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BingoPlus rolls out improved customer care with 24/7 support, Viber access, personalized assistance

IT all adds up to more commitment and better care every day, whether it is an account concern, a transaction that needs checking or a question that requires assistance, customers want more than a quick reply. They want someone who will listen, help them understand the next steps and stay with them until their concer…

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Israeli forces raid West Bank areas of Salfit and Nablus, detain Palestinian man

Israeli forces raid West Bank areas of Salfit and Nablus, detain Palestinian man Israeli forces have carried out raids in several parts of the occupied West Bank and detained at least one person on Saturday, Wafa reported. Forces raided homes in the town of az-Zawiya, near Salfit, as well as in the Askar al-Jadeed a…

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Ex-husband’s DNA found on hammer allegedly used to kill Abby Choi, prosecution says

Warning: graphic content follows. Slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung could have been fatally struck with a hammer that contained her ex-husband’s DNA when it was seized from a rural village flat where her dismembered remains were found, a court has heard. Wrapping up their case as the murder trial entered …

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Albania’s restored stone houses throw open the doors to visitors

A project to convert the country’s traditional kulla houses into guesthouses offers a true flavour of ancient hospitality in a part of the country almost untouched by tourismSunlight pours through a tiny stone window, causing the wooden floorboards to creak as they warm up. The sound of sheep’s bells filters in from…

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Pineapple on pizza is an insult to our great Italian cuisine – and here’s why we secretly love it | Luca Cesari

Of course an Italian chef would rather be sacked than make this. Defending our food against such blasphemy makes us feel like better peopleLuca Cesari is a food historian and author of The History of PizzaYou may have smiled at the news a few days ago: the Italian chef Davide Tamburella was sacked by a Brisbane rest…

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The Good Daughter: Rose Byrne’s legal thriller is so full of calamity it borders on Mr Bean-like farce

This slightly preposterous psychological drama – featuring Byrne and Meghann Fahy as sisters – is a show about trauma where everyone somehow looks astonishingly beautiful at all timesAt first glance, The Good Daughter (Thursday 12 November, 9pm, Sky Atlantic) should make you a little worried about Rose Byrne. Here i…

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Strait of Hormuz could reopen as part of Qatari plan for Iran nuclear inspections

Trump still considering new assault on Iran nuclear sites – though threats less credible after Vance remarksQatar, the lead mediator in the US-Iran conflict, is seeking to persuade Tehran to allow UN nuclear weapons inspectors to visit Iran’s bombed nuclear sites, including those housing the country’s stockpile of h…

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Reform UK councillor promoted collapsed $1.9bn ‘Ponzi scheme’ HyperVerse that left victims suicidal

Susan Lawrence, elected to Wolverhampton city council, sits on committee overseeing financial reporting of multimillion-pound budgetA woman who promoted a notorious cryptocurrency scam has been elected as a Reform UK councillor and now sits on the audit and risk committee of a major city council.Susan Lawrence was o…

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Art Taipei chief seeks to connect Asia's collectors across borders

Korea Herald correspondent TAIPEI, Taiwan — As Korean galleries expand their presence at Art Taipei, Claudia Chen, chairperson of the Taiwan Art Gallery Association, is seeking to connect Asia's art markets through exchanges among collectors, believing that greater exposure to different artists and art communities c…

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Take the slow train

Forget the KTX. The high-speed train is a fast way to get around the country, but there are other, more scenic rail options that let passengers fully take in their surroundings. The beauty of these sightseeing trains comes from their slowness. While the KTX takes you across the country at break-neck speed, the V-tra…

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Korean retailers follow tourist boom beyond Seoul

Korean retailers no longer treat Seoul as the only game in town. More are fanning out to regional cities, especially Busan, where a tourism surge opens new ground for growth. By late October, Korea had already topped last year’s record count of foreign visitors, and many now land outside Seoul to begin with. Accordi…

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Butter is having a moment in Korea

Good butter comes from good milk — a principle that has shaped French baking traditions for centuries and is now finding new ground in Korean cuisine. Butter has become a staple of Korea's growing dessert scene, with locally adapted creations such as salt bread and butter tteok drawing long lines of customers, inclu…

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Paws on the yoga mat

Sometimes, what dogs offer people is much greater than what people can offer them. Rows of yoga mats are laid out neatly, but soon a dozen puppies bring some mischief to the scene as they run over the mats and crawl under yogis' legs. Most participants have stopped following the instructor. Some pause to pet the dog…

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Personal info of some 39,000 leaked from Mirae Asset Securities

The personal information of some 39,000 customers and employees has been leaked from Mirae Asset Securities Co., the country's leading brokerage house, the securities firm said Saturday. According to Mirae Asset Securities, the account numbers of some 3,800 customers and the personal information of over 35,000 curre…

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Chinese consulate in Melbourne demands justice after fatal stabbing of delivery worker

The Chinese consulate in Melbourne has urged local authorities to “severely punish” the person responsible for killing a Chinese delivery rider on Friday – a tragedy that has sparked mounting online outrage over delivery platform safety standards. The 47-year-old delivery worker from China’s northwestern Shaanxi pro…

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'It would facilitate Gaza genocide': Protesters storm Microsoft planned site

'It would facilitate Gaza genocide': Protesters storm Microsoft planned site Several hundred activists occupied the construction site of a planned Microsoft data centre in Amsterdam on Friday, protesting the technology giant's alleged role in facilitating Israel's genocide in Gaza, as well as the environmental impac…

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‘Hypocritical’: Hong Kong hits back at criticism of Joshua Wong’s sentence

Hong Kong has hit back at a joint statement from 10 countries over the latest sentencing of opposition activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung, accusing them of distorting facts and smearing the city’s national security law. The rebuttal came after the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New…

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Ein Spaziergang mit Bodo Ramelow

Die Welt spielt verrückt, doch im Präsidium des Bundestages herrscht überraschende Einigkeit. Bundestagsvizepräsident Bodo Ramelow (Die Linke) gibt im Gespräch mit Gordon Repinski einen seltenen Einblick in die überparteiliche Zusammenarbeit, auch bei Nachtschichten. Dabei wird deutlich, mit welcher Strategie das Gr…

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Egypt's foreign minister discusses 'de-escalation' with Saudi, UAE, Kuwaiti counterparts

Egypt's foreign minister discusses 'de-escalation' with Saudi, UAE, Kuwaiti counterparts Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty says that he has discussed with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the need to sustain joint efforts to "prevent escalation, restore calm, and pursue the path of n…

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رئیس‌ جمهور اسرائیل آیزنکوت را مامور تشکیل دولت کرد

اسحاق هرتزوگ، رئیس‌ جمهور اسرائیل، روز شنبه (۱۶ آبان) اعلام کرد که تصمیم گرفته است مسئولیت تشکیل دولت جدید را به گادی آیزنکوت، رئیس پیشین ستاد کل ارتش و رهبر حزب میانه‌روی یاشار، واگذار کند.

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ترامپ: در حملاتی محدود به ایران یک سامانه ضدهوایی را هدف قرار دادیم

ترامپ می‌گوید‌، ارتش آمریکا حملات "محدود" جدیدی علیه ایران انجام داده است. او گفت: «آن‌ها مقداری کوچک از یک سامانه ضدهوایی ساخته بودند و ما آن را از کار انداختیم؛ حدود ۱۵ دقیقه طول کشید، شاید هم پنج دقیقه.»

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سخنگوی سپاه مدعی شد: محدودیت برد موشکی ایران برداشته شده است

سخنگوی سپاه با تأکید بر این که محدودیت برد موشکی ایران برداشته شده اکثریت انفجارهای شب گذشته در تنگه هرمز را به شلیک‌های پدافندی نسبت داد و مدعی شد در جریان این شلیک‌ها "یک هواگرد آمریکایی مورد اصابت قرار گرفته است."

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شاهزاده رضا پهلوی جایزه آزادی برای مردم ایران را دریافت کرد

شاهزاده رضا پهلوی در در مراسم دریافت جایزه آزادی ۲۰۲۶ ، این جایزه را به نمایندگی از مردم ایران دریافت کرد و گفت مردم ایران خواستار هدف قرار گرفتن جمهوری اسلامی و سلاح‌هایی هستند که علیه خود مردم به کار گرفته می‌شوند.

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