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☆ Dirty soda shops want to be the next Starbucks
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

At a local store called Thirst, she tried a classic dirty soda combination: Dr Pepper with coconut cream and a raspberry syrup. Dirty soda is a non-alcoholic drink combined with creams, flavored syrups or fruit. What surprised Myrick the most about dirty soda shops was the sheer quantity of choices. Soda shops will have to continue to make the drinks relevant even once social media moves on, especially with such lofty growth goals. “It’s tough here because the vibe of the soda shops is a drive-through.”

Persons: Jordan Myrick, ” Myrick, Myrick, ”, Dr Pepper, influencers, it’s, ’, I’m, Layla Taylor, “ I’m, TikTok, Swig, Alex Dunn, we’ve, Chris Goodchild, “, FiiZ, Sodalicious, Pepper, doogh, Dixie, Lindsay Lohan, Ducky –, Goodchild, ” Goodchild, Coke, Nara Smith, creamer, you’re, Klea Mulla Organizations: New, New York CNN, Hulu, CNN, “, Starbucks, Boston Consulting Group, Western, Sonic, Dairy, The Washington Post, Pepsi, Dutch Bros, York City Locations: New York, California, Utah, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Swig, Western United States, South – Florida, Kentucky, Carolinas, Kansas, Indiana, Missouri, Midwest, Punjab, South Asia, Nara, Wawas, overpriced, New York City, York

☆ Women accuse former Harrods boss Al Fayed of sexual abuse: ‘I was just terrified’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Daniele Hamamdjian | Bill O'Reilly | Daniele Hamamdjian Is An Nbc Foreign Correspondent Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

The first red flag Stone recalls while working for Al Fayed was him giving her a tight hug. NBC News“I was a bit like, Ooh, you know, that’s weird, but maybe that’s his culture, I don’t know,” Stone said. A fictionalized version of their relationship was depicted in the Netflix series last year, and included a warm and sympathetic portrayal of Al Fayed. “The allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed include serial rape, attempted rape, sexual battery, sexual abuse of minors. I was going through this sort of hell.”Stone struggled to explain the hold Al Fayed had on her and other female staffers.

Persons: Mohammed Al Fayed, “ Papa, Al Fayed, ”, Gloria Allred, “ Al Fayed, Natacha, Maria Mulla, Mohamed Al Fayed, Yui Mok, Sophia Stone, Al Fayed’s, Stone, ” Stone, “, London . Stone, he'd, Mohamed Al, Fayed, Paul Ellis, Princess Diana, Dodi, Allred, Eamon Coyle, “ Mohamed, Keaton Stone, ” Sophia Stone, you’ll Organizations: NBC News, Harrods, Netflix, NBC, London ., Bois, Boulogne, Getty, Britain’s, BBC, U.S Locations: American, London, Harrods, Al, Paris, Scotland

☆ 12,000-year-old ritual passed down 500 generations may be world’s oldest
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Buried deep in an Australian cave, archaeologists have uncovered evidence that an Aboriginal ritual may have been passed down 500 generations and survived 12,000 years, making it the oldest known continuous cultural practice in the world, according to a new study. They cut it, and used carbon dating to determine it’s 12,000 years old, from towards the end of the last Ice Age. Normally they just disintegrate.”They also uncovered another wooden stick which, though 1,000 years younger, was remarkably similar. The two wooden sticks were dated to 11,000 and 12,000 years old. “Bringing in the community way, the cultural way, with some of the scientific techniques, means that stories can be told,” David said.

Persons: Cloggs, ’ Bruno David, GLaWAC David, Alfred Howitt, Howitt, ”, mulla, ” Howitt, GunaiKurnai Elder Uncle Russell Mullett, ” David Organizations: CNN, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Monash University, Waters Aboriginal Corporation Locations: Buchan, Melbourne, Australia

☆ Italian senate passes controversial measure to ship boat migrants to Albanian camps
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Rome CNN —A controversial plan agreed upon between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Albanian counterpart in November to send boat migrants to Italian-run centers on Albanian soil has passed the Italian Senate. The plan passed on a vote of 93 to 61. It is unlawful under EU law to immediately deport a migrant or refugee until their application for asylum is processed. The centers will be built with Italian funds and staffed with Italian civil servants to process up to 3,000 asylum applicants a month. In 2023, more than 157,000 people reached Italy by boat, according to Italian interior ministry data.

Persons: Rome, Rome CNN —, Giorgia Meloni, Atdhe Mulla, NGO’s, Meloni’s, Matteo De Bellis, “, ” Organizations: Rome CNN, Italian, Italian Senate, European Union, Bloomberg, Getty, Coast Guard, Navy, Amnesty Locations: Italian, Guantanamo, Albania, Afghan, Shengjin, Italy, United Kingdom, Rwanda

☆ The 21 new cardinals named by Pope Francis on Sunday
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

VATICAN CITY, July 9 (Reuters) - Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he would induct 21 churchmen to the high rank of cardinal in September. The following are set to become cardinals:Cardinal Electors under 801 - Archbishop Robert Prevost, American, Vatican official, head of the Dicastery for Bishops2 - Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Italian, Vatican official, head of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches3 - Archbishop Víctor Fernández, Argentine, Vatican official, head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith4 - Archbishop Emil Tscherrig, Swiss, Vatican ambassador to Italy5 - Archbishop Christophe Pierre, French, Vatican ambassador to the United States6 - Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Italian, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem7 - Archbishop Stephen Brislin, South African, Archbishop of Cape Town8 - Archbishop Ángel Rossi, Argentine, Archbishop of Córdoba9 - Archbishop Luis Aparicio, Colombian, Archbishop of Bogotá10 - Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś, Polish, Archbishop of Lodz11 - Archbishop Stephen Mulla, Sudanese, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan12 - Archbishop José Cano, Spanish, Archbishop of Madrid13 - Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, Tanzanian, Archbishop of Tabora14 - Bishop Sebastian Francis, Malaysian, Bishop of Penang15 - Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-Yan, Bishop of Hong Kong16 - Archbishop François-Xavier Bustillo, Spanish-French, Bishop of Ajaccio, Corsica. 17 - Bishop Américo Alves Aguiar, Portuguese, Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon18 - Father Ángel Fernández Artime, Spanish, head of the Salesian orderOver 80 and not eligible to enter a conclave19 - Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, Italian, former Vatican diplomat20 - Archbishop Diego Padrón Sánchez, Venezuelan, Archbishop Emeritus of Cumaná. 21- Father Luis Dri, Argentine priestReporting by Philip Pulella and Federico Maccioni; Editing by Alexander SmithOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Pope Francis, Cardinal, Robert Prevost, Claudio Gugerotti, Víctor Fernández, Emil Tscherrig, Christophe Pierre, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Stephen Brislin, Ángel Rossi, Luis Aparicio, Grzegorz Ryś, Stephen Mulla, of, José Cano, Protase Rugambwa, Bishop Sebastian Francis, Bishop Stephen Chow Sau, Bishop, François, Xavier Bustillo, Bishop of, Bishop Américo Alves Aguiar, Ángel Fernández, Agostino Marchetto, Diego Padrón Sánchez, Luis Dri, Philip Pulella, Federico Maccioni, Alexander Smith Organizations: CITY, Cardinal Electors, Vatican, Bishops, Cape, Argentine, Salesian, Cumaná, Thomson Locations: Argentine, Italy, Vatican, United States, Jerusalem, South, Córdoba, Bogotá, Lodz, of Juba, South Sudan, Madrid, Tabora, Bishop, Penang, Hong Kong, Spanish, Bishop of Ajaccio, Corsica, Portuguese, Lisbon

☆ Kuwait forms cabinet with new oil minister, finance minister re-appointed
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DUBAI, June 18 (Reuters) - Kuwait formed a new government on Sunday naming Saad Al Barrak as oil minister to replace Bader Al-Mulla and reappointing Finance Minister Manaf Abdulaziz Al Hajri. Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who was re-appointed as prime minister last week, formed the new cabinet announced in a decree carried by the state news agency KUNA. The Gulf Arab state also named a new defence minister, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah. The outgoing government had resigned following parliamentary elections held earlier this month in the Gulf OPEC oil producer. Reporting By Andrew Mills and Ahmed Tolba; Writing by Andrew Mills; Editing by Andrew Heavens and David EvansOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Saad Al Barrak, Bader Al, Mulla, Manaf Abdulaziz Al Hajri, Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al, Ahmad Al, Sheikh Ahmad Al, Fahad Al, Ahmed Al, Andrew Mills, Ahmed Tolba, Andrew Heavens, David Evans Organizations: reappointing Finance, Thomson Locations: DUBAI, Kuwait, Sabah, Gulf OPEC

rules governing how asylum seekers must be treated. We showed the video in person to three senior officials from the European Commission in Brussels, describing how we had verified it. asylum rules and international law, including ensuring access to the asylum procedure,” said Anitta Hipper, the European Commission spokeswoman for migration. Greece and the European Union hardened their attitudes toward migrants after the arrival in 2015 and 2016 of more than one million refugees from Syria, Iraq and elsewhere. Poland, Italy and Lithuania have recently changed their laws to make it easier to repel migrants and to punish those who help them.

☆ Masked men working with Greek authorities stole refugees' belongings before dumping them in the middle of the sea: New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Refugees told the NYT that men sent by Greek authorities robbed them and abandoned them at sea. Greek authorities did not respond to the new investigation from the New York Times. The group was eventually rescued by Turkish authorities and are now in a Turkish detention center while they wait to find out if they'll be granted asylum. Greek authorities did not respond to multiple requests for comment from The New York Times. "We didn't expect to survive on that day," Naima Hassan Aden, a 27-year-old from Somalia, told the Times.

☆ Moment istoric; Nora Al-Matrooshi, prima femeie astronaut din Emiratele Arabe Unite
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-15 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Mohammed Bin Rashid Space CentreMoment istoric; Nora Al-Matrooshi, prima femeie astronaut din Emiratele Arabe UniteNora Al-Matrooshi scrie istorie în Emiratele Arabe Unite. Alături de Mohammed Al-Mulla (32 de ani) face parte din ultima serie de astronauţi acceptaţi în programul Centrului Spaţial Mohammed Bin Rashid (MBR) din Emiratele Arabe Unite. Anunţul a fost făcut pe Twitter chiar de şeicul Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vicepreşedinte şi prim-ministru al ţării. Fă ceea ce te face fericitNora Al-Matrooshi s-a născut în 1993 şi e licenţiată în inginerie mecanică, la Universitatea din Emiratele Arabe Unite, relatează CNN. Alături de echipa NASA şi de colegul său, Mohammed Al-Mulla, pilot comercial născut în 1988, se va pregăti pentru viitoarele explorări spaţiale.

Persons: Mohammed Bin Rashid, Nora Al -, Al, Ea, Mohammed Al -, Mohammed Al, Anunţul, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Nora Al, CNN ., Mediafax . Organizations: Emiratele Arabe Unite, Universitatea din, Universitatea din Emiratele Arabe Unite, CNN, Mediafax, NASA Locations: Emiratele Arabe, Emiratele Arabe Unite, Universitatea din Emiratele Arabe

☆ Moment istoric: Noura Al-Matrooshi, prima femeie astronaut din Emiratele Arabe Unite
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-12 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Noura Al-Matrooschi face istorie în Emiratele Arabe Unite, după ce a devenit prima femeie astronaut din această țară. Împreună cu Mohammed Al-Mulla, Noura Al-Matrooschi a fost selectată dintre cei peste 4.000 de candidați care au aplicat la program, a spus șeicul Mohammed, conducătorul Dubaiului. Nora Al-Matrooshi s-a născut în 1993 şi e licenţiată în inginerie mecanică, la Universitatea din Emiratele Arabe Unite. Noura Al-Matrooschi spune că trăieşte după deviza „Fă ceea ce te face fericit”, iar visul său pare pe cale să se îndeplinească. Alături de echipa NASA şi de colegul său, Mohammed Al-Mulla, pilot comercial născut în 1988, se va pregăti pentru viitoarele explorări spaţiale.

Persons: Noura, Ea, Mohammed Bin Rashid, șeicul Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Mohammed Al -, șeicul Mohammed, Nora Al -, Nora Organizations: CNN, Universitatea din, Universitatea din Emiratele Arabe Unite, NASA Locations: Emiratele Arabe Unite, Emiratele Arabe, Universitatea din Emiratele Arabe

☆ Prima astronaută de origine arabă din istorie, selectată din peste 4 000 de candidați
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-12 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Prima astronaută de origine arabă din istorie, selectată din peste 4 000 de candidațiEmiratele Arabe Unite (EAU) au anunţat în acest weekend includerea a doi noi astronauţi în ambiţiosul program spaţial al ţării, printre aceştia figurând „prima femeie astronaut de origine arabă”. „Anunţăm prima femeie astronaut de origine arabă printre cei doi noi astronauţi selectaţi din peste 4 000 de candidaţi pentru a fi instruiţi la NASA pentru viitoarele misiuni de explorare spaţială”, a scris Mohammed bin Rashid pe Twitter. În februarie, sonda spaţială Hope a EAU a intrat pe orbita „Planetei Roşii”, reuşită care a făcut din ţara din Golf primul stat arab care a lansat cu succes o misiune interplanetară. Sonda spaţială Hope sau Al-Amal, în arabă, fără echipaj uman, a fost lansată din Japonia în iulie. Potrivit misiunii, sonda va rămâne pe orbita planetei Marte pe durata unui an marţian, 687 de zile terestre, timp în care va capta imagini şi va studia atmosfera planetei şi schimbarea anotimpurilor.

Persons: Mohammed bin Rashid, Mohammed Al Mulla, Sheikh Mohammed, Mohammed al, NASA, EAU ., Hope, Richard Branson Organizations: Emiratele, AGERPRES, NASA, EAU, Virgin Locations: Emiratele Arabe Unite, EAU, Matrooshi, Houston, Statele Unite, ţara, Golf, Japonia, Dubai, Virgin Galactic

☆ Moment istoric: Agenția spațială a Emiratelor Arabe Unite va avea pentru prima oară o femeie astronaut
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-12 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Twitter/@abc7newsbayareaMoment istoric: Agenția spațială a Emiratelor Arabe Unite va avea pentru prima oară o femeie astronautEveniment istoric în Emiratele Arabe Unite – țara va trimite pentru prima oară o femeie în spațiu – Noura Al-Matrooshi se va alătura programului spațial al UAE după ce a fost aleasă dintre aproximativ 4000 de candidați, relatează CNN. Noura Al-Matrooshi a fost aleasă împreună cu Mohammed Al-Mulla, un alt astronaut tânăr din aproximativ 4000 de aplicanți. Anunțul a fost făcut de șeicul Mohammed, conducătorul Dubaiului. Mulțumesc conducerii noastre înțelepte și echipei programului spațial al UAE”, a scris al-Matrooshi pe Twitter. Al-Matrooshi, născută în 1993, este licențiată în inginerie mecanică la Universitatea din Emiratele Arabe Unite.

Persons: CNN . Noura, Mohammed Al -, aplicanți ., șeicul Mohammed Organizations: Emiratelor, Emiratelor Arabe Unite, Universitatea din, NASA Locations: Emiratelor Arabe, Emiratele Arabe Unite, Universitatea din Emiratele Arabe

Noura Al-Matrooshi a fost aleasă împreună cu Mohammed Al-Mulla, un alt astronaut tânăr din aproximativ 4000 de aplicanți. Anunțul a fost făcut de șeicul Mohammed, conducătorul Dubaiului. Am de gând să muncesc cu silință pentru a obține realizări istorice care să fie imprimate pentru totdeauna în memoria poporului nostru. Mulțumesc conducerii noastre înțelepte și echipei programului spațial al UAE”, a scris al-Matrooshi pe Twitter. Cei doi astronauți aleși să se alăture programului spațial, vor fi antrenați împreună cu astronauți ai NASA pentru viitoare proiecte de explorare spațială, a mai anunțat șeicul.

Persons: Noura, Mohammed Al -, aplicanți ., șeicul Mohammed Organizations: Universitatea din, NASA Locations: Universitatea din Emiratele Arabe

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