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Barcelona is the place to be! Sips in the Spanish city of Barcelona has topped this year's bar ranking in the World’s 50 Best Bar list which was revealed at a ceremony on Tuesday. For Barcelona, this is the second year in a row that the city has bagged the top spot: Paradiso, also in Barcelona, was adjudged the best bar of 2022. Located in the heart of Barcelona's L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample district, Sips is the brainchild of Simone Caporale and Marc Álvarez. Drawing on the lessons of their already illustrious careers – Caporale was one half of the creative duo that led London's Artesian to The World's Best Bar title a record four times, whilst Álvarez spent almost a decade at Ferran and Albert Adrià's revolutionary elBarri restaurant group. Sips started operations during the Covid-19 pandemic. In an interview with CNN, Caporale said: «Let’s call it a dream.” With just 33 seats, Sips uses locally sourced ingredients to produce what Álvarez called “high couture cocktails.” The celebrated mixologist welcomed the Barcelona bar scene’s growing reputation, adding: “It’s a very nice spot — architecture, gastronomy, good weather. If we add on top of that nice drinks and good service, I think it’s (somewhere) that needs to be recognized.”

all is fair in love and war, the ‘Hamas attack cannot be justified…’ Enforcing laws during war's chaos is tough. Holding perpetrators accountable post-conflict is often elusive due to complexities and challenges. But there are clear evidences that show both Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel have been breaking international laws since the start of the war.

₹11925 crore were signed with various industry groups on the first day in Dubai. Uttarakhand Minister Dhan Singh Rawat was also present on the occasion.

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The NII portion of the issue was booked the most at 1.01x, while that of retail investors was booked 1x. There were no bids yet from qualified institutional buyers (QIB). According to market analysts, the company's shares are trading with a premium of Rs 67 in the unlisted market.

The Spectator. During the initial hours following the blast, a Gaza civil defence leader stated that around 300 people had perished, while sources from the health ministry indicated a figure of 500, as per Reuters' report. Hundreds of people were murdered in a major explosion at a hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday, intensifying bombardments near towns in southern Gaza rattled civilians where Israel had ordered them to take refuge.

₹3,378 crore which too has increased by 42% YoY indicating a movement towards the sale of more expensive homes. The Hyderabad residential market includes four districts namely Hyderabad, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Rangareddy, and Sangareddy. “The Hyderabad housing market is currently undergoing a notable upswing, primarily driven by a surge in demand within the city.

Eric Adams has been using artificial intelligence to make robocalls that contort his own voice into several languages he doesn't actually speak, posing new ethical questions about the government's use of the rapidly evolving technology. The mayor told reporters about the robocalls on Monday and said they've gone out in languages such as Mandarin and Yiddish to promote city hiring events. They haven't included any disclosure that he only speaks English or that the calls were generated using AI.

fundamentally strong stocks that took a hit due to falling profit margins. These stocks are market leaders in their respective industries and have a competitive edge over their peers. They could potentially stage a comeback in 2024.

UN Security Council scheduled a Wednesday vote on a resolution that initially condemned «the heinous terrorist attacks by Hamas» on Israel as well as all violence against civilians, while calling for «humanitarian pauses» to deliver desperately needed aid to millions in Gaza. Negotiations on wording of the draft resolution sponsored by Brazil continued throughout Tuesday, and the final version to be voted on had not been released by late Tuesday. The vote follows the council's rejection Monday evening of a Russian-drafted resolution that condemned violence and terrorism against civilians and called for a «humanitarian cease-fire» but made no mention of Hamas.

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Hamas and Israel have both been accused of breaking international law during their latest conflict, and the United Nations says it is collecting evidence of war crimes by all sides. Enforcing the law amid the fog of war is difficult. Holding perpetrators to account once conflicts are over has often proved elusive.

It was a sudden share raid that at the time made no sense in Australian media circles. ASX-listed media company ARN Media, with Jefferies at its side, quickly bought up 14.8 per cent of its arch rival Southern Cross Austereo in June this year.

Gaza is not legal and is calling the situation “absolutely unacceptable.”Trudeau was responding to unfolding reports coming out of Gaza, where the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said that an Israeli airstrike hit a hospital in Gaza City, killing hundreds of Palestinians, including people using the hospital as shelter.A spokesman for the Israeli military said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the strike did not come from them.“From the analysis of the operational systems of the IDF, an enemy rocket barrage was carried out towards Israel, which passed through the vicinity of the hospital when it was hit,” the statement said. “According to intelligence information, from several sources we have, the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization is responsible for the failed shooting that hit the hospital.”Trudeau said in French, speaking to reporters on his way into the House of Commons, that “it’s not legal” to bomb a hospital.Trudeau has repeatedly said that wars have international rules that must be followed, and says Canada is working with allies to get a humanitarian corridor established so supplies can be brought into Gaza.Aid organizations are warning that the territory is near collapse, and Trudeau told reporters that hitting a hospital is “not acceptable.”The Health Ministry run by Hamas said at least 500 people had been killed in the hospital strike.Photos purportedly from al-Ahli Hospital shared widely on social video showed fire engulfing the building, widespread damage and bodies scattered in the wreckage.

Car thefts are on the rise in the US, with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) data revealing the latest trends in crime. In the United States last year, almost a million vehicles, valued at over $20 billion, were stolen.

Karnataka Bank is set to recover more than half its dues this month-end from the debt sale of Coffee Day Global, said people aware of the development. The unlisted company operates the Cafe Coffee Day chain across India. The bank has received a binding offer from Rare Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC), triggering a Swiss challenge auction.

Mount Everest, has experienced an explosion. Subsequently, the comet was on a trajectory toward Earth, according to reports. This explosion was observed on October 5, originating from 12P/Pons-Brooks, a cryovolcanic comet with a massive 18.6-mile diameter, approximately the size of a small city, as reported by Live Science.

Tech giant Google Inc has picked up office space spread over an entire floor in Blackstone Group-owned Nucleus Office Parks' commercial tower Fintech One at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) in Gandhinagar to set up its global fintech centre. The company's Indian arm, Google India, has picked up office space from Nucleus Office Parks through a long-term lease of 10 years, including an initial term of five years and an option to extend it for five additional years. In a virtual interaction on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Google's plans to open its global fintech operations centre at GIFT City. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, apprised Modi of Google's plans to work on strengthening financial inclusion in India by leveraging UPI. Pichai, through a social media post, thanked the Prime Minister Modi for a «terrific» meeting to discuss Google's ongoing commitment to India. ET's separate email queries to Google, Blackstone and Nucleus Office Parks remained unanswered until the time of going to press. Fintech One is a 20-storey commercial office tower with a typical floor plate spanning over 22,000 sq ft.

Ukraine claims to have carried out one of the most destructive attacks on Russian air assets since the beginning of the war

The Wisconsin state Assembly is set to approve a plan to spend more than half a billion dollars to help cover repairs at the Milwaukee Brewers' stadium

Gaza Strip was worsening, with only four or five days of stocks left in the shops. WFP said stocks were getting low in warehouses inside the Palestinian enclave, but at the shop level, the situation was even more acute. «The situation in Gaza is getting worse by the minute: the humanitarian situation but also of course the food security situation,» WFP's Middle East spokeswoman Abeer Etefa, told reporters at the UN in Geneva via video-link from Cairo. «The current stocks of essential food commodities are sufficient for only two weeks — and that's at the wholesalers' level,» she said, with the warehouses located in Gaza City in the north of the territory and shops having difficulties replenishing supplies. «Inside the shops, the stocks are getting close to less than a few days, maybe four or five days of food stocks left.» Gaza-based Hamas fighters broke through Israel's heavily fortified border on October 7, killing more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians. Israel has responded with withering air strikes on Hamas-controlled Gaza and by deploying tens of thousands of troops to the border in preparation for a full-scale ground offensive. Israel has demanded that residents of north Gaza leave for the south, hoping to clear the area of civilians in preparation for a perilous urban ground assault. Etefa said that out of five flour mills in the Gaza Strip, only one was operating due to security concerns and the unavailability of fuel. «So the bread supply is running low and people are lining up for hours to get bread,» she said. Only five bakeries out of 23 in Gaza contracted by WFP were still in operation, she added.