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Starbucks has launched a pork-flavoured coffee in China to mark the Lunar New Year.The special latte, which comes with a slice of pork on top, is said to “integrate traditional New Year customs into coffee” and combines espresso with “Dongo pork” sauce. In a post on the Chinese social media site Weibo, the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Shanghai also said the coffee will “create unexpected salty and sweet” flavours.It claimed “eating meat means prosperity in the coming year”.The drink combines a traditional latte with the flavour of braised pork to celebrate the Chinese new year season, one of the biggest…

Two-and-a-half-year-old Enrique sits on the living room floor, his snub nose poking out over a picture book of colorful triangles, circles and squares. “Ou est le triangle rouge?” — “Where is the red triangle?” — his French mother Chloe Bourrat asks in French. “Ici!” replies Enrique as he taps the red triangle with his finger, beaming at his mother. “Donde esta el circulo amarillo?” — “Where is the yellow circle?” — his Spanish father Juan Koers asks in Spanish. “Aqui!” exclaims Enrique. Like Enrique and his 8-month-old sister Alice, who live with their parents near Madrid, more and more children around the world…

Bayern Munich announced on Wednesday that they will part ways with head coach Thomas Tuchel after the season. Tuchel, 50, took charge of Bayern, Germany’s biggest and most successful football club, less than a year ago, and his contract was due to run until 2025. However, with the club eight points adrift in the Bundesliga title race, out of the German Cup and at risk in the Champions League, Bayern have reacted to the prospect of their first trophyless season since the 2011-12 campaign.   “In a good, open discussion, we came to the decision to end our working relationship by mutual agreement…

02/21/2024February 21, 2024Putin says Russia doesn’t intend to put nuclear weapons in spaceRussian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow has no intention of deploying nuclear weapons in space. “Our position is quite clear and transparent: we have always been and remain categorically opposed to the deployment of nuclear weapons in space,” Putin said. “Just the opposite, we are urging everyone to adhere to all the agreements that exist in this sphere.” The statement came after the White House said that Russia had obtained a “troubling” anti-satellite weapon capability, although the weapon is not operational yet. White House national security…

The South Korean government on Wednesday ordered thousands of striking trainee doctors to go back to their jobs.  The trainee doctors are angered by South Korea’s plans to sharply increase the number of medical students in the country. The government says the reforms are necessary because of a shortage of qualified physicians. But the protesters say better work conditions and compensation are needed before increasing the number of students. Walkout by trainee doctors ‘not justified,’ government says  “A collective action holding the lives and safety of the people cannot be justifed for whatever reason,” Interior and Safety Minister Lee Sang-min said during…

A young girl has died after being buried in sand on a beach in Florida.She was digging a deep hole with a little boy when it collapsed on Tuesday.Emergency crews arrived at the scene and found the boy buried up to his chest in sand, while the girl was trapped underneath. Image: Investigators on the beach. Pic: South Florida Sun-Sentinel/AP Officials estimate the hole was about 1.8m (6ft) deep when it collapsed at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.Rescuers used support boards to try and prevent more sand from collapsing in, and used shovels to dig the children out.It is unclear how long they were…

Chinese authorities on Wednesday renewed an orange weather alert — the highest level in a three-tier system — for some southern regions, with already freezing temperatures set to fall even further. Swathes of China have been hit by a cold spell this week, with temperatures in some areas in the south predicted to drop by as much as 20 degrees Celsius (36 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the National Meteorological Center (NMC). The NMC has forecast subzero temperatures for the days ahead around the country’s central region, in the east, north and northwest as well as in parts of the south. State news agency…

Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states have reached a provisional agreement to reduce air pollution in the European Union, with a goal of eliminating it by 2050. New upper limits for particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2), among other pollutants, were agreed upon, according to the parliament. The Belgian EU Council Presidency confirmed the agreement. The new rules — which will come into effect after formal adoption by the Council and the European Parliament — would establish stricter air quality standards, with comparable rates in all 27 member nations of the bloc.  They also cover access to…

“I will never be able to forget what happened – I can still feel the earth shaking,” says Rana Bitar, her voice catching in her throat.The charity boss says she lost 72 members of her extended family in the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria last year.”I felt terror, fear and worry,” she tells Sky News, appearing close to tears as she recalls the moment the 7.8-magnitude quake hit the region, killing tens of thousands of people.”At first, I did not know what was happening. I thought it was a war, that we were being bombed. I heard the…

Polish farmers gathered at the border with Ukraine on Tuesday, blocking the crossing and spilling grain on the tracks in protest against the import of Ukrainian produce. Farmers are arguing that Ukraine’s cheaper goods present unfair competition in the Polish market. Farmers blocked some 100 roads leading to the Ukrainian border and forcibly opened two Ukrainian railcars at the Medyka crossing. “A small amount of grain was discovered spilt on the tracks,” a spokeswoman for the local police in Medyka told the French AFP news agency. Protesting farmers also drove their tractors through Gdansk, Krakow and other cities. “I’m here to…