Blending into local culture in SE Asia means that a Brit like me must somehow get used to some slightly different crisp flavours.
January 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Blending into local culture in SE Asia means that a Brit like me must somehow get used to some slightly different crisp flavours.
The only thing which would make this story any better would be if the bear jumped up and yelled: “I’m alright, don’t worry!”
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Virginia man dies after bear shot by fellow hunter falls on top of him from tree
The man, named as 58-year-old Lester C. Harvey, was rushed to two different hospitals after the bear fell on him. He died from his injuries on 13 December.
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December 19, 2024 at 8:02 AM
The only thing which would make this story any better would be if the bear jumped up and yelled: “I’m alright, don’t worry!”
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Even if, as a linguist and polyglot, this runs counter to everything I believe about language learning, I utterly applaud that this bizarre achievement has actually happened.
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Spanish Scrabble Winner Does Not Speak Spanish
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December 18, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Even if, as a linguist and polyglot, this runs counter to everything I believe about language learning, I utterly applaud that this bizarre achievement has actually happened.
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Great article as ever by Ronay, but outrage to one side for a moment, what I don’t get is this: if South America, Europe & Africa are all locked out of the cycle for the 2038 WC, and Asia also can’t go again, then that leaves only who exactly?
A vote without a vote: the Saudi World Cup is an act of violence and disdain | Barney Ronay
A vote without a vote: the Saudi World Cup is an act of violence and disdain | Barney Ronay
The shamelessness of Fifa’s process was fully on show in Zurich during a display of contempt for governance, democracy, love, hope and good sense
Well, that’s that then. In the event there were only two notes of jeopardy around Fifa’s extraordinary…
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December 13, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Great article as ever by Ronay, but outrage to one side for a moment, what I don’t get is this: if South America, Europe & Africa are all locked out of the cycle for the 2038 WC, and Asia also can’t go again, then that leaves only who exactly?
This is offal news.
An Oklahoma-based cleaning company has been fined nearly $172,000 after federal investigators found that it had hired nearly a dozen children to work dangerous overnight shifts at an Iowa slaughterhouse.
Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds
Qvest Sanitation was ordered to pay nearly $172,000 after the Labor Department found it had employed 11 children to clean equipment on overnight shifts at a pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.
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December 4, 2024 at 4:43 AM
This is offal news.
Just in case you were looking for an illustration of how the age of social media & the culture of litigation have made us slightly ridiculous.
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Smooth Mars bar man gets £2 compensation from chocolate giant
Mars Wrigley UK says the smooth bar "slipped" through and confirmed the swirl is being kept.
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December 1, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Just in case you were looking for an illustration of how the age of social media & the culture of litigation have made us slightly ridiculous.
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Genuinely increasingly annoyed by modern football managers wearing whatever the hell they like to matches.
I propose instead that managers should have only two options, which are namely either a suit or a club tracksuit.
I propose instead that managers should have only two options, which are namely either a suit or a club tracksuit.
November 25, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Genuinely increasingly annoyed by modern football managers wearing whatever the hell they like to matches.
I propose instead that managers should have only two options, which are namely either a suit or a club tracksuit.
I propose instead that managers should have only two options, which are namely either a suit or a club tracksuit.