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In Guangdong Province, on China’s southern coast, a woman posted a photo of a boxed-up Japanese-brand air-conditioner that she planned to return in protest. In southwest China, the owner of a Japanese pub posted a video of himself ripping down anime posters and smashing bottles, saying he planned to reopen the business as a Chinese bistro. In many social media posts like these, the phrase “nuclear-contaminated wastewater” has appeared — the same wording used by the Chinese government and state media to refer to Japan’s release into the ocean of treated radioactive water from the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Even before Japan started pumping out the first tranche of more than a million tons of wastewater last week, China had mounted a coordinated campaign to spread misinformation about the safety of the release, stirring up anger and fear among millions of Chinese.

Locations: Guangdong Province, China, Japan

☆ Fact Check-Video does not show extreme floods in Britain in August 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A video compilation that includes old footage of floods has been shared online to falsely claim it depicts extreme flooding in Britain on August 26, 2023. No reports from credible outlets were found about floods in Britain that put 78,000 people underwater on Aug. 26. Outlets including the BBC (here) and The Independent (youtu.be/gtJAfA6L5Yk?t=35) featured the video in reports of a flood on August 17, 2022. Reuters could not immediately source the video showing a view of River Taff in Cardiff (goo.gl/maps/AG11itb7Yau98z1j6) (1:06-1:18), but the scene resembles a photograph published by outlet WalesOnline on Jan. 12, 2023 (here) (see photo 21). This montage compiles old clips and does not show extreme flooding in Britain on Aug. 26, 2023.

Persons: Storm Franklin, Robert Melen, Read Organizations: YouTube, Reuters, BBC, Polokwane, Farmer’s Locations: Britain, “, London, Jackfield , Shropshire, Scotland, Ituna , Saskatchewan, Canada, Shrewsbury, London’s, River Taff, Cardiff, WalesOnline, Bryson Lake, Polokwane, South Africa, Wales

☆ The Bar That Will Do Anything to Make You Feel ‘Insane and Alive’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Harron Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

That quality of being both laid back and unpredictable is part of Singers’ appeal, said P.E. Moskowitz, a writer and a Singers regular who helped organize Twinks vs. “When I go to a hip bar like Clandestino, I feel like I’m being watched,” Mx. “Maybe some people come here because they think it’s cool, but no offense, I don’t think it’s a cool place,” they said. 1” (a spicy pineapple margarita the bar has recently rebranded as “Girl Dinner”).

Persons: P.E, Moskowitz, ”, “, Michael Guisinger, Brooke Peshke

☆ Why Brits don't tip
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

While Americans are questioning if there are any places left they aren't expected to tip at, those in other countries are watching with confusion. "Most establishments will add a discretionary charge automatically," Laura Windsor, founder of an etiquette academy in the U.K., told CNBC Make It. If such a charge appears on your bill, there's no need to tip, although it's always an option. If a tip isn't automatically added, customers usually leave an extra 10-20% of the total bill for workers, Windsor said. But there are some circumstances in which Brits would never tip but Americans always would, Bryant pointed out.

Persons: Laura Windsor, it's, Windsor, Jo Bryant, Bryant Organizations: CNBC, Brits Locations: Windsor

☆ Scuffle in the sauce: Inside the World Gravy Wrestling Championships
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[6/11]Competitor Ant McGinley, fighting as "The Champ", takes part in the World Gravy Wrestling Championships at the Rose 'N' Bowl pub in Stacksteads, Britain, August 28. REUTERS/Phil NobleSTACKSTEADS, UNITED KINGDOM

Persons: Ant McGinley, Phil Noble STACKSTEADS Organizations: REUTERS, UNITED Locations: Stacksteads, Britain

☆ HSBC names 9 global 'unloved stocks' that look cheap and could be about to surge
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

HSBC identified nine "unloved stocks" listed on the London Stock Exchange that it says could be poised to surge due to several factors. The investment bank said U.K. markets have started to outperform other global indexes for the first time this year — since the release of the U.K.'s June inflation data on July 18. While the bank's strategists retain their underweight view on the U.K. market overall, they highlighted that London-listed stocks are "unambiguously cheap" on a valuation basis. The bank said the above stocks are FTSE 350 constituents with bottom-quartile consensus ratings indicating a sell or underweight rating. "By definition these screens are not relevant to everyone and should be viewed as a basis for further investigation," the HSBC strategists added in a note to clients on Aug. 15.

Persons: Edward Stanford, Hargreaves, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: HSBC, London Stock Exchange, of England, FTSE, SPX, HSBC FX, Pennon Group, Unilever

☆ Tonali delights Newcastle fans by going for budget pub meal after debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 15 (Reuters) - Newcastle United fans have embraced Italian signing Sandro Tonali with the chant he "drinks Moretti, eats spaghetti"; and they may be on to something, given he was seen dining at a budget chain pub after scoring on his debut. Newcastle's Chronicle newspaper reported that the 23-year-old walked into a Wetherspoons pub in Gosforth on Monday night after a booking was made in his name. The menu at the Gosforth Wetherspoons features items such as pasta Alfredo with an alcoholic drink for 10.37 pounds ($13.17), mixed grill with drink for 12.91 pounds or pizza margherita and drink for 9.82 pounds. "He might put in a transfer request the minute his food arrives," said another. ($1 = 0.9145 euros)($1 = 0.7872 pounds)Reporting by Alan Baldwin in London Editing by David GoodmanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sandro Tonali, Moretti, James ', Tonali, Alfredo, margherita, Alan Baldwin, David Goodman Organizations: Newcastle United, Magpies, AC Milan, Aston Villa, St, Newcastle's Chronicle, Twitter, Gosforth, Thomson Locations: Gosforth, London

“They were the type to drink beer, not get rowdy or do shots,” he said. When he ran over, he saw that one man’s face had turned yellow and his eyes had rolled back in his head. From behind the bar, Mr. Foehrkolb grabbed Narcan — a nasal-spray version of naloxone, a drug that reverses opioid overdose — then tilted the man’s head back and pushed the plunger to release the dose. Mr. Foehrkolb, still jarred from the experience, returned to his shift. “Not so much at a quiet place where people are just playing games in a corner, casually drinking.”

Persons: Kevin Foehrkolb, ”, Foehrkolb, Narcan, “ Organizations: Kent House Irish Locations: Towson, Md

☆ The Crooked House was Britain’s wonkiest pub. Then it burned down
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Caolán Magee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —As the name suggests, The Crooked House, a historic pub in England’s West Midlands, had a distinctive feature. People inspect the rubble as they gather at The ruins of The Crooked House pub. Wright co-founded the “Save The Crooked House” campaign group. Instead, they found themselves in a state of near mourning, after the fire and demolition apparently dashed hopes of the pub surviving. “It’s like a death in the family,” Wright told CNN by phone.

Persons: Matthew Cooper, Dudley ’, Matt Wright, ”, they’ll, it’s, Wright, King Charles, ” Wright, Andy Street, ” Sacha Lord Organizations: London CNN —, ”, Police, Dudley, CNN, Facebook, West, Twitter, Topical Press Agency, Hulton, BBC, Altus Group, Time Industries Association Locations: England’s West Midlands, Dudley, Himley, West Midlands, England, London

☆ Radious lets you rent your home to businesses as a coworking space: 'It's like Airbnb and WeWork had a baby'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Radious lets homeowners rent out their houses to companies that want coworking spaces. The Portland, Oregon, company lets homeowners rent to companies in need of coworking spaces. Radious also lets companies request access to spaces in other cities across the US to tap into a network of not-yet-public options. And Milwaukee really prides itself on being welcoming and friendly. It would seem like some suburbs that are just house after house may not be as attractive.

Persons: Radious, Amina Moreau's, Moreau, lockdowns, Robin Daniels, WeWork, Airbnbs, we've, we're, Amina Moreau Radious, it's, We've Organizations: Service, WeWork Locations: Portland , Oregon, Wall, Silicon, The Portland , Oregon, Portland, Milwaukee, Lake Michigan

☆ Trump's Iowa state fair spectacle clouds DeSantis as former president is joined by Florida officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. Aug. 12, 2023. Gone was the helicopter, but Donald Trump on Saturday renewed his reputation for defying norms and creating a mega-celebrity spectacle at the Iowa State Fair. Ron DeSantis, Trump's main rival with more than five months until Iowa's leadoff caucuses and who was on the fairgrounds at the same time. Cheers of "Trump, Trump, Trump," erupted at the three stops the former president made — in a blue suit, but this time in an open-collared shirt — trudging shoulder-to-shoulder crowds, waving a porkchop on a stick, a rite of its own. Though so much of Trump's stop was out of the ordinary, at the pork tent, he bowed to state fair protocol.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Ron DeSantis, Steer, Stein, Matt Gaetz, Biden, DeSantis, Kim Reynolds, Casey, outshine DeSantis, Reynolds, Ashley Hinson Organizations: Fair, Trump, Iowa Pork Producers, Florida Gov, Iowa Republican, Florida U.S, House, Iowa Republicans, U.S, Capitol, New, Boeing, GOP Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Des Moines, Florida, New York, Trump

☆ Frank Bowling’s Geographies
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Lovia Gyarkye | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

How much do you sleep, and what’s your work schedule? Throughout most of my life I worked in the studio every day of the week, come hell or high water. How many hours of creative work do you think you do in a day? But even if I’m not in the studio, I never really stop working. If I can’t sleep, I “paint on the ceiling” in my mind’s eye, and I’m always extremely keen to get to the studio as soon as physically possible.

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☆ Patrons Want Straight Answers in Crooked House Pub’s Demise
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Aaron Boxerman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Getting a drink in The Crooked House pub could feel intoxicating, even if you’d ordered a lemonade. As a result, the walls slouched sideways at a 16-degree angle, dizzying customers and delighting children. Buttresses and steel bars made the structure safe, but it remained charmingly askew, leading to its jokey designation as “Britain’s Wonkiest Pub.” (“Wonky” means “not straight or level” in the U.K.). In an optical illusion caused by the pub’s slant, patrons could roll marbles and coins on some of the interior’s surfaces and watch them seem to tumble uphill, as though gravity had magically reversed itself. When the building was sold to a private developer last month, patrons waited apprehensively to see what would become of the beloved local watering hole.

Persons: you’d, charmingly askew, apprehensively Locations: England’s West Midlands

☆ U.K.’s New Alcohol Taxes Are Aimed at Keeping Pubs Open and Votes Flowing
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Stephen Castle | More About Stephen Castle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Britain’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, a teetotaler, dropped in on a west London beer festival on Tuesday, he was looking for votes rather than pints while promoting a government policy that he said would ease the financial squeeze on some of Britain’s drinkers. Yet not everyone is convinced by the new set of alcohol tax rates, which are expected to cut the cost of beer for pub-goers but which have angered many other Britons by raising the fees on most other alcoholic beverages. As Mr. Sunak served a pint of beer at the festival, one bystander heckled him, crying out: “Prime minister! Oh, the irony that you’re raising alcohol duty on the day that you’re pulling a pint.” Another thought Mr. Sunak needed reminding that the drink he was pouring was “not Coca-Cola,” Sky News reported. With high inflation rates eroding living standards in Britain, an election expected next year and Mr. Sunak’s Conservative Party trailing badly in the polls, his government was trying hard to put its best spin on what the new rules would mean for the average voter.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Sunak Organizations: Sky News, Sunak’s Conservative Party Locations: London, Britain

Mr. Heuermann went on to college at New York Institute of Technology on Long Island to study architectural technology. One of the few neighbors Mr. Heuermann spoke to was Etienne de Villiers, 68, whose immaculately kept house next door stood in keen contrast with Mr. Heuermann’s. Mr. de Villiers said he had only passing conversations with Mr. Heuermann along with a few minor conflicts, like the time he had to tell Mr. Heuermann to stop leering at his wife over the backyard fence while she was sunbathing. Mr. de Villiers watched as Mr. Heuermann seemed to be raising his children to be as isolated as he had been, in the same rundown off-limits house. “He just didn’t want any part of it, he didn’t want any part of sports,” Mr. DeMicoli said.

Persons: Heuermann, Etienne de Villiers, Heuermann’s, de Villiers, leering, Victoria, “, ‘, ’ ”, Johnny McGorey’s, DeMicoli, ”, Mr, Andy Newman Organizations: New York Institute of Technology Locations: Long, Manhattan

☆ The Roller Rink Popcorn Factory and the Jailhouse Pub
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Sal Cataldi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Strangely, it was an old knitting factory,” he said. Renovations began on the City Winery project in 2019. The venue opened during the peak of the pandemic but according to Mr. Dorf has quickly become one of City Winery’s most successful locations. In the 1970s, Borden’s factory burned down and was all but abandoned, said Mr. Dorf. The Milk Factory.)

Persons: Michael Dorf, ”, Dorf, Dorf’s Organizations: Factory, Mr, Borden Company, Milk Locations: Winery, Hudson, Otisville, Montgomery, City, Walden

☆ The Tiny Irish Village Where Sinéad O’Connor Escaped the World
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Megan Specia | More About Megan Specia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Few people come to Knockananna without good reason, the journey requiring a long, serpentine drive up the country roads that wind through Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains. Cellphone service is patchy, adding to the world-apart feeling. But some people do find their way to Knockananna, among them Sinéad O’Connor, who enjoyed a sanctuary of sorts in the village during some of the final years of her life. “Down the mountain, as I call it, nobody can forget about Sinéad O’Connor,” the musician said in a 2021 interview. In the village, she said, nobody much cared — “which is beautiful for me.”

Persons: Sinéad O’Connor, “, —, ” Locations: Wicklow, Knockananna

☆ Billionaire Joe Lewis has been charged with insider trading, with prosecutors saying he helped personal pilots, assistants, and romantic partners make 'millions'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis has been charged by federal prosecutors with insider trading. The British billionaire passed information to his pilots, assistants, and romantic partners, an indictment says. In one case cited, Lewis is said to have lent his pilots $500,000 each to buy stock before insider information became public. British billionaire Joe Lewis has been charged by federal prosecutors with insider trading, with prosecutors saying that he passed information to personal pilots, assistants, romantic partners, and a friend he played poker with. According to the indictment, Lewis even gave his pilots $500,000 each in short-term loans so that they could buy stock before the news became public.

Persons: Joe Lewis, Lewis, Damian Williams, Williams, David M, Zornow, Mr, Mirati, couldn't Organizations: Tottenham Hotspur, Morning, Court, Southern, of, US, Bloomberg, Tavistock Group, English, Solid Biosciences, Australian Agricultural Company Locations: of New York, Bahamas, Argentina, Queensland, Tavistock, Mirati

London CNN —Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has been cleared of all charges after a four-week trial in London on claims of sexual assault. Spacey thanked the jury after it cleared him following 12 hours and 26 minutes of deliberation across three days. The complainant said that one time, Spacey acted so forcefully it “took his breath away.” Spacey denied this ever happened. Spacey invited him to his London apartment two weeks later and sexually assaulted him, the man alleged. The complainant alleged that he had been drugged by the actor, and said he woke up to Spacey performing a sexual act on him.

Persons: London CNN — Oscar, Kevin Spacey, Spacey, “, ”, Christine Agnew, ” Spacey, Spacey “, Patrick Gibbs KC, Anthony Rapp Organizations: London CNN, Hollywood, Southwark Crown, Old, “, Netflix, Media, PA Media Locations: London, Southwark, New York

☆ High-earners could save 40% of their salary by moving from New York to Texas because of cheaper living costs and lower tax rates, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | Junior Reporter | Business News | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

High-earners in New York could save 40% of their salary by moving to Texas, a new study shows. This is because New York City has higher tax rates and living costs. High-earners in New York City could save 40% of their salary by relocating to Texas, a new study found. This is because after accounting for tax and the cost of living, you'd have only $160,717 left in New York but in Austin, you'd have $418,929 left. Some young professionals are being pushed out of New York City because wages are not keeping up with increasing costs.

Persons: SmartAsset, San Francisco Organizations: New, New York City, Council for Community, Economic Research, Smart Asset, New York, San Locations: New York, Texas, San Francisco, Austin , Texas, Austin, Austin it's, New York City

☆ Fact Check-Video shows English football fans singing player chant in 2016
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Footage of English football fans singing a player chant in 2016 is being shared online alongside the false claim that it shows Ukrainians celebrating a July 2023 attack on the bridge linking Russia to Crimea. One version of the clip was uploaded to YouTube on May 20, 2016 (here), where it is titled: “Will Grigg's on Fire - Best Football Chant Ever”. Other videos show Wigan supporters singing the song in numerous locations (here and here), while the striker himself was recorded singing along to it in 2018 (here). The alternative lyrics were reported on locally (here and here), while Twitter users also posted about them in March 2016 (here, here and here). The video shows people singing an English football chant in 2016, not Ukrainians celebrating an attack on a bridge in 2023.

Persons: ”, –, “ Freed, “ Will Grigg’s, Grigg's, Read Organizations: Facebook, Twitter, Wigan Athletic, YouTube, Wigan, Reuters Locations: Russia, Crimea, Italian, Kerch

☆ Legacy of Boris Johnson Looms Over By-election to Replace Him
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Stephen Castle | More About Stephen Castle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Boris Johnson paid a surprise visit last year to the Swallow pub and poured some pints, he seemed to leave the clientele more agreed on his skills as a barman than as a politician. “He asked me whether it was a decent pint — and it was,” said Tony O’Shea, 55, holding up a photo on his phone of the moment he was served a beer by Mr. Johnson, then the prime minister. Still a fan, Mr. O’Shea described Mr. Johnson as a “lovable rogue” whom he had voted for in 2019. On the other side of the pub, however, Jenny Moffatt, 73, had no complaints about the drinks she was served by Mr. Johnson. But she described him as “a buffoon,” with a tendency to “pontificate.”Love him or laugh at him, Mr. Johnson was an outsize presence both in British politics — and here in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, the district of outer London that he represented in Parliament.

Persons: Boris Johnson, “, ”, Tony O’Shea, Johnson, O’Shea, Jenny Moffatt, —, Downing Organizations: Mr Locations: Uxbridge, South Ruislip, London

July 17 (Reuters) - Shares of Endeavour Group (EDV.AX), Australia's biggest pub owner, hit a record low on Monday after a surprise state government decision to impose identification checks and gambling limits on poker machine users. Victoria, Australia's second-most populous state, said at the weekend it would make poker machine users register for an ID card to prevent money laundering and set a loss limit in advance to restrict problem gambling. Analysts were divided on the scale of the impact on Endeavour, the country's biggest owner of poker machine licences, given the company does not break out poker machine profit in its results. The change also adds pressure on other states, particularly New South Wales (NSW), to follow suit and heed community demands for greater regulation of poker machine gambling. Australia is home to one-fifth of the world's poker machine licences, the most of any jurisdiction outside Las Vegas.

Persons: Australia's, midsession, Today's, Byron Kaye, Himanshi, Navya Mittal, Subhranshu Sahu, Stephen Coates Organizations: Endeavour Group, Australia's, Analysts, Endeavour, Woolworths, Labor, Jefferies, Thomson Locations: New South Wales, NSW, Sydney, Australia, Las Vegas, Bengaluru

☆ Kevin Spacey says he never groped victims, UK court hears
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Michael Holden | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The accusers have said the 63-year-old had aggressively groped them or in one case performed oral sex while the complainant was passed out, with the prosecution describing him as a sexual bully. Spacey likewise said he could not remember the second accuser, an aspiring actor, who says he woke in the actor's London apartment to find he was being assaulted. "I'm certain that I did not attempt to perform oral sex on anyone who fell asleep in my apartment," Spacey's statement said, adding he had never performed oral sex on anyone who had not consented. His statement also said the man's lawyers had contacted him seeking a payment of more than 450,000 pounds. Spacey told police he was "baffled and deeply hurt" that the final accuser, a driver who says Spacey groped him about 12 times, had made his claims.

Persons: Kevin Spacey, Spacey, Michael Holden, Angus MacSwan Organizations: British, Southwark Crown, Thomson Locations: London, Southwark, Britain, New York, U.S, Oxford, England

[1/4] An exterior view of the proposed site for the new China Embassy, near to Tower Bridge in London, Britain, June 23, 2023. That has led officials in Britain, which is trying to forge deeper economic ties post-Brexit, to fear it could also halt their own plans to rebuild its embassy in Beijing. Chinese officials told Reuters they suspected the British government had plotted to stop the embassy plans and orchestrated the local opposition. British officials, who declined to be identified, said they feared that London's plan to rebuild its embassy in Beijing would be affected. Residents say they are also worried about more local security issues.

Persons: Hannah McKay, Rishi Sunak, David Cameron, Xi Jinping, Michael Gove, Xi, Iain Duncan Smith, Dave Lake, Martin Quin Pollard, Kate Holton, Andrew Heavens Organizations: China Embassy, REUTERS, of, Reuters, British, Royal Mint, Conservative Party, Uyghur, Royal Mint Court Residents Association, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Beijing London, of London, Beijing, China, Europe, Washington, United States, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Sunak

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