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Leonor Espinosa: Celebrated Colombian chef with a taste for social change

From its jungles to its deserts: the world's newly-minted best female chef, Leonor Espinosa, draws her inspiration from Colombia's vast biodiversity, painful history and oft-neglected traditional communities.. "My cuisine tastes of relegated cultures, of forgotten regions, it tastes of ancestral techniques, of smoke... of pain," the 59-year-old told AFP in Bogota after she was voted World's Best Female Chef 2022 by the panel that elects The World's 50 Best Restaurants.

Mon, Jul 18, 2022 2 mins read

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America's Fauci to retire by end of Biden's current term

Anthony Fauci, who has helmed the United States' response to infectious disease outbreaks since the 1980s, will retire by the end of President Joe Biden's current term, he said in interviews Monday.. I do want to do other things in my career, even though I'm at a rather advanced age," Fauci, who is also Biden's chief medical advisor, said to CNN. He told Politico he did not plan to stay in office long enough to see out Covid-19 because the disease was not going away soon. 

Mon, Jul 18, 2022 2 mins read

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Uber settles US lawsuit over disabled rider 'wait fees'

Uber will offer several million dollars in compensation to tens of thousands of passengers with disabilities who were charged extra fees, US prosecutors said Monday.. Under the settlement, Uber will issue credits to more than 65,000 eligible riders that are worth double the amount of wait time fees they were ever charged, which could potentially amount to millions of dollars.

Mon, Jul 18, 2022 1 mins read

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Sudan's gold rush wreaks havoc on health

Sudanese mother Awadya Ahmed has long wondered why her youngest child Talab was born blind and unable to walk; now she suspects the piles of poisonous waste left by gold miners.. "Since we saw these waste deposits appear, children have been born with deformities, and there have been still-births," Abdelaziz said, noting 22 children had been born in the village with deformities including blindness and brain damage.

Mon, Jul 18, 2022 3 mins read

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Hunger pains on Slave Island as Sri Lanka's food prices rocket

His hair is neatly combed but his cheeks are sunken and veins visible on his gaunt frame: like many Sri Lankans, Milton Pereira and his family cannot afford to buy enough food.. In its latest assessment, it said more than five out of every six families were either skipping meals, eating less or buying worse food.

Mon, Jul 18, 2022 3 mins read

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'Water police' patrol drought-hit Los Angeles streets

Damon Ayala patrols the streets of drought-stricken Los Angeles every day, inspecting the sidewalks.. "We've been in serious drought situations in the past in the city of Los Angeles, and its citizens responded," he said.

Sun, Jul 17, 2022 3 mins read

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US doctors embroiled in sudden legal uncertainty over abortions

Days after the US state of Ohio banned abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, doctor Mae Winchester had a patient who needed to terminate her pregnancy to save her life. . It has said the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) supersedes state abortion laws if the procedure is needed to stabilize a pregnant patient -- a move praised by abortion rights supporters, who have pressured President Joe Biden's administration to preserve access to the procedure.

Sun, Jul 17, 2022 4 mins read

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Long lines in New York for monkeypox vaccine

On a hot Sunday afternoon in New York, the epicenter of the US monkeypox outbreak, a long line of men aged 20 to 40 wait for a vaccine to protect themselves and their loved ones against the virus.. Everyone who spoke to AFP while waiting in line said they felt lucky to have gotten an appointment, as New York lacks doses.

Sun, Jul 17, 2022 3 mins read

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California's Portuguese community keeps bullfighting alive without bloodshed

Just like any other Portuguese bullfight, the elegant rider deftly guides his horse around the charging bull's horns, before bending down to plant a bandarilha in its spine.. - Grab by the horns - Portuguese bullfights differ from the Spanish style, in that the animal is never killed in the arena.

Sat, Jul 16, 2022 3 mins read

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Social life helps orphaned elephants overcome loss: study

Orphaned elephants manage to overcome the loss of their mother by living in a herd, highlighting the importance of a social life for the species, according to a study.. The study also concluded that releasing groups of orphaned elephants together after they were linked during captivity could facilitate their transition to living in the wild. juc/cel/imm/ah

Sat, Jul 16, 2022 2 mins read