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A Dubai chocolate-inspired dessert has taken S Korea by storm
You must have heard of Dubai chocolate: the sticky, indulgent confectionary filled with pistachio cream, tahini and shreds of knafeh pastry, which has become a global sensation. Now the decadent bar has inspired South Korea's latest dessert craze. The Dubai chewy cookie has been selling like wildfire - and even restaurants that don't usually offer baked goods are trying to get a nibble of the market. Despite its name, the cookie's texture more closely resembles a rice cake, and is made by stuffing pistachio cream and knafeh shreds into a chocolate marshmallow. Shops are selling hundreds of cookies within minutes and the frenzy has sent prices of key ingredients surging, local media reported.
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Tokyo couple die in sauna fire after being trapped inside
A husband and wife have died after being trapped in a private sauna room that caught fire in Japan on Monday. Tokyo police are investigating whether a faulty doorknob trapped the couple inside the room at Sauna Tiger, in the city's Akasaka district, local media has reported. Investigators also found that the facility's emergency alarm system was switched off, and allegedly had been for two years. We offer our deepest condolences... and our heartfelt sympathies for the deep grief and pain that cannot be expressed in words, Sauna Tiger said in a statement on its website. The victims have been named by local media as Yoko Matsuda, a 37-year-old nail artist, and her husband Masanari, 36, who ran a beauty salon.
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Why are mysterious drones flying over New Jersey?
The night skies over New Jersey have come alight as dozens of mystery drones have been spotted flying over the state, including near United States President-elect Donald Trump's golf course in the town of Bedminster. The drones, which some residents say appear larger than hobbyist drones – those used for recreational purposes – have been spotted almost every night flying over the northeastern US state since November 18 and were initially sighted near the Picatinny Arsenal, a US military research and manufacturing facility. So, who is flying these drones and what are they doing above New Jersey? In a post on Facebook on December 4, cautioning residents of Florham Park, a borough in New Jersey, about the drones, chief of police Joseph Orlando wrote: "Over the past two weeks, the (drone) sightings have been occurring nightly…beginning just after sunset and lasting well into the early morning hours." He described the appearance of the drones as "nefarious in nature".
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Russian apartment building attacked by alleged drones from Ukrainian forces: state media
Fox News contributor Mike Pompeo weighs in on Hungary's parliament approving Sweden's bid to join NATO and a resurfaced clip of Russian President Vladimir Putin's warning about NATO expansion on'The Story.' A drone crashed into an apartment building in St. Petersburg Saturday morning, according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. The local state news agency said that Ukrainian forces had damaged the apartment building. Two buildings were damaged in St. Petersburg's Krasnogvardeisky district following the alleged attack. Photos from the dilapidated-looking apartment complex showed large craters on the building's exterior.
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Sirens sound in northern Israel as local media reports drone attack
FOX News' Jennifer Griffin reports the latest on the Israel-Hamas war. Sirens are sounding off in northern Israel on Wednesday and residents are being told to shelter in place amid reports of an incoming "large-scale" drone attack. Israeli Defense Forces said it received a report of a "suspected infiltration" from Lebanon into Israeli airspace. "All residents in the areas where the warning was sounded are asked to enter the protected areas and stay in them until further notice," IDF said. "Israelis throughout the country were ordered to shelter in place amid a large-scale attack involving drones coming from the direction of the northern border on Wednesday evening," the Jerusalem Post reported.
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Robots Are Coming! What Professions Will Be Out of Job in Five Years
Experts with the Word Economic Forum (WEF) say that there will be seven million less jobs available in 2020 than now. Oxford University experts warn that 20 years from now 39 percent of people will lose their jobs. Industrial workers will be the next to be phased out by the onslaught of intelligent robots. WEF experts insist that the loss of jobs in some sectors will made up for by new jobs available on other economic sectors. According to them, there will be 2 million more high-tech jobs available four to five years from now.
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French tax police raid Google's Paris office
French police have raided Google's Paris office as part of an investigation into the company's tax affairs. The raid began at 5 a.m. Tuesday, Paris time, according to local newspaper Le Parisien, and involved five public prosecutors, 25 computer experts, and investigators from the French tax office and the Central Office for the Prevention of Corruption and Financial and Tax Crimes (OCLCIFF), the public prosecutors' office told local media. French prosecutors began investigating Google's finances last June, following allegations from the tax authorities that the company was involved in serious tax fraud. Tax officials in other European countries are concerned about the resulting loss in tax revenue.
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