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WSJ.com 

Owner of Burger King and Tim Hortons to Buy Popeyes

Restaurant Brands, the owner of Burger King and Tim Hortons, said it would buy Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen for about $1.64 billion. Executives said they see huge growth potential for Popeyes in Asia.

The New Yorker 

The Legend of the S.S. Mendi

Aboard the South African warship Amatola, everyone has a role and a pair of words to describe it. The buffers make sure the vessel is “spick and span,” the engineers keep it “up and running,” and the communications team is its “eyes and ears.” On a bright summer morning in January, a few days before the Amatola was to set sail from Simon’s Town Navy Base, south of Cape Town, the ship was bustling. In the officer’s mess, men in their dress whites served themselves an early lunch from platters piled... Читать дальше...

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

5 rescued from flooded San Jose homeless camp

Five people were rescued from trees and other brush after the Coyote Creek flooded a homeless encampment at a San Jose golf course Tuesday, officials said. The flood waters surged into the Los Lagos Golf Course between Tuers Road and Lone Bluff Way early Tuesday, washing out the nearby homeless encampment and trapping people in trees above the fast moving water. “Water in the Coyote Creek watershed trapped multiple people,” said Capt. Mitch Matlow, with the San Jose Fire Department. After a 2-hour operation... Читать дальше...

WSJ.com 

Can an Outside CEO Succeed? Look at the Board

CEOs hired from outside a company are more likely to have poor business performance and short tenures if their new employer’s board is more diverse than corporate boards they previously served, a study finds.

Yahoo Autos 

‘A Serbian Trap’: Freezing conditions in Belgrade are not the biggest problem for refugees in Belgrade

A trip along the refugee track within Serbia reveals that the old route through the Balkans is still being used despite strong border control, harsh conditions and frozen temperatures. Despite the existence of camps built by the Serbian state, the migrants are here trying to make their way into European Union countries illegally.

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The Globe and Mail 

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Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Police: Man shoots man threatening woman with brick

A man intervened in a domestic dispute Monday night in Las Vegas, shooting another man who was threatening to hit a woman with a brick, according to Metro Police. The shooting happened about 11 p.m. in the 5900 block of ...

Google.com 

Trump calls rising violence aimed at Jews 'horrible and painful' - Washington Post


Washington Post

Trump calls rising violence aimed at Jews 'horrible and painful'
Washington Post
President Trump, under pressure to speak out against rising anti-Semitic vandalism in the country, said Tuesday that such acts are “horrible and painful.” Trump used a morning visit to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and ...
Anne Frank Center: Trump's anti-Semitism response 'too little, too late'The Hill
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