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Sweetness Overloaded!! The Delicious Honey-Pancakes

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Ingredients for the syrup:

  • Honey: 3/4 cup
  • Butter or margarine: 1/2 cup
  • Ground cinnamon: 1/2 tsp

Ingredients for pancake:

  • Bisquick™ mix: 2 cups
  • Honey: 2 tbsp
  • Milk: 1 cup
  • Egg: 1

Preparation:

Heat all syrup ingredients over low heat in 1-quart saucepan, stirring occasionally, until warm. Keep it warm. Heat the griddle or skillet over medium heat or electric griddle to 375°F. Grease with cooking spray, vegetable oil or shortening.

Stir all pancake ingredients until blended, in a medium bowl. For each pancake, pour slightly less than 1/4 cup batter onto hot griddle. Cook until the edges are dry. Turn it and cook the other sides until golden. Garnish and serve with warm syrup.

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The man at the centre of France’s right-to-die case dies

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The life of Vincent Lambert (42), the severely brain-damaged French patient who became the centre of France’s right-to-die case, came to an end on Thursday.

His death occurred after the doctors removed his life supporting aids, says his family. Lambert had came up with a road accident in 2008 and had been suffering from severe brain damage after that accident. At the time of accident, he was just of age 32 and had recently become a father.

He was the subject of a long term legal war between his parents, who wanted to keep him alive, and his wife Rachel, who believes he should have the right to die with dignity.

“He is minimally conscious but he is not a vegetable”, said his mother. “Keeping him artificially alive and totally dependent? For him, that would be unacceptable”, said his wife.

The painless killing or so called Euthanasia is not legal in France. But the law allows the doctors to put the severely and terminally ill patients into deep sedation.

The issue of Lambert, apart from his own family, has been taken up by the whole country, with different opinions and street demonstrations.

His death was reportedly marked at 08:24 (06:24 GMT) on Thursday, nine days after his life aids were removed.

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French plan to tax tech giants: US issues inquiry

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Donald Tump has raised an order for investigation on the planned taxation of tech giants, which would seriously affect the American tech companies. This could be a move that results in retaliatory tariffs.

Robert Lighthizer, the US representative said, “The United States is very concerned that the digital services tax… unfairly targets American companies”.

The unfair trade practices could pave the way for Washington to impose punitive tariffs. Trump had repeatedly done this since taking office.

The parliament of France would be approving the tax implementations on Thursday.

Reports said that the tech giants like Google and Facebook will be charged with a 3% levy on revenue made inside France.

An estimated amount of around half-a-billion euro a year would be brought in with the new tax rule.

The new tax rule insists that any digital company with a revenue of more than €750m – of which at least €25m is generated in France – would be subject to the tax.

Republican Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Ron Wyden, the senior Democrat on the panel have welcomed the latest inquiry.

In a joined statement, they said, “The digital services tax that France and other European countries are pursuing is clearly protectionist and unfairly targets American companies in a way that will cost US jobs and harm American workers”.

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Europe’s one-time largest migrant centre closed by Italy

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The Mineo migrant reception centre in Sicily, which was the largest migrant reception centre, once in Europe has been officially closed down.

Matteo Salvini, the Interior Minister marked his presence at the closure of Mineo centre. He was reportedly considered as the biggest critic of this migrant centre. This migrant centre had accommodated more than 4000 people at a peak time.

On shutting down this migrant centre, Salvini said, “We’re saving quite a bit of money, we’re working to find new jobs for the centre’s ex-workers, but Sicily, Catania and Mineo cannot base their future on immigration”.

On Tuesday, he had live-streamed a walkabout tour of the empty migrant centre.

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE…!! – ( Posted by Matteo Salvini in his Facebook)

For the migrants, reaching Europe from North Africa, by crossing the Mediterranean, Italy is the major entry. The populist government of Italy has been trying to reduce the number of migrants, by banning of the migrant carrying ships at their ports.

The closing of this centre and arrival of Salvini has been protested by the former workers at the centre. The banners in their hands read, “Today we celebrate the funeral of Mineo”.

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Dragonfly mission of NASA to search for signals of life on Titan

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has came up with the Dragonfly mission to search for the presence of life in Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The mission is estimated to cost $1 billion.

NASA said that the Dragonfly mission will be launched in 2026 and will land in 2034. The rotorcrafts which will be sent by the Dragonfly drone will be flying to various locations across the icy moon, and this will be viewed by the scientists. Nasa said that there will be 8 rotors in this spacecraft.

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest natural satellite in the Solar System is the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere. Titan is thought to be a prebiotic environment rich in complex organic chemistry, with a possible subsurface liquid ocean serving as a biotic environment.

Since Titan has lakes of methane, the scientists doubts the presence of methane based lives there. No presence of water has been detected in Titan.

Titan

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said, “Visiting this mysterious ocean world could revolutionize what we know about life in the universe”. About the Dragonfly mission, he said, “This cutting-edge mission would have been unthinkable even just a few years ago, but we’re now ready for Dragonfly’s amazing flight”.

WATCH THE VIDEO ON DRAGONFLY MISSION – BY NASA

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Dozens of arrests reported for riding electric scooters while intoxicated

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Dozens of people have been reportedly arrested in this weekend, by the police of Copenhagen for riding electric scooters while intoxicated.

Reports said that almost 28 people have been arrested. Over the weekend, 24 were arrested for the charges of drink and drive and the other four were arrested for using recreational drugs while driving.

Several crackdowns have been occurred in many European countries against electric scooters. The Traffic Safety Council of Denmark have carried out a trial that insists scooter users to treat their device similar to a bike, and to use them in cycle lanes.

There are other rules that includes a blood alcohol limit of 0.5g/kg, which is the same limit for other vehicles.

Those who got arrested have to pay a fine of 2,000 krone ($300; £235).

As the traffic rules of Copenhagen have promoted the electric scooters, considering their ease of use, they have seen a surge in popularity.

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Italian Olympic swimmer Filippo Magnini saves drowning newly-wed

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Filippo Magnini (37), the Italian Olympic swimmer rescued a struggling tourist who was drowning off Sardinia on Sunday. Magnini kept the tourist afloat until help arrived.

Magnini, while relaxing with his girlfriend Giorgia Palmas have heard a cry for help and immediately moved for action. He have rescued the newly wed Andrea Benedetto, who was married his boyfriend just two days earlier, as per BBC reports.

“I just did what I had to, The bather was in a lot of trouble. ” said Magnini after the incident. “He was quite frightened, he was really stuck and had swallowed some seawater”, he added.

About the incident he said, “When I reached him he wasn’t even able to speak, and it wasn’t easy to lift him on to the raft, so we laid him on an airbed that some other bathers had nearby”.

Reports said that a doctor had treated Mr Benedetto at the scene and was taken immediately to the hospital. There occurred no life-threatening conditions.

Apart from the 2004 bronze, Magnini had also won the world championship in the 100-meter freestyle in both 2005 and 2007.

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After winning New Democracy Mitsotakis promises a change

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Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the new centre-right prime minister of Greece has vowed that the country will “proudly raise its head again”. Mitsotakis marked his victory in New Democracy’s landslide on Sunday.

Mitsotakis said that he had a clear mandate for change and promised more investment and fewer taxes. He said that he would not fail to “honour the hopes” of the Greek people.

He added that he would be a prime minister for all because Greeks were “too few to stay divided”.

This victory has arrived four years after Alexis Tsipras’s leftist Syriza party came into power. According to the recent results, 39.77 per cent of voters backed New Democracy, translating to 158 seats. The leftist Syriza party of Tsipras occupied the second place with 31.53%.

Tsipras said that he had called Mitsotakis to offer him his congratulations. Tsipras said to the medias, “Today, with our head held high we accept the people’s verdict. To bring Greece to where it is today we had to take difficult decisions [with] a heavy political cost”.

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Slovenia unveils the rustic sculpture of Melania Trump

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A rustic sculpture of US first lady, Melania Trump was made in her home town in Slovenia. The figure was cut from the trunk of a living linden tree. This was built in a field beside the Sava River in the village of Rozno, near Slovenia.

The sculpture was commissioned by Berlin-based American artist Brad Downey. A local folk artist Ales Zupevc carved the figure with a chainsaw.

The figure cannot actually be said as a perfect sculpture. The face of the sculpture is rough-hewn and unrecognizable.

The figure shows the lady wearing a pale blue dress that Melania wore at Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president.

Mr. Brad Downey, who commissioned the sculpture said that he wanted to have a dialogue with his country’s political situation, and highlight Melania Trump’s status as an immigrant married to a president sworn to reduce immigration.

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Putin issues heroism awards on the submarine crew of Russia mini-sub fire

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Russian President Vladimir Putin issued heroism awards on four of the 14 submarine crew who died during a secret mission on 1 July.

‘Hero of Russia medals’ has been awarded to the four officers, all captains. Two other officers on board had already received those medals for earlier missions.

The other 10 crew members, who were also officers, received Russia’s Order of Courage.

The Kremlin said that the crew heroically prevented the fire without reaching the nuclear power unit. The toxic smoke produced by fire had been inhaled by the crew members.

The bodies of these 14 brave men were brought to St Petersburg for burial.

This unnamed secret submersible will be put back into service soon, according to the Russian government. The government refused to reveal details of the mission that turned into a disaster, citing official secrecy. The vessel had been exploring the Arctic seabed area.

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