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Tiger Woods' Battle at Bighorn still iconic golf moment 25 years later
Golfweek - Virginia
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The "Battle at Bighorn" drew huge crowds and TV ratings, boosting Bighorn's real estate sales. Tiger Woods, despite winning the previous day's tournament and battling a cold, showed graciousness to Bighorn members. Garcia upset Woods in the match...
Spanish PM hit by fresh blow as wife charged with embezzlement
The Times
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A judge has charged Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, with the embezzlement of public funds. Gómez, along with Cristina Álvarez, an official employed at the prime minister’s office who acted as her aide and who has...
5 Colfax Avenue dishes worth fighting construction
Denver Post - Colorado
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August 21, 2025
East Colfax Avenue, though it’s hard to admit, has seen better days. Fences, orange traffic cones, cement barricades and heavy machinery have condensed and diverted traffic, down to one lane in many places, through an obstacle course while...
Gov’t has taken a bold step to address flooding challenges in Kumasi – Housing Minister
MyJoyOnline
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August 21, 2025
Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, the Minister for Works, Housing, and Water Resources, has announced government’s decisive action to tackle the perennial flooding challenges in Kumasi. He said the move was part of President John Mahama’s reset agenda to...
Climate Action Collaborative: The power of construction and demolition waste recycling
Vail Daily - Colorado
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Eagle County, though limited in developable size, is still a hot spot for new construction. Whether it’s much-needed employee/affordable housing, commercial buildings or sprawling single-family homes, we are still building. What people may not...
Spain’s party island Ibiza suffers housing crunch as rents soar
Cyprus Mail
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August 18, 2025
It’s another night, another party at a hotel in Ibiza. The international clientele dances to the house beat while laser lights reflect on the curvy swimming pool and on a sea of sunglasses worn after dark at the open-air venue. Many party-goers...
Barcelona lessons don’t fit Aspen
The Aspen Daily News - Colorado
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Editor: “Barcelona” is a code word being whispered around Aspen. Barcelona banned short-term rentals in its city center in 2014 and has since begun a citywide phase-out. Thousands of unlicensed STRs were shut down, yet central rents still climbed...
Spain's party island Ibiza also suffers housing crunch as rents soar
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Nacho Doce and David Latona SANT ANTONI DE PORTMANY, Spain (Reuters) -It's another night, another party at a hotel in Ibiza. The international clientele dances to the house beat while laser lights reflect on the curvy swimming pool and on a sea...
France's crisis, Europe's risk
Market Screener
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August 26, 2025
For once, the headlines are not only about Trump, the Fed, or Nvidia. Europe, too, knows how to produce its own political drama with global consequences. Our latest protagonist? French Prime Minister François Bayrou. At first glance, that may seem...
500-acre solar farm proposed in Sables Spanish Rivers Township
Mid North Monitor
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August 20, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News The company, Portentia, made a presentation to the local council on the project this month. Aerial view of Birch Lake Road showing the out flow from Cold Spring at Cold Spring Road. jpg, EP, apsmc At the last...
Spain's Ibaizabal linked to fourth LNG bunker vessel newbuild, with option in China
Riviera
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August 18, 2025
18 Aug 2025by Georgios Georgiou Spanish shipowner Ibaizabal has reportedly expanded its growing LNG bunker vessel orderbook with a new ship in China Greece- and UK-based shipbrokers reported last week that Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has secured...
From real estate to buttercream: Guelph mom finds joy in cakes
Guelph Today
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August 15, 2025
Former 'The Bachelor Canada' star's Guelph Cakes has more than 20,000 Instagram followers A local mom has found joy not in eating but in decorating cakes. What began as a relaxing hobby after her children went to bed turned into a business dubbed...
Oman: Hafeet Rail receives first shipment of tracks
Zawya
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Hafeet Rail -the developer and operator of the project- received the first shipment of railway tracks through the General Cargo Terminal at Sohar Port and Freezone, which is operated by C. Steinweg Oman LLC. "This milestone represents a...
Hafeet Rail receives first shipment of tracks
Oman Observer
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August 26, 2025
Hafeet Rail -the developer and operator of the project- received the first shipment of railway tracks through the General Cargo Terminal at Sohar Port and Freezone, which is operated by C. Steinweg Oman LLC. "This milestone represents a...
Record $386bn invested in renewables in H1 2025, despite ‘Trump effect’
Edie
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August 26, 2025
Pictured: Wind and solar in Bac Phong, Vietnam. The organisation tracked rising global interest in offshore wind and small-scale solar in particular, spurring strong growth in global renewable energy investment despite the chilling effect of the...
UK tourists in Spain told to 'go home' as residents say mass tourism is 'suffocating'
Birmingham Live
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August 20, 2025
Spain is a fan-favourite holiday destination for millions of Brits every year, however, as tensions continue to rise amidst mass tourism, locals have been biting back in recent years. Anti-tourism protestors have been witnessed marching through...
Winds complicate wildfire battles in Spain; Portugal suffers third death
Al Jazeera
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August 20, 2025
Strong winds have hampered efforts to contain unremitting wildfires that continue to spread in Spain despite lower temperatures, as the death toll in Portugal has climbed to three people after a man was killed while helping fight fires there along...
Camp Nou without fans? Barcelona’s plans for first home game in La Liga
Sporting News
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August 20, 2025
As La Liga returns, FC Barcelona will not play a home game until September, as their first three La Liga games will be away from home. Barcelona played away at Mallorca for the first matchday and will play away at Levante on August 23 and at Rayo...
Inside the newest hotel in Ojai, which is also the oldest
Los Angeles Times
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August 26, 2025
Downtown Ojai’s newest hotel, which is also its oldest, stands along Ojai Avenue like a rancher in his best string tie and leather vest. This property, now known as Hotel El Roblar, has been a fixture on Ojai’s main street for more than a century...
Exploring Latin America’s ICSID arbitration landscape
Global Arbitration Review
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August 26, 2025
Introduction The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), which administers most of the world’s arbitrations between states and foreign investors, gets busier every year. Between 2020 and 2023, ICSID registered 222...