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Chicken Breasts in Caper Cream Sauce

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Planning to make a delicious and easy chicken dish for dinner? Here is a mouth watering recipe of Chicken Breasts in Caper Cream Sauce!

Ingredients

  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
  • 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 cup whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons capers, drained and rinsed

Preparation

Season chicken breasts with lemon pepper, salt, dill weed, and garlic powder. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Place breasts in skillet, and increase heat to medium-high. Turn chicken frequently, until brown, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, and cook 5 to 7 minutes, until breasts are cooked through.

Remove chicken to a warm serving platter, and cover with foil. Return skillet to stove, and increase heat to high. Whisk in whipping cream, whisking continuously until reduced to sauce consistency, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in capers. Pour sauce over chicken, and serve hot.

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Yellow-vest to field its candidates in EU parliament election

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This year’s European Union parliament election is likely to witness a very unusual phenomenon: the emergence of an anti-elitist group yellow-vest (the group formed in France to protest, in short, against the fuel price hike, and, in large, against the elitist behaviour of the country’s ruling and its remoteness to the genuine grievances of the common people such as the price hike, rent hike and the labour issues).

In the European parliament election which is scheduled to take place on 23 May this year, the yellow-vest, which has jolted the streets of France and forced to the French president, Emanuel Macron, to drop his ambitious plan to increase the fuel tax, has decided to field as many as ten candidate, leaving behind the question whether they will expand the list of candidate in the run-up to the EU election to the imagination of the public.

In the list of ten, Ingrid Levavasseur is the most prominent one. She is a poor care worker, and is the representative of the larger population, which is totally unfamiliar with the elitist faction of the modern France.

Many evaluate the development as the rebirth of socialist populism in France. If the yellow-vest passes this crucial litmus test, the experiment will be repeated in the future elections also in France.

Vignesh. S. G
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Carlos Ghosn Resigns From Renault

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According to reports, Carlos Ghosn, who is in custody in Japan, has resigned from French car-maker Renault. “Carlos Ghosn just resigned, and now its time to define and to put new Governments in place.”, said Bruno Le Maire (The French finance minister) in an interview he had given.

Carlos Ghosn, is a Brazilian-born businessman. He also has French and Lebanese nationality. Ghosn has served as the CEO of many car-makers, including Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance. Renault’s board meeting is said to be happening on Thursday to replace Ghosn.

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EU insisted suppression on ‘golden passports’ for big investors

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The EU Commission had insisted EU states for tight checking on non-EU nationals with ‘golden passports’ through investments. The commission says that the granting of ‘golden visas’ might be leading to tax evasion, money-laundering and other forms of corruption. So, a thorough checking is being planned for the schemes regarding ‘golden visa’ granting residence in exchange for big investments.

According to reports, wealthy candidates for residency or citizenship do not face sufficient security and background checks to prevent them from posing a security risk or laundering money. Some of the non-government organisations have already marked countries such as Malta, Cyprus and Bulgaria for offering wealthy foreigners citizenship that allows them to move freely in most of the 28-nation bloc. Many other countries grant residence permits to foreign investors. Hence the EU commission had presented this stunning report regarding the risks of the ‘golden visa business’

Sunaya Paison
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Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido proclaims himself acting president

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Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself as the country’s interim president on Wednesday. He said that he would be willing to assume the presidency on an interim basis with the support of the armed forces to call elections. The US promptly weaved their support for this. The street was brimming with Venezuelans demanding an end to the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro.

“I swear to formally assume the national executive powers as acting president of Venezuela to end the usurpation, a transitional government and hold free elections.” said Guaido to the supporters gathered in front of the National Assembly. He was found to be holding the constitution in his his hand when he did the declaration.

As the other South American Governments and the United States, Columbia and Brazil also have already recognized the MP as President instead of Maduro. The US president Donald Trump, tweeted regarding this situation as “The citizens of Venezuela have suffered for too long at the hands of the illegitimate Maduro regime. Today, I have officially recognized the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the Interim President of Venezuela.”

Sunaya Paison
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Food Lifestyle

Cream of Green Garlic and Potato Soup

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Soups are an ever favorite dish. Lets give a try to the delicious Cream of Green Garlic and Potato Soup.

Ingredients

  • 4 russet potatoes, peeled and chopped into equal-sized chunks
  • 3 cups chopped green garlic, white and light green parts only
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 ounces minced prosciutto
  • Salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
  • 1 quart chicken broth, or more as needed
  • 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives for garnish (optional)

Preparation

Place potatoes in bowl of water. Set aside. Soak green garlic in a bowl of water to remove dirt or sand. Drain and set aside. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir minced prosciutto until it begins to sizzle, about 2 minutes. Add green garlic and continue to cook, stirring frequently. Do not let the garlic brown. Season with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper; cook and stir for 1 to 2 more minutes. Mix chicken broth into green garlic mixture and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 30 minutes.

Remove potatoes from the bowl of water and add them to the garlic and broth mixture. Cook until potatoes are tender and easily smashed against the side of the pot, about another 30 minutes. Add broth as needed. Transfer potato chunks and some green garlic chunks to a blender with about 1/2 cup cooking liquid. Puree until smooth, adding more cooking liquid as needed. Stir blended potato mixture back into the pot; stir in heavy cream. Cook over medium-high heat until cream is warmed through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Garnish with fresh chopped chives.

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Nike Adapt BB Self Lacing Sneaker to hit the Shoe Market

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Nike has launched the all new Adapt BB self lacing sneaker to amaze the world shoe market. This smart sneaker will be available at a cost of $350. The shoe is described smart as it can be controlled by your smart phone with the application installed in it. The ‘BB’ stands for Basket ball, as the company has came up with the Basket ball shoe this time.

This is the second generation of the Nike Adapt platform. What makes it special is the technology that is used inside it. On the side of the shoe, you are provided with two manual buttons. These buttons allows you to loosen, or tighten the shoe manually, by pressing and holding the buttons provided.

What makes it really astonishing is is the app that becomes a part of this. This is a ‘smart connected’ shoe. As like the buttons, the app also allows you to adjust the tightness. Also, you can change the color of the lights on the shoe with the app.

We can also personalize the shoe settings for various uses and save it in the app. Another interesting element about the sneaker is its power charging method. A power mat will be provided, on which the shoe can be put and will get fully charged with almost three hours. The power lasts till 10 to 14 days. you can view the power status on the mat as well as on your mobile app.

Nike says that this is their most tested shoe ever. They went through almost 55 innovations to finally get to the Nike Adapter BB Sneaker. The Nike Adapter comes with 3 processors on-board. It also has a 6 axis gyroscope and a sensor.It also has a high performance bluetooth low energy chip. The cost of this second generation smart sneaker is $350, which is quite better than the first one that costs $720.

Sunaya Paison
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Germany, France forget differences to shield them from the increasing tide of modern populism

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From Italy and Spain to the Brexit-affected UK, many European countries have already succumbed to the destructive wave of populism. The economic principle of protectionism, which has come as a part and parcel of the political ideology of modern populism, has clandestinely infiltrated into the economic structure of the populism-affected countries, weakening their present economic structure rooted in the economic principle of liberalism.

Definitely, the European Union is worried about this development. It has almost lost one of its arms to this development. It may not sustain another loss.

It is in this backdrop that Germany and France have come together to act. The role they play is the role of a defender, the defender of an economic structure which once gifted life breadth to the embattled European continent.

The latest agreement both has signed means that henceforth Germany and France will not think differently in their internal and external security, economic and political affairs.

Their decision to develop a European army is capable to irritate many, especially the United States and the United Kingdom. To them, the more irritating one will not be the agreement for economic corporation, political corporation and/or defence corporate, but the understanding for cultural corporation.

It is noteworthy that the measures for the increased cultural corporation has been doubled by Germans and France at the time many of their friends are researching on how to segregate people on the basis of culture.

The developments indicate that the France-Germany agreement attempts to launch attacks on the concepts of protectionism and populism from all the four fronts –political, economic, security and cultural- on which these dangerous concepts are pivoted.

Will the new European defenders of liberalism win? How better they execute their plan decides what answer the aforesaid question deserves.

Vignesh. S. G
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Cristiano Ronaldo fined €18.8m over tax evasion

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Football super star Cristiano Ronaldo was fined almost 19 million euros ($21.6 million) for tax fraud on Tuesday. He had accepted the deal with a court in Madrid, accepting the fine. The deal, agreed in advance, includes a 23-month jail sentence.

Immense media pressure was there outside the court, for reporting the news. Ronaldo had requested for a video appearance, but was rejected by the judge. The court appearance lasted only for a few time as Ronaldo accepted the deal offered by prosecutors. Ronaldo was accused of avoiding paying tax in Spain between 2010 and 2014, when he was playing for Real Madrid and based in the Spanish capital.

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Cardiff striker Sala missing after suspected plane crash

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Argentina Football player Emiliano Sala, feared to be dead in the suspected plane crash. The plane, from France to England was found missing over the English Channel on Monday night. Sala had signed from French club Nantes for a reported fee of 17mil euros on Monday.

The search continued throughout Tuesday. “The search was terminated at 02:00, with all search and rescue assets being stood down, due to strengthening winds, worsening sea conditions and reducing visibility,” – a statement from police said. Reports states that the flight had only two passengers including Sala. Nantes have postponed their French Cup match against third-tier side Entente SSG on Wednesday as a mark of respect.

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