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Renewed Night Train

French startup company launches night train business as part of addressing climate change. They plan to make sleeper train pa...
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Taste Triggers

The blog listing the dishes led me to discover some slightly disappointing news about a curry restaurant "India House" in Cambrid...
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Resisting Flattery

I visited Hungary in 2007, shortly after it joined the EU. Budapest was a fantastic place with solid and dignified buildings. Hun...
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Shocking Snowfall

Dettori on Snowfall won the Oaks handily with a record 16 lengths at Epsom Downs Racecourse. The horses behind her seemed to stop...
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Dual Currency in Cuba

The Cuban government has decided to abandon the dual currency system. There are now two currencies in Cuba, one for foreign t...
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Not Powerless

The liberal arts are academic programmes with their origins in Greek and Roman philosophy. It refers to "the manner of libera...
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Diego Maradona

Maradona has passed away. I am very sad. I watched him play in the 1986 Mexico World Cup on TV, when I was in elementary schoo...
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Pro-EU Won in Moldova

In Moldova, where I just travelled in 2019, a pro-EU candidate won the presidential election against a pro-Russian candidate. ...
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Belarusian Protests

In Belarus, where I just travelled in 2019, demonstrations protesting against the re-election of President Lukashenko have grown ...
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Chill Donald

It makes sense. I cannot get enough of this sense of humour. Greta succeeded in getting revenge on Trump by recycling a terrib...
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Majority Fear

If you think of a problem between the majority and the minority, it is common to focus on the resentment, anxiety, isolation ...
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Sad Incident in Sri Lanka

I don't want to write this note. Sri Lankan were very kind and friendly when I travelled there in 2017. I feel so familiar with t...