French drug baron transferred to new supermax prison

French drug baron transferred to new supermax prison

Notorious French drug baron Mohamed Amra, known as “The Fly”, was on Thursday transferred to a new supermax prison, built to stop narcotics criminals from plying their trade from behind bars. Amra made headlines when he escaped in May 2024 at a road toll from a prison van following an attack by suspected accomplices in…

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Lactalis exits Canada plant-based drinks with factory closure

Lactalis exits Canada plant-based drinks with factory closure

Lactalis has decided to close its plant-based drinks site in Canada. The closure of the facility in Sudbury in Ontario will take effect on 12 December, marking the French dairy giant’s “full exit” from the plant-based drinks market in Canada.. Lactalis said maintaining the plant-based operations is not “financially viable” and does not represent a…

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Sniffies Translates Cruising for the Digital Age

Sniffies Translates Cruising for the Digital Age

In the literature about cruising from the late twentieth century, what stands out is the physical choreography of it. David Wojnarowicz, in his 1991 memoir, “Close to the Knives,” describes walking through abandoned warehouses on Manhattan’s west-side waterfront and “passing through shadowed walls and along hallways, seeing briefly framed in the recesses of a room…

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“The Grass at Airports,” by Fabio Morábito

“The Grass at Airports,” by Fabio Morábito

This is the fourth story in this summer’s online Flash Fiction series. Read the entire series, and our Flash Fiction from previous years, here. I’m part of the crew that takes care of the grass at our city’s airport. When I say that, people are surprised, because few associate an airport with grass. However, all…

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Passenger plane with 49 on board crashes in eastern Russia

Passenger plane with 49 on board crashes in eastern Russia

The wreckage of a passenger plane that went missing over a remote area of eastern Russia on Thursday has been located, according to the country’s Civil Defence Ministry. The Antonov An-24 was en route from Blagoveshchensk to Tynda, near the Chinese border, with 49 people on board, said Vasily Orlov, governor of the Amur region.…

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Surge in anti-Druze hate speech linked to Syria unrest, CyberWell reports

Surge in anti-Druze hate speech linked to Syria unrest, CyberWell reports

According to the watchdog, the incitement includes explicit antisemitic language and conspiracy theories portraying Syrian Druze as collaborators with Israel. Amid recent violent unrest in southern Syria’s Sweida province, a new report by the watchdog group CyberWell has revealed a surge in online incitement targeting the country’s Druze minority, with over 45 million views recorded…

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Arian Moayed’s Waterwell Teams With Nonprofit Nimruz on Grant Program to Uplift Iranian Artists

Arian Moayed’s Waterwell Teams With Nonprofit Nimruz on Grant Program to Uplift Iranian Artists

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways Arian Moayed’s Waterwell has teamed with nonprofit Nimruz to launch a grant program to support emerging Iranian creatives to tell their stories. Under the…

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