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Best hotel in Porto for industrial chic meets the DouroWhile many hotels in Porto boast views of the city and River Douro, the most unique can be found at The Rebello, which is Bomporto Hotels’ third project in Portugal. On a bend in the riverfront of Vila Nova de Gaia, past the docked Rabelo port boats that have inspired its name, the hotel stands on its own across four industrial buildings reimagined by interior designer Daniela Franceschini and brand designer Nat M. Waterman. Its 103 apartment-style suites each come clad in concrete, with a kitchen of varying sizes and art…

Nigeria has announced a six-month ban on the export of raw shea nuts from which many beauty creams are made.The move is aimed at making the trade more lucrative as Nigeria is losing out by not producing much shea butter locally.The country produces nearly 40% of the world’s annual crop, but it only accounts for 1% of the $6.5bn (£4.8bn) global market – a situation Vice-President Kashim Shettima described as “unacceptable”.Harvested fruit from shea nut trees have to be crushed, roasted and boiled to extract their oil to produce the shea butter used in cosmetics.The butter is also used in…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Plenty of shoppers have ditched Asos. Now index compilers are set to do the same. On Monday, the £360mn online retailer was slated for removal from the UK’s FTSE 250 mid-cap benchmark, which is tracked by $7.5bn of funds; the final decision will be made next Wednesday.Asos has had a chequered career. Its shares are worth one twentieth of what they were in 2021; performance metrics have wilted. Its gross profit margin last touched 50 per cent, a rough rule-of-thumb water line…

Opening up the Netflix app can feel daunting if you’re not already in the middle of a show or have a movie in mind. We’ve all done the infinite scroll, spending an hour looking for something before just giving up and tuning into a comfort watch like Scandal or Sex and the City. With so many shows coming and going, some have a shorter life span than others. It helps to know what’s worth your time — and what’s about to disappear. So we’ve put together a list of our favorite shows on Netflix, often highlighting series that just arrived or…

Marie-Louise ConnollyHealth correspondent, BBC News NIGetty ImagesThe target set by Northern Ireland’s Department of Health for patients red flagged for breast cancer to be assessed is 14 daysSome patients who have been red flagged for breast cancer assessments are waiting up to seven weeks to be seen in Northern Ireland.The target set by Northern Ireland’s devolved Department of Health – which oversees five health and social care trusts – is 14 days.Mary (not her real name), who was red flagged by her GP last week, told BBC News NI she would have at least a five-week wait to be seen.She…

Variety is exclusively unveiling the first trailer for “Mother,” starring Noomi Rapace as Mother Teresa, which is opening the Venice Film Festival‘s Horizons strand. The trailer of director Teona Strugar Mitevska’s project offers a glimpse into the formative period of one of history’s most complex religious figures during a pivotal moment in Teresa’s spiritual journey. Set in Kolkata, India in August 1948, “Mother” follows Teresa, Mother Superior of the convent of the Sisters of Loreto, as she anxiously awaits permission to leave her monastery and create a new religious order. The drama, shot in English, focuses on seven pivotal days…

SpaceX’s Starship has finally pulled off a successful test flight in a stunning reversal of fortunes for Elon Musk’s most ambitious rocket.The uncrewed 403-foot-tall (123 meters) rocket, the largest ever built, blasted off from SpaceX’s Starbase at Boca Chica, Texas, at 7:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday (Aug. 26).Starship completed a nerve-wracking, hour-long flight, reaching a maximum altitude of 124 miles (200 kilometers) above Earth’s surface, before its upper stage splashed down in the Indian Ocean. Earlier, after separation, the rocket’s Super Heavy booster landed in the Gulf of Mexico. You may like Ecstatic applause erupted as SpaceX’s engineering teams celebrated…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

India is hopeful that the U.S. will review the additional 25% tariff imposed on Indian goods as penalty for its Russian oil purchases, a government source told reporters on Wednesday. The Indian government is holding talks with exporters to increase shipments of textiles, leather, gems and jewellery to other countries, and is likely to provide financial assistance to affected businesses, the source said. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in New Delhi, Navodita Kumari.

Postal services across Europe have suspended most parcel shipments to the US, citing widespread uncertainty about the impact of new import tariffs announced by Donald Trump.France’s La Poste on Monday joined other operators, including Germany’s Deutsche Post, Spain’s Correos, Poste Italiane and the Belgian, Swedish and Danish postal services, which all halted a majority of US-bound shipments over the weekend.Austria’s Österreichische Post and the UK’s Royal Mail said they would stop accepting packages on Tuesday, to allow enough time for packages posted before then to arrive in the US before the tariffs, scheduled to come into force at the end…