Anatolii Stepanov, Washington, ’, Putin, worldviews, Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhny, Gleb Garanich Organizations: Center for Strategic, International Studies, CNN, Western, Ukraine, NATO, Ukrainian Air Defence, Kremlin, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Reuters, EU, North Korea — Locations: Putin’s Russia, Ukraine, Russia, frontlines, Kyiv, AFP, North America, West Germany, West, Iran, North Korea, freefall, Europe, Eastern Europe, Korea

☆ US VP Harris embraces new attack role, draws fresh Republican fire
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Jarrett Renshaw | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog (not pictured) in her ceremonial offices at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2023. Biden credits Black voters for his 2020 victory, with exit polls showing he carried 87% of the vote. His campaign accused another Black Republican who criticized the changes, which include teaching that slavery had possible benefits to the enslaved, of being a Harris supporter. Voters wary of the president’s advanced age of 80 are expected to take a much harder look at the vice president. “We are running against Kamala Harris.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Isaac Herzog, Nathan Howard, Harris, Joe Biden’s, reacquaint Harris, burnish, ’, Biden, Al Sharpton, it’s, DeSantis, Tim Scott, Kamala Harris that’s, Joe Biden, ”, Nikki Hailey, Roe, Wade, Bruce Thompson Organizations: BOSTON, Florida Governor, ”, Eisenhower, REUTERS, Black, National Action Network, Reuters, NBC, Republican, Black Republican, Biden, Fox News, mojo, Democratic National Committee Locations: Iowa, Chicago, Washington , U.S, Boston, United States, –, North Carolina

☆ Kamala Harris embraces new attack role, draws fresh Republican fire
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Jarrett Renshaw | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The high-profile speeches are part of an expanded role for U.S. President Joe Biden's much-scrutinized governing partner ahead of the election, senior Democrats say. Biden credits Black voters for his 2020 victory, with exit polls showing he carried 87% of the vote. Senator Tim Scott, the most high-profile Black candidate in the 2024 Republican presidential race, of accepting Harris's "lie" about Florida's new slavery curriculum requirements. His campaign accused another Black Republican who criticized the changes, which include teaching that slavery had possible benefits to the enslaved, of being a Harris supporter. Voters wary of the president's advanced age of 80 are expected to take a much harder look at the vice president.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Harris, Joe Biden's, reacquaint Harris, burnish, Biden, Al Sharpton, it's, DeSantis, Tim Scott, Kamala Harris that's, Joe Biden, Nikki Hailey, Roe, Wade, ”, Bruce Thompson, Jarrett Renshaw, Heather Timmons, Alistair Bell Organizations: BOSTON, Florida Governor, Republicans, Black, National Action Network, Reuters, NBC, Republican, Black Republican, Biden, Fox News, mojo, Democratic National Committee, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Chicago, Boston, United States, –, North Carolina

☆ First prosecution witness in Trump Org trial is still paid $450K a year — by the Trump Org
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Steinglass asked, in one awkward confrontation, as he labored to reacquaint himself in public with his own witness. Steinglass asked. Also paid for by the Trump Organization, McConney testified. "His attorney in fact is paid by the Trump Organization," Steinglass argued to the trial judge, state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, outside the jury's hearing. Two subsidiaries of the Trump Organization — the Trump Corporation, which employs its executives, and the Trump Payroll Corporation, which pays those executives — are charged in a 15-year tax-dodge scheme.

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