An airport lounge in Ecuador is named as the best in the world. The Sala VIP lounge at Quito Airport claimed the top prize in the Global Airport Lounge of the Year Awards, which rates business facilities, comfort, service and food and drink.

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The world's biggest animal sacrifice begins. GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING The Gadhimai Festival, which is held in Bariyarpur, Nepal every five years, kicked off in the early hours of this morning with a ceremony known as the 'pancha bali'.

Sports scientist Stephen Dank peptide Essendon and Cronulla football clubs hit with new charges. Disgraced sports scientist Stephen Dank has been accused of causing serious harm, among other charges relating to his time working at a Darwin anti-ageing clinic. Japan AM Abe shocked at death of Japanese aid agency chief in Afghanistan. Japan Prime Minister Abe said he was shocked at death of Tetsu Nakamura, the Japanese aid agency chief who was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday. With Olympic Doors Open, a 14-Year-Old Skateboarder Enters a New World. When the International Olympic Committee decided to admit skateboarding without setting age requirements, the game changed for a lot of young girls. MARKET REPORT Aston Martin rally motors on as new model wins fans. Aston has pinned hopes of a revival on the 158,000 DBX, with the typical target customer seen by the company as a 40-something Californian working mother called Charlotte. Uncle Vanya, Vaudeville Theatre, London Uncle Vanya's dacha is all too wooden. Carmichaels plaintive, plain Sonya is one of the strengths of Lindsay Posners exceptionally starry but disappointingly lacklustre revival. Her blushing joy when she dares to say How long does it take a midfoot sprain to heal Is Arrowhead Stadium heated much she loves Astrov is wretchedly moving. Trippie Redd Tops Chart With Mixtape A Love Letter to You 4. The 20-year-old rapper-singer from Ohio beat out new releases from Jason Aldean and Coldplay. Cacao fever! Why people pay $6 for a chocolate bar — Felix TV. People craving the best ingredients and flavors are changing the economics of chocolate, making it possible for chocolate makers such as Madecasse and Cacao Prieto to produce expensive chocolates, support farmers in the developing world and turn the simple candy bar into an artisanal experience. (November 27, 2012).

Wheel Of Fortune's Pat Sajak attends hockey game in first public outing since emergency surgery. Wheel Of Fortune's Pat Sajak attended a Washington Capitals game in what is likely his first public outing since undergoing emergency surgery.November 8. Anti-smoking pill to 'make nicotine feel gross' may be on the way. University of Toronto researchers found a specific group of neurotransmitters that make smoking more pleasant than it is gross — but think they can make a drug to reverse that. Brain Trust. A writer and illustrator remembers a kind doctor who influenced her career. Security guard is hit in the forehead by a cricket ball after six in England and New Zealand game. The Red Badge security guard was working during the second test between England and link web page New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton. Fear and loathing as the quiet man of politics faces down Corbyn's Momentum mob. DAN HODGES Morning rain drips down the round blue plaque. 'Clement Richard Attlee. 1883-1967. Prime Minister lived here,' it says.

Francesco Molinari Talks Golf, Pressure and Even Some Soccer. The Italian golfer discusses just beating Rory McIlroy last year and the art of defensive golf. Trump's new plan to import cheaper drugs from abroad already FAILED in Massachusetts. President Trump threw his support behind Florida's plan to give Americans access to cheaper drugs by importing them from Canada, but Massachusetts tried that to no avail in 2007. Ta-Nehisi Coates The Cancellation of Colin Kaepernick. Cancel culture has always existed for the powerful, at least. Now, social media has democratized it. A Cocktail Necklace That Demands Attention. With the early 20th-century emergence of the cocktail party came cocktail jewelry bright, brazen, sparkling. Now, Tiffany Co. offers a new take. Hong Kong Protesters Return in Force a Week After Vote Bolsters Their Cause. The rallies were permitted by the police, which had been banning most such gatherings in recent months. Pep Guardiola must wish he had two Fernandinhos. JACK GAUGHAN AT ST JAMES PARK How Guardiola must wish he had two of the Brazilian one for midfield, one for the back. Guardolia's problems in midfield and defence persisted.

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Strictly's Bruno Tonioli hints at record deal and says there's 'no new talent like George Michael'. Strictly Come Dancing's Bruno Tonioli, 64, hinted at a record deal as he declared there's 'no new talent like George Michael'.

Shocking map shows the UK coastal towns at risk of being wiped out over the next 20 years. Experts found that the UK's east coast is being hardest hit, with the erosion rate the fastest in Yorkshire and the Humber, where 56 per cent of the coastline is at risk.

Nineteen people killed in bus crash in Russia's far east local government. Nineteen passengers died when a bus skidded off a bridge in Russia's far east on Sunday and plunged into a river, local government said. Test flight shows balloon space tourism no flight of fancy. Arizona-based company World View Enterprises says it has taken a major step towards launching commercial balloon flights to the edge of space, with a successful unmanned test flight that reached an altitude of about 23 miles. The company hopes to begin taking tourists to near space in 2016 with advanced technology it says will open up a new view of the Earth. Sharon Reich reports. Antiquities Expert Charged With Trafficking in Cambodian Artifacts. Prosecutors say Douglas A. J. Latchford, 88, a dealer in and collector of Southeast Asian antiquities, falsified documents to make looted treasures easier to sell on the art market.