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A man uses cooking oil to fry Mandazi, a type of fried bread, on a street in the low-income Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Global cooking oil prices have been rising since the COVID-19 pandemic began and Russia's war in Ukraine has sent costs spiralling. It is the latest fallout to the global food supply from the war, with Ukraine and Russia the world’s top exporters of sunflower oil. And it's another rising cost pinching households and businesses as inflation soars. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

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Russia's war heats up cooking oil prices in global squeeze
By DEE-ANN DURBIN, AYSE WIETING AND KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press
Tue,04/26/22-1:18AM , 348 Reads
ISTANBUL (AP) — For months, Istanbul restaurant Tarihi Balikca tried to absorb the surging cost of the sunflower oil its cooks use to fry fish, squid and mussels.
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Eladio and Melissa Guzman pose for photographs, Monday, April 4, 2022, in Hicksville, N.Y. The couple, who endured the war on drugs, including jail time, are now eager to open a recreational marijuana dispensary in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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After drug conviction, NY couple plans marijuana dispensary
By CLAUDIA TORRENS - The Associated Press
Tue,04/26/22-12:02AM , 314 Reads
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Eladio Guzmán spent two years in jail for selling drugs, missing the birth of his first child.
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UK: More links between common virus, hepatitis in children
By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press
Mon,04/25/22-1:38PM , 206 Reads
LONDON (AP) — British health officials investigating the cause of a spike in acute hepatitis, or liver inflammation, among children said there is increasing evidence that it is linked to a common virus.
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This artist rendering provided by REM Public Relations shows a rendering of a proposed Coral Mountain Resort with a large human-made surf lagoon that is proposed for the region around Palm Springs, Calif. Hours from the California coast, surfers are hoping one of the next spots where they can catch a wave is in the hot, dry desert where summer temperatures often soar above 100 degrees. (CCY Architects/REM Public Relations via AP)

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Surge of desert surf parks stirs questions in dry California
By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press
Mon,04/25/22-11:43AM , 331 Reads
Hours from the California coast, surfers are hoping one of the next spots where they can catch a wave is in the desert.

At least four large surf lagoons are proposed for the region around Palm Springs, which is more commonly known for art festivals, mountain hikes and golf, and has no natural waves in sight.
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