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Sipping non-alcoholic drinks between glasses of mulled wine and champagne at the Christmas work party this year could help you feel more perky the morning after.Waitrose & Partners’ Food and Drink Report 2024-25 has named ‘zebra striping’ –  the concept of alternating between alcoholic drinks and a non-alcoholic ones – as one of the big trends of the year.““The way customers consume alcohol has changed,” says the supermarket’s head of beer, wine and spirits, Pierpaolo Petrassi. “At Waitrose, no and low sales are up by nearly a fifth and the range and popularity of reduced alcohol products is increasing all…

The Government is committed to putting in place a “robust regime” to protect elections from “malign or hidden interference” and regulate online political advertising, the Department of Housing has said.But it accepted the legal powers to implement this commitment were not yet in place, including for Friday’s general election.The powers will allow An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Electoral Commission) to order social media platforms to take down misinformation, disinformation or material damaging to elections and also enable it to regulate political advertising online.The provisions have not yet been commenced due to a “number of concerns” raised by the European Commission about Irish…

A march is organized in tribute to the 27 migrants who died in the Channel on November 24, 2021, in Dunkirk, on November 23, 2024 PASCAL BONNIERE / PHOTOPQR/VOIX DU NORD/MAXPPP Thirty-one white roses were thrown into the port of Dunkirk, northern France, on Saturday, November 23. Thirty-one, the number of people who died or went missing at sea on the night of November 23, 2021, off the coast of Calais. More than 200 people gathered in Dunkirk to mark the third anniversary of the worst migrant shipwreck in the English Channel since the explosion, at the end of 2018,…

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen talks to journalists after a meeting with the French prime minister to discuss the 2025 budget at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France, November 25, 2024. CHRISTIAN HARTMANN / REUTERS French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Monday, November 25, threatened to back a no-confidence motion that could topple the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a standoff over the budget, saying after talks that both sides were entrenched in their positions. Months of political tensions since right-winger Barnier became prime minister at the helm of a minority government appointed by President Emmanuel…

When this Wednesday, after two-thirty in the afternoon, Juan Lobato announced his resignation, few were those who loudly showed any support. Those who thought he would resign in his message on Tuesday only had to wait one day to find a response to the clamor: Lobato is a political corpse who would not even be well received in the Congress that the PSOE will hold this weekend. “You have to be flat to appear in Seville,” a Madrid mayor told this newspaper hours before learning of her resignation.More information“He doesn’t respond to messages or answer calls. “He is absent,” explained…

The ruling of the Seville Court that condemns five former senior UGT officials in Andalusia constitutes an endorsement of the journalistic investigation that EL MUNDO began in July 2013. Read Briefcases, parties at the April fair, ‘boat management’: this is how the UGT fraud was deciphered, cover by cover

So far, men in Ukraine are only required to fight in the army from the age of 25. The USA is urging the country to make a significant reduction in view of the losses on the front.The USA is apparently urging Ukraine to send young men to war at the age of 18 in the future and thus solve the shortage of recruits. To date, the age limit has been 25 years – i.e. after completing your studies or training. The background is the high number of casualties and the personnel superiority of the Russian troops, who could soon attack…

The US telecommunications company confirms attacks by “malicious actors”. According to reports, a Chinese hacker group could be behind the attacks that also targeted Donald Trump. T-Mobile USA reports hacker attacks

Moldova is at a crucial crossroads as polling stations opened today for a pivotal referendum. Voters across the nation are tasked with two significant decisions: determining their next president and deciding whether Moldova should embrace European Union (EU) membership.

London’s Metropolitan Police has opened a new investigation into the late Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, identifying 90 alleged sexual assault victims. Triggered by a BBC documentary in September, over 400 women and witnesses have come forward, prompting scrutiny of the police’s handling of decades-old complaints. Al-Fayed died in August 2023, aged 94. UK police identify 90 women in Al Fayed sexual assault case