Chef Jamie Oliver to shut six UK restaurants over Brexit uncertainty

LONDON (Reuters) - British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's eponymous group of Italian restaurants said on Friday it would close six of its UK eateries, citing pressures and uncertainty after the...

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Hakuho leads traditional new year stomping ceremony in Tokyo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mongolian Hakuho led the best sumo wrestlers in welcoming in the New Year with a traditional foot-stomping performance at Tokyo's famed Meiji Shrine on Friday.

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Norway to switch off FM radio in risky, unpopular shift to digital

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway is set to become the first nation to start switching off its FM radio network next week, in a risky and unpopular leap to digital technology that will be closely watched by...

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Thai baby elephant gets water-based treatment for injured foot

PATTAYA, Thailand (Reuters) - A baby elephant took a tentative dip in a swimming pool in Thailand on Thursday as part of a lengthy rehabilitation process to heal her injured foot.

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Princess Diana notes to former palace steward to be auctioned

LONDON (Reuters) - A series of handwritten notes by the late Princess Diana, one of which reveals that her younger son Prince Harry was constantly in trouble at school, is to be auctioned on Thursday.

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Tuna fetches $614,000 at Tokyo's famed New Year's fish auction

TOKYO (Reuters) - In what could be the last New Year's auction at Tokyo's famed Tsukiji fish market, the owner of the Sushizanmai restaurant chain on Thursday paid top price for a single fish,...

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London museum bids farewell to Dippy the dinosaur

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Natural History Museum bids farewell to its most famous exhibit, Dippy the diplodocus, on Wednesday after almost four decades of greeting visitors before being dismantled...

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