Hungary Increasingly Popular with Foreign Tourists
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Hungary Increasingly Popular with Foreign Tourists

The Tihany Benedictine Abbey, northern shore of Lake Balaton Last year, the number of foreign travelers to Hungary exceeded that of the previous year. Most visitors came from…

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Producers from Tokaj and Eger Triumph at Prestigious Wine Grand Prix
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Producers from Tokaj and Eger Triumph at Prestigious Wine Grand Prix

In the white wine category, the 2021 Csontos furmint from Bott Winery in Tokaj, and in the red wine category, the 2019 Agapé Nagy-Eged-hegy grand superior Egri Bikavér…

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Eaton fire, Palisades fire as seen from space: Satellite images
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Eaton fire, Palisades fire as seen from space: Satellite images

The wind-blown fires sweeping over large swaths of Los Angeles County have destroyed at least 1,000 structures and caused thousands of people to evacuate their homes. Two people…

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Biden celebrates birth of great-grandchild after briefing on L.A. fires
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Biden celebrates birth of great-grandchild after briefing on L.A. fires

President Biden announced that he became a great-grandfather Wednesday following a briefing on the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. “The good news is, I’m a great-grandfather as of…

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Fuel Prices Rise for the Fourth Time This Year
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Fuel Prices Rise for the Fourth Time This Year

Fuel prices rose again on Thursday, this being the fourth increase in January alone. With petrol stations introducing individual tariffs, motorists can see a price difference of more…

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Jimmy Carter and the sad saga of a 9-ton Northern California peanut
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Jimmy Carter and the sad saga of a 9-ton Northern California peanut

In the spring of 1977, President Jimmy Carter, the former peanut farmer who had just taken office, was offered a big gift — if you can call it…

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Revolutionary Discovery Could Lead to a Better Treatment for Memory Disorders
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Revolutionary Discovery Could Lead to a Better Treatment for Memory Disorders

The joint research of the Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute in New York, the BrainVisionCenter led by Balázs Rózsa, and the HUN-REN Institute of Experimental Medicine (HUN-REN IEM) has…

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Burning embers flews miles, brought mass destruction
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Burning embers flews miles, brought mass destruction

Santa Ana winds are infamous for driving fast-moving fires in Southern California, pushing embers well beyond a blaze’s boundary and into neighborhoods and across major roadways. But officials…

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Iron Lady Katinka Hosszú Announces Retirement
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Iron Lady Katinka Hosszú Announces Retirement

Three-time Olympic, 26-time world, and 35-time European champion swimmer Katinka Hosszú announced her retirement on her Facebook page on Wednesday evening. In the post, she wrote that “for…

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Even after a two-day nightmare, L.A. girds for more days of fire weather
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Even after a two-day nightmare, L.A. girds for more days of fire weather

Much of Los Angeles County remains under a red flag warning, with forecasters warning of critical fire weather to last through Friday night. Firefighters Thursday were continuing to…

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