By MARK LORENZANA After a somewhat inconsistent showing in the group stages, England on Sunday, Dec. 4, defeated Senegal, 3-0, in a blowout to barge into the World Cup Quarterfinals in Qatar. Sure, the Three Lions — the oldest international soccer team in the world, having played its first international match against Scotland in 1872 — was dominant in its
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By MARK LORENZANA Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, Sept. 8, after 70 years on the throne, giving the United Kingdom its new monarch, her son King Charles III. Buckingham Palace said that the 96-year-old monarch died at her residence in Balmoral, Scotland. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement. Her son Charles,
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By MELISSA T. CASTRO EDINBURGH, Scotland — Originally founded as a monastery in 1128 AD, today the Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the Queen in Scotland. Set against a stunning backdrop of Arthur’s Seat, and on the opposite end of Edinburgh Castle via The Royal Mile, this is a must-see on any trip to Edinburgh. Holyroodhouse has
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By RICH GRANT People have been buying alcoholic drinks in England for more than a thousand years at a variety of taverns, ale houses, coaching inns and grog shops, but what we think of today as a typical English pub didn’t happen until 1830. In the 1700s, to counter distilled spirits imported from Ireland and Scotland, England encouraged distilling corn
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Apparently the idea of replanting trees to prevent deforestation is a uniquely Mexican concept, conceived by “Mr. Environment Responsibility” himself, aka, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). At least, that is what AMLO had the audacity to claim during his morning press rant on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Asked by one of the few real journalists
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By MELISSA T. CASTRO One could say that until you have visited a whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands, you have never experienced the true essence of Scotch whisky and the peat soul that lies behind that rich smoky flavor. But if a jaunt around Scotland is not in your foreseeable future, you can always make do with a glass
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