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THE WASHINGTON POST – At around 8,000 feet above sea level, Switzerland’s Forcle Glacier has for thousands of years been deeply ensconced in a frigid mountain valley overlooked by some of Europe’s highest peaks. To early human hunters who climbed these heights, it must have seemed as if its snow-covered body of ice would forever […]
THE JAPAN NEWS-YOMIURI – Customers are lining up in front of a vending machine installed by a confectionery shop in Matsue, Japan to buy up the bakery’s unsold cakes. Customers select cakes that are already boxed, so they cannot see what kind they are purchasing. The idea of selling the shop’s unsold cakes this way […]
LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA (AP) – Aaron Carter, the singer-rapper who began performing as a child and had hit albums starting in his teen years, was found dead on Saturday at his home in Southern California. He was 34. Representatives for Carter’s family confirmed the singer’s death. They did not provide any immediate further comment. Carter, the […]
NEW DELHI (XINHUA) – India has allowed sugar exports between November 1 and October 31 next year up to a limit, an order issued by the federal government stated on Saturday. Sugar mills located across the country have been given individual export quotas, totalling up to six million tonnes of exports up till May 31, […]
CHICAGO (XINHUA) – Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures stayed firm at a high level in the past week amid market volatility as traders sought new market drivers, Chicago-based research company AgResource said in a report. In view of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike by 0.75 per cent on Wednesday and more hikes […]