Articles from April 2019

Starbucks opens first cafe in Italy amid scepticism and curiosity in the crucible of coffee-drinking culture

Starbucks opens first cafe in Italy amid scepticism and curiosity in the crucible of coffee-drinking culture

Click:zhibo NBA Italians reacted with a mixture of curiosity and disdain to the opening of the country’s first Starbucks café, as the American giant launched its bid to conquer the cradle of coffee-drinking. Billed by…

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Militants in series of attacks on police in Chechnya as strongman leader away for pilgrimage

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a series of attacks against police officers in Chechnya that appeared to have been coordinated while the former warlord-turned strongman Ramzan Kadyrov was on a visit to Saudi Arabia. The Chechen…

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Former MI6 officer ‘encouraged Russian oligarch to give evidence against Trump campaign’

Christopher Steele, the former MI6 officer who attracted Donald Trump’s fury for drafting a dossier of allegations about collusion with Moscow, was involved in efforts to flip a high-profile Russian oligarch, according to newly released…

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Idlib offensive: Why the looming fight for Syria’s last rebel stronghold could be the bloodiest yet

Syrian and allied Russian forces are preparing for an assault on the last-remaining rebel stronghold of Idlib. The United Nations has warned that an all-out offensive on the province, where as many as three million people…

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