Government may not be offering a VAT-free day this Yuletide season, but at least two stores are giving their customers savings of 17.5 per cent, the same rate as the Value Added Tax. Abed’s has been running a “VAT-free week” since Sunday, while Kooyman will be throwing its doors wide for the one day of […]
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Pasta grannies are passing off factory-bought pasta as handmade.
Jesse Saunders' "On & On" was widely considered to be the first house track put to record. Here's a look at the genre's history and development.
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Party City on Friday announced it will close all of its stores and has initiated corporate layoffs effective immediately, according to a CNN report.
Jamie Fortin's romance-centric bookstore shut down shortly after its grand opening due to a fire. She says the romance community has been integral in helping her rebuild.
A video making the rounds on social media has captured the moment a lady reunited with her brother and his family after ten years. Netizens reacted massively.
France’s anti-terrorism court has convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty in 2020. Paty was killed near Paris days after showing his class cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad during a debate on free expression. The assailant, an 18-year-old Russian of Chechen origin, was shot to death by police. Those convicted on Friday were accused, in some cases, of providing assistance to the perpetrator and, in others, of organizing a hate campaign online before the murder took place. Читать дальше...
The landmark move comes 50 years after the monarchy was abolished.
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When retired Virginia small animal veterinarian Adam Ainspan purchased his first racehorse 22 years ago, he most likely had a dream — as any new owner would — to someday win a stakes race say, with a $500,000 purse. That dream turned into reality for Ainspan on August 31, 2023 when his thoroughbred horse Harlan […]
A fundraiser has been launched for a mother described as "the light of every party" who was beaten to death earlier this month in a building in Englewood on the South Side.
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Here's what the anticipated record number of holiday travelers should know about how a government shutdown could affect trips.
The "ringleader" in a SEFCU bank fraud conspiracy has been sentenced. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) said Evan Cutler, 25, of Queensbury, was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison.
Ariana Grande was thrust into the limelight when she was just a teenager, with fans immediately becoming enthralled with every dirty detail of her life.
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‘We are in uncharted territory,’ a Republican strategist tells the Sun, as ‘it seems almost impossible to find agreement between Congress, the speaker, the incoming president, and the billionaire advisor.’
Maverick tailor John Pearse is still cutting suits for artists, socialites, the rock 'n' roll crowd — and their grandchildren.
Some Starbucks and Amazon workers are disputing low wages by striking days before the holidays. CBS News' Carter Evans reports.
Lord Peter Mandelson will be the UK's next ambassador to the US, an appointment he describes as "a great honour".
U.S. stocks are rallying to halve their losses in what had been one of their worst weeks of the year. The S&P 500 jumped 1.6% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 691 points, and the Nasdaq composite gained 1.7%. The rally was widespread after a report said a measure of inflation the Federal Reserve likes to use was slightly lower last month than expected. It’s an encouraging signal after the Fed shocked markets Wednesday by saying worries about inflation could keep it from cutting... Читать дальше...
How will the college football postseason revenue be divided between the two remaining Pac-12 schools and the departed members?
PM Modi to visit Kuwait from Saturday first by Indian PM in years
A car crashed into a crowd at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, causing multiple casualties, media reports said.
