Updated: Russia says 20 killed, 10 injured in Ukraine attack on bakery in occupied east
Updated: 4:30pm (AEDT) Reuters Russia’s emergencies ministry said its workers had retrieved the bodies of 20 people from the rubble following a Ukrainian attack on a building housing a bakery in the city of Lysychansk in the occupied eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk on Saturday. The ministry shared video of emergency workers lifting two bloodied […]
A taste of cookie heaven? Lisbon pastry shop marks Pope’s visit
Lisbon, PortugalReuters As Lisbon gears up for a long visit by Pope Francis next week, a local pastry shop has rolled out a brand-new treat to mark the occasion: a cookie with the pontiff’s picture on it that is already selling fast. The idea began as an in-house joke between one of the owners of […]
In Ghana, bakers feel the heat of rising inflation
Accra, GhanaReuters Blazing heat radiated from the wood-fired oven of the Bethel Brothers Bakery in Ghana’s capital Accra, as a dozen men hastily shaped dough into hundreds of rolls that would be scattered through the city the following morning. The bakery, founded nearly 25 years ago by childhood friends Raphael Borketey and David Eshun, churns […]
US court affirms ruling against bakery, wants fine revisited
Portland, Oregon, USAP The Oregon Court of Appeals for a second time has upheld a ruling by the state civil rights division that found that an Oregon bakery illegally discriminated against a same-sex couple by refusing to sell them a wedding cake in 2013. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports, however, the court on Wednesday also found the Oregon […]