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Restaurant review: Battuta by Yannick Alléno at Four Seasons Park Lane,Mayfair
The London Economic
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August 11, 2025
This summer, Yannick Alléno, the talented head chef at the Four Seasons Hotel in London’s Park Lane, has created an exciting summer pop-up restaurant in the space usually occupied by the hotel’s fun Bar Antoine. Battuta occupies a dynamic indoor/...
Restaurant gets late-night licence go-ahead - and the best wishes of objectors
Chester Live
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August 11, 2025
A new restaurant has been granted a late-night licence – and received the best wishes of some of the people who objected to it. Bosphorus Dining on Lawton Road in Alsager originally applied for a licence to serve alcohol and play music from 8am to...
Egypt’s annual headline inflation records 13.1% in July: CAPMAS
Zawya
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Arab Finance: Egypt’s annual headline inflation slowed to 13.1% in July from 14.4% in June, as reported by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on August 10th. The inflation rate was mainly driven by a 3% year-on-year...
Newmarket döner restaurant celebrates 1 year milestone with specials and a giveaway
Newmarket Today
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August 15, 2025
Newmarket’s authentic Turkish eatery marks its anniversary with all-day deals and giveaways August 18. Local Turkish restaurant Dönerlicious is celebrating one year in business, with a big sandwich sale and a generous giveaway. On Monday, August...
Star chef Tom Sarafian’s first-ever restaurant, Zareh, lands in Melbourne
Time Out
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Melburnians, the wait is finally over! More than a year since chef Tom Sarafian announced the concept behind his debut restaurant, Zareh is finally set to open its doors in Collingwood on August 20. Sarafian is best known for his eponymous range...
“We Can’t Have Greece Become a Playground For IDF Soldiers": Israeli Tourists Traveling to Greek Islands Met With Pro-Palestine Protests
Drop Site
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August 15, 2025
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Old stone farm makes for charming country restaurant near Ramstein
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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A cat suns itself on top of a brick wall in the beer garden at Poerrbacher Hof, a home-style German restaurant near Schwedelbach, Germany. (Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes) Tucked away in a tiny farming village off the beaten path even by...
America’s Best Small Food and Drinks Town Is the Bourbon Capital of the World—and It Has a Seriously Impressive Restaurant and Wine Scene, Too
AOL
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Ashley Camper/Travel + Leisure The bar at Bardstown Bourbon Company. Book a room at The Trail Hotel, which features a rejuvenation lounge with IV treatments, an oxygen bar, a sauna, and more to help you bounce back from travel (and perhaps a...
‘No mechanism to stop the atrocities’ — a conversation with Israeli rights organisation, B’Tselem
Daily Maverick
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August 14, 2025
On Sunday, 27 July 2025, at a dual event in Cape Town and Johannesburg, Yuli Novak addressed a combined crowd of around 250 South Africans via Zoom. As the executive director of the globally respected Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem,...
World AFP 'Like hell': Indoor heat overwhelms Saudi Arabia's cooks, bakers
Yahoo News
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Baker Eid Ahmed just can't get away from Saudi Arabia's notorious heat: he makes bread next to a sweltering oven for 13 hours a day, only to step outside into summer temperatures that can soar past 45C. Armed with an ice-cold water bottle and a...
Feature: Higher food prices continue to weigh on Turkish households despite cooling inflation
Xinhua News Agency
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by Burak Akinci ANKARA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- In the bustling open-air market of capital city Ankara's 100th Yil district, shoppers weave between stalls under a patchwork of canvas awnings, their eyes darting from price tags to their shopping lists....
Roof leaking in multiple areas: Lancaster County restaurant inspections, Aug. 15, 2025
Lancaster Online - Pennsylvania
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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers. READ: What do restaurant inspectors look for and can they close a restaurant? Burger King No. 5808,...
Staten Island Residents Clash with Far-Left Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Over Israel Stance and Socialist Policies
[your]NEWS
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August 15, 2025
By Gloria Ogbonna New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani faced a hostile reception during a visit to Staten Island this week, as angry residents confronted him over what they described as his extreme anti-Israel views and far-left,...
An unnerving phone call shook a Utah restaurant’s staff and stirred painful memories for its owner
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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Bountiful • The office of Andrea Bennett — or Annie as she’s widely known at her business, Annie’s Cafe — is stocked full of love. Her desk is surrounded by walls decked photos of her friends and family; snapshots from recent celebrations and ones...
Muslims Mark Arbaeen: Pilgrims Flock into Holy Shrines in Iraqi City of Karbala
Al Manar
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August 14, 2025
Increasing around 10 percent in comparison with last year’s figures, 22 to 25 million pilgrims have flocked into the Holy Shrines in the Iraqi city of Karbala to mark Arbaeen anniversary (commemoration the 40th day following Imam Hussein’s...
117-year-old restaurant faces being shut down as inflation fuels second year of closures
Daily Mail
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August 15, 2025
By ALICE WRIGHT, US CONSUMER REPORTER Published: 00:30 EDT, 15 August 2025 | Updated: 00:35 EDT, 15 August 2025 Inflation has put a 117-year-old restaurant at risk of closure. Ike's Chili in Tulsa, Oklahoma, survived the Great Depression, two...
Sydney restaurant faces human rights complaint after temporarily denying entry to people wearing keffiyehs
The Guardian
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August 14, 2025
The Racial Justice Centre is preparing to file a group complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission after a Sydney restaurant denied dine-in service to people wearing Palestinian keffiyehs during a 20-minute period last weekend. The legal...
How the Environmental Factors Influence Bean Quality in Ethiopian Arabica Coffee
Newswise
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August 15, 2025
Newswise — By analyzing green coffee beans from 20 locations across varying altitudes and climates, researchers found strong links between growing conditions—especially elevation and temperature—and key quality indicators such as bean weight,...
Egypt’s Annual Inflation Falls to 13.9% in July
Sada Elbalad
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August 10, 2025
Sun 10 Aug 2025 | 03:07 PM Egypt’s annual urban consumer inflation rate dropped to 13.9% in July from 14.9% in June, marking an unexpected slowdown despite forecasts of an upward trend. Nationwide, the annual inflation rate fell to 13.1% from...
Egyptian inflation cools for a second month as rate cuts weighed
Gulf Times
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August 10, 2025
A man carries bread at a market in Cairo. Food and beverage prices, the largest single component of the basket, climbed 3.4% year-on-year in July, compared with the previous month’s 6.9%. Egypt inflation slowed for a second month, potentially...