In Peru under dictatorship, two of three long-time lovers marry for appearances but flee from their conservative rural community for the capital after their secret is exposed by the third.
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Katherine Brodsky,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2026
Now, Sacramento is on the list of best cities for coffee lovers, according to a ranking of cafes nationwide.
The United Nations allows countries to charge service fees – not to transit waterways but for navigational safety, traffic management, security escorts, emergency response and environmental protection.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2026
Stahl, Yesh Din’s executive director, said Katz’s announcement wouldn’t change or help stem the violence because police will still require army escorts to operate in Palestinian areas.
As was the custom in ancient Korea before the Joseon Dynasty and its adoption of Confucianism, husbands lived with their wives’ families.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2026
Unmarried women often lived in the parental home, or went to live with a married sibling, or formed a household with other sisters who didn’t have husbands, either.
And things just got more complicated with the 10-year Treasury yield hitting a level not seen since 2007, oil prices holding above the triple-digit levels, and an AI sell-off wiping trillions of dollars from some of Wall Street's AI darlings.
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Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2026
As for drugstore darlings, don’t miss this top-selling CeraVe night cream that targets dryness, texture, and wrinkles or this Pantene hair mask that acts as a deep conditioner to repair damage and protect against breakage.
In the village of Elos near Chania, chestnut celebrations in late October or early November put roasted nuts and sweets preserved in syrup on the table.
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Paul Jebara,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Sep. 2026
There was nothing that had escaped being stamped with the Festival’s ubiquitous emblem–sweets, cigarettes, perfume, even sandals–Specially designed to keep you cool and smartly shod for fun-loving Festival walking!
Whether these ads were meant to imply that clutching and shifting was too physical for women, too unladylike, or just too complex for the little dears is not clear.
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