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Avocado Oil Purity Concerns Put Food Brands on Notice
A newly published University of California, Davis (UC Davis) study has found that 89% of processed food products marketed as containing avocado oil, with avocado oil listed as the only oil ingredient, failed authenticity testing and appeared to contain other, cheaper oils. The study, published in Applied Food Research, tested 54 products (chips, mayonnaises and…
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The next chapter in PIDR reform? Guernsey moves to a multi-rate system
From 14 August 2026, Guernsey and Alderney will introduce a new Personal Injury Discount Rate (PIDR) framework comprising three separate rates for different categories of future loss. The move makes Guernsey one of the few common law jurisdictions to adopt a heads-of-loss approach rather than a single discount rate….By: Kennedys
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A Mother’s Quest to Rescue Her Son From Russian-Occupied Ukraine
They made a risky bid to reunite after three years of separation, illness and deprivation — the kind of ordeal suffered by many thousands of families torn apart by the war in eastern Ukraine.
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How Israel’s Financial Chokehold Is Stifling the West Bank Economy
Intensifying restrictions have hit every part of the territory’s dealings, spurring worries about whether the Palestinian Authority can remain solvent.
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Chocó, Colombia, Faces Deeper Hardship After an Earthquake
In Chocó, a remote region, “pain, hunger and homelessness await” survivors of last week’s earthquake, the governor said. Shakira visited to help draw awareness.
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Locarno Film Festival 2026: 17 Urgent Hollywood Blacklist Films
Bold. Radical. Urgent. Those words could describe the last few years the Locarno Film Festival has screened its daring classic retrospectives. But they’ve never been felt more than in the latest edition curated by filmmaker, writer, and programmer Ehsan Khoshbakht. Last year’s postwar Britain program included 45 films made in England between 1945 and 1960.…
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Gorgeous Platformer “Duskfade” Has Echoes of “Kingdom Hearts”
At the end of last week, gamers lost their minds at the reveal of some new footage from the monumentally anticipated “Kingdom Hearts IV,” a title that fans of the legendary Disney franchise have been hoping to play for years now. The clip included not just some nice Goofy and Donald Duck action, but the…
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An Incredible Light: Hayden Panettiere (1989-2026)
The world was saddened Sunday night to learn of the death of “Heroes,” “Scream 4,” and “Nashville” star Hayden Panettiere at the age of 36. While the cause of death isn’t official, the Greenville Police Department confirmed on Monday morning that no foul play was suspected, and People reported that officials were heard on the…
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Restaurant Review: Yerord Mas in California
Arthur Grigoryan’s next-generation Armenian cooking is the kind of food that makes Los Angeles special.
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ICE Bars Its Workers From Wearing Meta’s Smart Glasses on the Job
The agency joins a growing number of workplaces and groups to ban Meta’s devices, which have spurred privacy concerns.
