Wealthy Businessman Charged in Murder Case That Rocked Malta

VALLETTA, Malta — More than two years after a car bomb killed Malta’s best-known investigative journalist, prosecutors in the Mediterranean island nation on Saturday charged a wealthy Maltese businessman with complicity in her murder and other crimes.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/30/world/europe/malta-journalist-killing.html
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Plane Crash in Blizzard-Like Conditions Kills 9 in South Dakota, Officials Say

Three people survived the crash, according to the authorities, who said two children were among the dead. Three people survived the crash, which happened just before noon local time outside Chamberlain, S.D., according to information from local officials and the Federal Aviation Administration.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/30/us/south-dakota-plane-crash.html
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Leonardo DiCaprio Responds to Brazil’s President About Amazon Fires

The actor and environmentalist released a statement on Saturday after President Jair Bolsonaro falsely accused him of funding the fires recently set in the Amazon rainforest.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/30/world/americas/Jair-bolsonaro-amazon-fires-Leonardo-DiCaprio.html
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Starbucks Barista Fired After Officer’s Cup Had ‘Pig’ on the Label

After the episode, Starbucks and the police department said they would host a “Coffee With a Cop” event so local law enforcement could meet with baristas.

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Black Friday sees record $7.4B in online sales, $2.9B spent using smartphones

Following swiftly on the heels of a Thanksgiving that broke records with $4.2 billion in online sales, Black Friday also hit a new high, although it just fell short of predictions. According to analytics from Adobe, consumers spent $7.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/30/black-friday-sees-record-7-4b-in-online-sales-2-9b-spent-using-smartphones/
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How to Survive as a Woman at a Chinese Banquet

It is more like a sport, one in which the primary goal is to drink a toast with each individual sitting around the table, in a rigid successive order, starting with the most prominent and proceeding clockwise.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/30/opinion/sunday/women-chinese-banquets.html
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City Malaise, Cured by a Cloud Forest?

I liked Oaxaca as soon as I learned to say its name, all those airy vowels, each subsequent “a” a little fuller in my mouth. Last year, I was in the throes of a deep depression.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/30/sunday-review/cloud-forest-ferns.html
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