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MOUTHWATERING FOOD TOUR OF ATHENS     Food is such an important part of experiencing another culture and if you can manage to work this food tour of Athens into your visit, you won’t be disappointed. What you...

Amazon makes move into Asia by launching Prime Now service in Singapore By Elizabeth Matsangou   Amazon will finally provide some competition to Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, after making the long-anticipated move into the Asian market with...

Vintage Watches Are the Timeless Timepieces You Need by Dale Harris   Long summer afternoons, spent in the dim cool of your grandfather’s study. The scent of his cologne and his cigar competed with the smells...

How Alexis Tsipras went from being the Greek Corbyn to the EU's poster boy Denis MacShane   As loud-mouthed, ugly, anti-European politics surge in Rome, Vienna, Budapest and Brexit Britain, Greece’s prime minister has shown another way is possible. At...

Business by the beach: What European businesses need to know Establishing a US subsidiary or partnership means doing your homework: the second half of our mini-documentary shows you where to start. https://youtu.be/NfSfMQVux54 Transcript The City of Virginia Beach...

Israel in uproar over Argentina pre-World Cup friendly snub   JERUSALEM (AP) — The sports-crazed nation of Israel was in uproar Wednesday over Argentina’s abrupt cancellation of a World Cup warmup match following pro-Palestinian protests, with...

Mammoth task: billionaire Peter Thiel funded effort to resurrect woolly beast Olivia Solon   The Silicon Valley titan, who has openly challenged death as an inevitability, invested $100,000 in a project to bring the extinct mammoth...

Kim, Trump sign agreement at summit   The document signed in Singapore could mark a breakthrough, with N Korea's Kim Jong-un saying, "The world would see a major change" after his summit with US President Donald...

Can Saudi Arabia pump much more oil?   LONDON(Reuters) - The leader of Saudi Arabia has assured U.S. President Donald Trump that the Kingdom can raise oil production if needed and the country has 2 million...

Acid Reflux and Heartburn Natural Remedies By: Rudy Silva   Here is a list of natural remedies that you can use when you have acid reflux or heartburn. No need to use antacids, which have unwanted side...

US, Mexico and Canada to host 2026 football World Cup   The North American bid beat the rival Morocco proposal, winning 134 votes to 65 for Morocco at the FIFA's congress in Moscow. FIFA President Gianni Infantino...

Bitcoin price soars above $5,000 to record high  Julia Kollewe Rising price of the cryptocurrency, now worth four times as much as an ounce of gold, has led to warnings of a bubble. The price of bitcoin...

Big Bang Booming - Back to the Future   By: Michael Strauss   Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. This ancient description of the creation of the universe found in the Book of...

Google to stop scanning Gmail for creating targeted ads   Google's practice of analysing incoming and outgoing emails of its free consumer Gmail users has been criticised on privacy concerns. Google said on Friday it would stop...

Thousands of Daesh widows from Syria are stuck in legal limbo in Russia   As the armed conflict in Syria nears its end, thousands of Russian women who were married to Daesh fighters are looking for...

International appetite for Turkish baklava grows Melis Alemdar   Baklava, the other Turkish delight, has enjoyed steadily increasing sales over the past decade. Experts say demand outweighs supply, and baklava masters are hard to come by. They...

What You Can Learn From Marketing Adult Ads by Dale Harris   The adult entertainment is worth around $15 billion The exact number is unknown due to the fact that much of the industry remains under the covers. It...

Italy's populist coalition government poses new threat to eurozone Ben Chu Economics Editor   After a week of intense wrangling, the leaders of the Five Star Movement and the Lega Nord agree a common programme. Two Italian, populist, eurosceptic parties...

Greece counts cost of deadliest wildfires in memory   Wildfires sweeping through a Greek resort town have killed at least 81 people including families with children found clasped in a last embrace as they tried to...

Venezuelan security forces getting away with questionable killings, says UN   The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said Venezuelan security forces suspected of killing hundreds of demonstrators and alleged criminals enjoy immunity...

10 Unique Blog Ideas to Write About by Dale Harris   Are you thinking of starting a blog, but don’t know what to write about? Or you’ve been blogging a long time and need new and current...

Japan Legalizes Casino Gambling Megumi Fujikawa   Legislation offers companies such as Las Vegas Sands and MGM Resorts their first chance to open in Japan. TOKYO—Japan legalized casino gambling and cleared the way for three casino resorts, giving...

Australia court rules Heinz 'healthy' toddler food claim misleading   An Australian consumer body took Heinz to court in 2016 over packaging claims that Shredz products, which contain fruit pastes, purees and concentrate, are healthy and...

L’Oreal set to sell the Body Shop for $1.1bn   Author: Rachel Connolly   French cosmetics giant L’Oreal is in exclusive talks to sell the Body Shop to Brazil’s Natura in a €1bn deal. On June 8, L’Oreal began...