Starting from January 1, makers of products using masa flour will be required to add folic acid to their mixture
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Lords have tabled fresh proposals in a bid to convince Labour to help almost 2,500 prisoners trapped on cruel indefinite jail terms
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Most major supermarkets are open with time variations
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‘I think it’s clear that value has been a concern on the part of some of our customers,’ Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Steve Hill said. ‘We’re aware of that. The resorts are aware of that.’
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Beijing defends live-fire exercises as necessary, while allies warn of rising risks in the Taiwan Strait
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Manchester City are leading the race for much-wanted Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo
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The overall number of pubs in England and Wales fell to 38,623 from 38,989
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Police told court seized drugs could not be produced as evidence because they had been destroyed by rodents while in storeroom
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Authorities said the deaths were linked to traditional initiation activities in November and December
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US-made device planned by end of year hit by recent government shutdown affecting shipments
Trump Mobile, the phone company launched by Donald Trump’s family business, has pushed back plans to deliver a $499 (£371) gold-coloured smartphone by the end of the year.
The Trump Organization licensed its name to launch a mobile service and the device in June, in the latest monetisation of his presidency by a family business empire now run by Trump’s sons.
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Officers believe the man may have information that would help the investigation
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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
President Xi Jinping has declared China’s economy is set to hit its growth target for this year.
After what he called an “extraordinary year”, Xi told an annual gathering held by the country’s top political advisory body that China’s gross domestic product is expected to expand by around 5% during 2025.
“China’s economy is forging ahead under pressure, moving toward innovation and quality, demonstrating strong resilience and vitality.
The growth rate is expected to reach around 5%, continuing to rank high among the world’s major economies.”
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Queen Camilla spoke publicly for the first time about her own experience of indecent assault as she called for greater focus on stopping young boys becoming abusive men
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As the millennial superstars near the end, an international generation reshapes the league. The question is whether an American can still carry the crown
That the NBA is reckoned in seasons is apt. To measure a legacy this way is as much existential as it is symbolic. Martin Heidegger argued that time is not something we pass through, but the condition of our being – less a pathway than a pressure. Heavy stuff, yes, but the NBA has always operated under similar weight.
The millennial superstars who stabilized the league for two decades are now entering their twilight: LeBron James (who turned 41 on Tuesday), Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, James Harden and Chris Paul. In their wake comes something genuinely new. For the first time, the league’s next dominant generation is unmistakably international. The NBA’s gen Z elite now emerge from Slovenia, Serbia, Greece, Canada and France.
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A vivid account of the creation of one of literary modernism’s greatest achievements
In a 1924 letter to André Gide, Thomas Mann said he would soon be sending along a copy of his new novel, The Magic Mountain. “But I assure you that I do not in the least expect you to read it,” he wrote. “It is a highly problematical and ‘German’ work, and of such monstrous dimensions that I know perfectly well it won’t do for the rest of Europe.”
Morten Høi Jensen’s approachable and informative study of The Magic Mountain positions Mann as a writer who was contradictory to his core: an artist who dressed and behaved like a businessman; a homosexual in a conventional marriage with six children; an upstanding burgher obsessed with death and corruption. Very much the kind of man who would send someone a book and tell them not to read it.
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Cops in Wilmington, Delaware, were called to former First Lady Jill Biden’s home after receiving a “domestic dispute call”
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Her family thought she was going to a New Year’s Eve party. She was never seen again. Six decades on, Mary Flanagan’s disappearance remains one of Britain’s most haunting mysteries. Harriette Boucher looks inside Britain’s longest missing person case
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Shamans in Peru have shared their predictions for the upcoming year in an annual ritual.
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The iconic route includes the Lake District and the West Highland Line, where civilisation melts away. US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill climbs aboard
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