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Bosna, Austria/Crete is a region on the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southern Europe. Its countryside is mostly home to pine forests, valleys and rivers, plus the picturesque, craggy Dinaric Mountains. Its capital, Sarajevo, has an old medieval Read more
The Washington franchise started the week with the news that its name will change. There’s a buzz in media circles that the week could go downhill from there. On Tuesday night, Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post posted a collection Read more
The Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research at Shamir Medical Center, together with the Sackler School of Medicine and Sagol School of Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University, announced today that a peer-reviewed study has demonstrated for the first time Read more
A U.S. judge on Wednesday confirmed a 643 million euro ($734 million) arbitration award favoring a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) that claimed it was fraudulently induced to buy an ailing German pipemaker that inflated sales to Read more
Dating apps have leaned into virtual dates over the past few months. Tinder is launching video calls and added a feature called Global Mode, which lets you match with people around the world. Hinge launched a virtual dating badge that Read more
A man dressed in a unicorn onesie was caught on camera threatening a shopkeeper and demanding two bottles of Buckfast at 9am on a Sunday. Alarming CCTV footage shows the man with two bottles of the tonic wine under his Read more
The ongoing negotiations between the NFL and NFL Players Association regarding pandemic protocols could result in an impasse, with the league implementing its preferred rules and the union challenging the rules via an expedited grievance. Or the talks could result Read more
Scientists are discovering potential life-saving medicines from an unlikely source: the venom of creatures like snakes, spiders and scorpions. Scorpion venom, in particular, contains a peptide that has beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system of rats with high blood pressure. Read more
Dell Technologies Inc (DELL.N) is considering spinning off its 81% stake in cloud computing software maker VMware (VMW.N), the PC maker said on Wednesday, adding that such a move would not occur before September 2021. The company said the evaluation Read more
Amazon has begun sending emails out to owners of its Echo Buds true wireless earbuds, cautioning those customers to update the device firmware as soon as possible to avoid a “potential safety risk.” “We recently determined that in rare cases Read more