Hong Kong International Airport on Monday abruptly grounded all departing flights and kept 70 flights from arriving after thousands of protesters filled the airport, stranding air passengers at one of the world’s most important transportation hubs. A statement on the airport’s website said that operations “have been seriously disrupted, all flights have been canceled,” and…
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Alexandra Manno was 16 when her boyfriend at the time gave her a surprise gift: a dog, which she named Calle. A pit bull mix that appeared to have some Australian cattle dog in her bloodline, Calle slept with Ms. Manno every night, moving with her from North Carolina to the Seattle area, where she…
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In Spain and Portugal, sardines, mackerel, cod, tuna, mussels and other seafood packed in cans aren’t emergency pantry items. They are highly valued for dining, and restaurants serve them. Now there’s a website selling Portuguese brands that has aggregated many of the tinned products, or conservas, from various producers to make shopping easier. The seafood…
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Calvin Klein’s newest #MyCalvins campaign is really hot. Like, Naomi Campbell, Bella Hadid, Odell Beckham Jr., hot. Yes, the campaign features fire photos of said hot people posing in their CK intimates, but also features “stripped back” versions of the celebs, raising the questions: “How do you do sexy? Perfectly filtered or IRL raw?” Naomi…
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Two experimental treatments to treat Ebola infection work so well that they will now be offered to all patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo, scientists announced Monday. The antibody-based treatments are so powerful — “Now we can say that 90 percent can come out of treatment cured,” one scientist said — that they raise…
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The pomegranate’s tart-sweet, jewel-like ruby seeds (arils) are a mighty challenge to extract. A new gadget from Tescoma, a company in San Martino, Italy, streamlines the usual method of holding the cut fruit in your hand over a bowl and smashing it to release the seeds. Yet even with this clever contraption, nine steps are…
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The inevitability of rosé in summer goes beyond bottles of wine. This summer Maille (pronounced my), a French mustard company, has added rosé de Provence and a touch of grapefruit (pink, one might assume) to its Dijon-style mustard for a limited-edition seasonal condiment. The result is mellow and rich, with a touch of citrus that…
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Heidi Riegler, the founder and a baker of Vienna Cookie Company in Baldwin, N.Y., has just added a new Austrian specialty to her inventory. It’s a classic poppy seed cake, or mohntorte, a confection that was her favorite when she was growing up in Vienna. The cake is deliciously dense with poppy seeds and comes…
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