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Why Millennials Are Suddenly So Obsessed With Houseplants

Succulents, fiddle leaf figs, the elusive variegated monstera: Ask proud plant parents about their collections, and they’ll gush with such enthusiasm that you’d think they were talking about actual children. Jennifer Coates, a 33-year-old freelance writer in Los Angeles, has accumulated more than 110 houseplants since she began collecting in January. Today, they’re an integral […]

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Cameron, Blair and Dame Edna join Humphrys’ final Today programme

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image copyright PA Media Image caption Humphrys [left] had an eclectic line-up of guests for his last show John Humphrys was joined by ex-prime ministers David Cameron and Tony Blair – and Dame Edna Everage – for his last day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. A characteristically tough interview with Mr Cameron began with

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Austria blocks EU-Mercosur trade deal with South America

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Agriculture groups were among the first to object to the EU deal, before fires in the Amazon rainforest drew global attention MPs in Austria have dealt a blow to the EU’s landmark trade deal with South America’s economic bloc, by demanding a government veto on the deal. The draft

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A Cave for Living, Built From a Traditional Spanish Toolshed

Travel / En Sound Media

The first structure — named the Pink House, after the color of its stucco interior, chosen to complement the matte green underside of an olive leaf — is built from stacked stone and incorporates several large rock outcroppings on the hillside. “We did not want to move anything,” Aistrup says. “You want to let the

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FIFA boss hopeful Iran will lift ban on women soccer fans

Sports / En Sound Media

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is raising hopes Iran will lift a ban on women entering soccer stadiums before a World Cup qualifying game next month. Attention on the ban intensified when a 29-year-old activist, Sahar Khodayari, died this month after setting herself on fire. She had been detained for dressing as a man to enter

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‘3 Musketeers’ or ‘3 Stooges’? Republicans Challenging Trump May Fall in Between

Politics / En Sound Media

WASHINGTON — Mark Sanford, the former Republican governor of South Carolina who once brought squealing pigs into the State Capitol to make a point about pork barrel spending, is running against President Trump because of his failure to cut government waste. “He’s not delivering on what he said he was going to do, which is

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World shares mixed following Fed’s decision to cut rates

Finance / En Sound Media

Shares opened higher in Europe on Thursday after a mixed session in Asia following the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut its benchmark interest rate for a second time this year. Germany’s DAX edged 0.1% higher to 12,406.82 while the FTSE 100 in Britain advanced 0.2% to 7,331.84. In France, the CAC 40 gained 0.5% to

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Michigan bans flavored e-cigarettes a day after New York

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Michigan banned the sale of flavored e-cigarettes on Wednesday, the latest state to act following hundreds of serious breathing issues in people using vaping devices that prompted a federal investigation. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said the ban was effective immediately and gave retailers, including online sellers, two weeks to comply. The

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Chelsea Handler Dubs Donald Trump ‘The Pinnacle’ Of White Privilege

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Chelsea Handler sees herself as somewhat of an authority on white privilege, and she’s named the top offender: President Donald Trump. The comedian appeared on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” to discuss her new documentary, “Hello Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea,” which examines the concept of white privilege and the benefits that white people reap over people of

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36 Hours in Albuquerque – The New York Times

Travel / En Sound Media

Any conversation about travel to New Mexico seems to start with Santa Fe, the tourist-magnet about 60 miles up the road from Albuquerque, the state’s largest city. But Duke City (so called for its namesake, the Duke of Alburquerque, the early 18th-century Viceroy of New Spain) has been emerging from its neighbor’s shadow ever since

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