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In a major U-turn, Qatari officials have confirmed the last-minute ban on alcoholic beer sales to fans.
The turquoise glimmer of open-air pools contrasts sharply with the dazzling white of salt flats in Latin America's "lithium triangle," where hope resides for a better life fueled by a metal bonanza. A key component of batteries used in electric cars, demand has exploded for lithium -- the "white gold" found in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia in quantities larger than anywhere else in the world.
Living underground isn't just reserved for rabbits and hobbits: in Spain, it's a traditional way of living that has become more and more popular. Cave houses are all the rage, and while the homes themselves are underground, the real estate prices have skyrocketed.
From several phones set-up on his desk in a small Shanghai office, marriage counsellor Zhu Shenyong live-streams advice to an attentive audience on how to save their relationships. Zhu's services are in huge demand. Earlier this year, he went viral on Chinese social media for claiming that he makes 1 million yuan ($154,000) a year. The number of annual registered divorces has steadily risen since 2010, reaching a record 8.6 million in 2020, according to Ministry of Civil Affairs data.
Tehran, Mar 11 (EFE) .- (Camera: Artemis Razmipour) Iranian authorities are trying to stop the rise of online gambling and betting, which is increasingly popular in the country, where they have been banned by the sharia or Islamic law since the 1979 revolution.FOOTAGE OF ONLINE GAMBLING PAGES AND BANKS IN TEHRAN.SOUNDBITES OF CLERGYMAN ALÍ MANSURIAN, FROM THE ALÍ AKBAR MAUSOLEUM OF TEHRAN.Translation:1.- "That (the gambling and gambling environment) is an unreal, illogical and unbalanced life, and Islam prohibits anything that unbalances the person."
Thousands of traumatised Syrians leave the rebel enclave of Aleppo as the UN Security Council votes to deploy observers to the battered city to monitor the evacuations.
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