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'Immensely honoured' Mancini named new coach of Saudi Arabia
'Immensely honoured' Mancini named new coach of Saudi Arabia
Roberto Mancini was on Sunday named as the new coach of the Saudi Arabia national team after he controversially quit the Italy...
2023-08-28 03:45
Hong Kong’s Crypto Push Gets Blunt Warning as Probe Erupts
Hong Kong’s Crypto Push Gets Blunt Warning as Probe Erupts
A crypto controversy has erupted in Hong Kong amid a probe of a trading platform that has ensnared
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AI Lender Upstart’s 445% Rally Fades After Outlook Dampens Frenzy
AI Lender Upstart’s 445% Rally Fades After Outlook Dampens Frenzy
Upstart Holdings Inc.’s breakneck rally is losing momentum after the lending platform that uses artificial intelligence provided a
2023-08-10 04:07
Threads user count falls to new lows, highlighting retention challenges
Threads user count falls to new lows, highlighting retention challenges
Threads, Meta's Twitter rival, is struggling to retain users roughly a month after its highly publicized launch, according to fresh industry estimates showing that app engagement has fallen to new lows.
2023-08-04 00:52
FIFA 22 Premier League Team of the Season Midfielder Nominees
FIFA 22 Premier League Team of the Season Midfielder Nominees
The FIFA 22 Premier League Team of the Season Nominees have been revealed. There are 15 midfielder nominees to vote from for the PL TOTS. Here's the full list of midfield nominees for the Premier League TOTS.
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Taiwan probes four firms accused of helping China's Huawei
Taiwan probes four firms accused of helping China's Huawei
TAIPEI Taiwan's government has opened an investigation into four companies named in a media report as conducting business
2023-10-06 10:45
Ten highlights from 2023 French Open
Ten highlights from 2023 French Open
The French Open ended on Sunday with Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek crowned champions after two weeks which featured geopolitics, controversies over sportsmanship...
2023-06-12 13:23
Hojgaard's birdie burst carries him to Dubai title
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Nicolai Hojgaard rebounded in the final round to take the DP World Tour Championship by two shots and collect his...
2023-11-19 22:51
How to shop at Borough Market in the summer
How to shop at Borough Market in the summer
Food markets fizz with a very particular kind of energy in the summer months. That’s as true anywhere as at Borough Market where the energy somehow hits me as I’m still walking the stairs up from London Bridge tube, way before I even see the market gates. It’s not just the sun’s moodlift that makes things palpably different in the summer than at any other time of year – it’s the distinctive culmination of the summer vibes that marketgoers bring. Whether seasonal cooks there to stock up on longed-for summer produce; friends on a wander for a day out; or food lovers after a few deliciously easy wins to enjoy on a rug somewhere. Any kind of picnic (garden/beach/park/lounge) can be so easily catered for at a food market. In one swoop you can pick up chilled bottles of interesting wines, beers and softs; breads for ripping into; butter and seasonal young cheeses; charcuterie; salty black olives, and all kinds of fabulous fruits. Tins of preserved fish make for interesting rug-chat over the beautiful boxes. At Borough there’s no shortage of choice of those at The Tinned Fish Market stall. Sometimes there I’ll go for the Cântara small squid stuffed with onion, rice and tomatoes; other times the Pepus mussels in escabeche. Or else it’s the never-fail Ortiz tuna at Brindisa, home to so many foods that are a picnic-maker’s dream. (Fino sherry, truffle crisps, jamon, salted almonds… do I need to go on?) That ease the food markets gift to feeding a gathering translates seamlessly to the ease they offer summer’s everyday cooking and eating. The stalls (almost) struggling to fit in all the magnificent seasonal produce that is so often best enjoyed when hardly anything is being done to it. Courgettes, peppers and aubergines gleam with proud beauty among the glory of all the other summer vegetables and fruits. Pods of garden peas and broad or borlotti beans beg to be bought by the bagful. All of them are a joy to mindlessly and mindfully pop out of the shells when you get home, but the borlottis perhaps most of all as that’s the only way to really be able to admire the purple mottles of the bean before it disappears upon cooking. The best seasonal tomatoes need little more than olive oil and salt to bring out their supreme flavour. Salad options are inexhaustible – go for big sharing bowls of a fattoush or panzanella; or the neat Nicoise bundles featured in Borough Market: The Knowledge. There the classic Nicoise elements of anchovy, mayonnaise, capers and egg are piled aboard little gem boats for ease of eating. Another of my all-time favourite summer salads is in that book too: oregano-poached peaches, halloumi and hazelnuts. Its mix of sweetly salty flavours manages to be simultaneously refreshing and completely beautiful on the plate. The peaches in it becoming the very best version of themselves by being poached with dried oregano and honey. The choice of honey is no accident. In the summer I always make sure to stock up at the market on blossom honeys that will delicately yet effectively infuse so many foods – and drinks – with a floral undernote. Perhaps the lavender honey at From Field and Flower, or the wild thyme at Oliveology. That’s the one I use in the dressing for making The Knowledge’s labneh with watermelon, honey and mint. It’s a recipe that straddles the boundary of sweet and savoury, with watermelon griddled in olive oil, orange and sumac for peak refreshment. My top tip in making this is to always do more labneh than needed in the recipe because it is such a useful thing to be able to reach for in the fridge. All it takes is 900g of really good, thick Greek yoghurt mixed with 1 teaspoon of salt and spooned into a muslin-lined sieve. Let that drain for 6-12 hours (depending how thick you want it – longer equals thicker) and the result is approximately 500g of labneh. Use it for salads, or to spread on toast with perhaps just a few sliced apricots. Summer is mackerel season at the market. A fish that is packed with flavour and goodness, and also incredibly easy to cook. Griddle it, bake it, fry it, or over-fire it. And then, when any kind of cooking seems impossible in the heat, even sit it in vinegar for a while and let its acidity do the “cooking” for you. Try the same thing with the small fresh anchovies that the fishmongers also have in now. They absolutely don’t need to be gutted, but the skilled fishmonger will happily do it for you (and at the same time showcase exceptional filleting knife skills). Whenever I head to the market on a produce-shopping mission it tends to be just that – a mission. I do try to make sure to spend time checking out what is what because the very nature of market shopping is that it is never the same. What the stalls offer week on week is at the mercy of not just the season but whatever choices traders have been made on what to stock that week, that day. Yet, as I beetle around, I am always a bit envious of the market wanderers. It’s a feeling that grows even stronger in the summer when these marketgoers without any agenda of shopping lists to mark off, or a fridge to fill, are enjoying being among all the glorious foods on the day out with friends and family. With nothing to do except admiringly soak it all up while stopping off for the occasional energy-boost by way of an ice-cream or a glass of something coolly bolstering. What a great way to spend a day. The cooks, the picnic-ers, the wanderers. Each as welcome and as catered for in a summertime market. All playing a key role in building the atmosphere that makes these months there so deliciously special. 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2023-07-03 14:00
Ryan Gosling heard singing as Ken in Barbie movie for first time
Ryan Gosling heard singing as Ken in Barbie movie for first time
Ryan Gosling has been heard singing as Ken in the new Barbie movie for the first time - and naturally, Slash is on the guitar. “I’m just Ken, anywhere else, I’d be a 10", he sings, weeping to Barbie (Margot Robbie) as she prepares to leave Barbie Land. The sneak preview of the track, titled 'I'm Just Ken', will appear alongside the likes of Ice Spice, Dua Lipa, and Billie Eilish on the star-studded soundtrack. Click here to sign up for our newsletters
2023-07-11 22:52
Kylie Jenner Then and Now: Reality star's transformation through the years
Kylie Jenner Then and Now: Reality star's transformation through the years
From 'KUWTK' to 'Kylie Cosmetics', Kylie Jenner has reinvented herself several times over
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Trump news – live: Ex-Trump press secretary says she saw him show documents to Mar-a-Lago guests
Trump news – live: Ex-Trump press secretary says she saw him show documents to Mar-a-Lago guests
Former Trump administration press secretary Stephanie Grisham has claimed that she saw Donald Trump showing off documents to guests at Mar-a-Lago, as she slammed his lack of respect for the nation’s secrets. “I watched him show documents to people at Mar-a-Lago on the dining room patio,” Ms Grisham told MSNBC. “He has no respect for classified information [and] never did.” Her comments come after the former president was charged with 37 felonies last month over his handling of classified documents on leaving the White House. While his legal troubles are heating up, a conservative billionaire network is reportedly working to ensure he doesn’t win the 2024 Republican primary, according to a new report. Americans for Prosperity Action, a network of political organisations created by Charles and David Koch, will spend money for the first time on the Republican presidential primary. It has already raised more than $70million to fund races that officials hope will help the Republican party move past Mr Trump, according to The New York Times. Read More Kevin McCarthy knows he crossed the line with Donald Trump Trump's GOP support dips slightly after his indictment over classified documents, AP-NORC poll finds ‘Any Republican not named Trump’: Paul Ryan says former president is only candidate who would lose to Biden
2023-07-03 16:39