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If your secret wish is to get a reward, not just family compliments, for your talents in the kitchen, then Georgiana Viou might serve as inspiration.The self-taught chef from the west African country of Benin, who came to Paris dreaming of becoming an interpreter, was awarded a star on Monday by the Michelin Guide, the bible of gastronomy, for her cuisine at Rouge, a restaurant in the southwestern French city of Nimes.

A version of this story appeared in CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here.After more than 50 years of quiet, the moon is about to become a destination for space travelers again.The public will soon learn the names of the four astronauts who will venture on a journey around the moon next year aboard the Artemis II rocket.

Environment The growing warmth and saltiness of the Gulf of Maine off New England is causing a dramatic decrease in the production of phytoplankton - microscopic organisms that make up the base of the ocean's food chain.PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The warming of the waters off the East Coast has come at an invisible, but very steep cost - the loss of microscopic organisms that make up the base of the ocean's food chain.

Realtor.com Proving that things are not always what they appear to be, a megamansion in Newcastle, OK, is this week's most popular listing on Realtor.com®.The exterior of the massive, 16,841-square-foot estate might not look like anything special, but wait until you see the interiors.Decked out in true '90s style, they feature granite columns, illuminated built-ins, three bars, a fitness center, and glass-block walls.

Getty Images / Realtor.comEntrepreneur Jim Clark has been busy with high-end Florida real estate deals this year.After selling his sprawling Manalapan estate for $173 million in a record-setting deal in June, the tech billionaire bought a more modest mansion in Wellington for $12 million in September.

Two dead humpback whales have been spotted floating in waters not far from New York City, the federal authorities said on Thursday, in another worrying sign for a species that faces a number of threats.The sightings were reported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, a New Jersey nonprofit that helps whales and other animals in distress.

Resolution 4 Architecture stacked a modular beach house above sand dunes for an unencumbered view of the Atlantic Ocean in Lido Beach, New York.The prefabricated coastal house - known as Lido Beach House II - was completed in 2021 as a summer house for a professor and her family.The 2,625-square foot (244-square metre) home has a rectilinear form and clean lines.

Pop open a bottle of Bordeaux, and you're almost guaranteed to be in for something special.The famous wine region is well-known for its elite pours, historical vineyards and mouth-watering blends.But a Bordeaux is so much more than the pricey bottle of red on a wine shop's top shelf.Want to know more?

The two blasts were small, but powerful in symbolism and the geopolitical context: two drones over the Kremlin, which Russian authorities claim were an attempt on the life of President Vladimir Putin.Moscow first blamed Kyiv, and then Washington, for the alleged attack last Wednesday.Both have strongly denied involvement and there is no evidence to suggest who was behind what happened, or exactly what happened in the first place.

From the moment he blustered his way onto the political stage, Donald Trump defied expectations.He won the White House despite lacking any government or military experience, a first in the nation's history.As a candidate and then as president, Trump drew supporters ever closer with his brash, impulsive and decidedly unpresidential behavior not in spite of it.

Sir David King, former chief scientific adviser to the UK Government and Founder of Centre for Climate Repair, told MyLondon in a recent interview that a mega-tsunami, caused by a potential or hypothetical landslide in the Canary Islands, could hit the coastal towns in the UK "any time" in the next 10,000 years.

Former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government and Founder of Centre for Climate Repair, Sir David, told MyLondon in a recent interview that a mega-tsunami, caused by a landslide in the Canary Islands, could hit the coastal towns in the UK "any time" in the next 10,000 years.While the chances of the giant wave hitting in the near future are "slim" he said: It could happen in 10,000 years time, but it could also happen tomorrow.

The U.S. military said Friday that recovery teams have concluded the search for debris of the suspected Chinese spy balloon that American fighter jets destroyed earlier this month as it flew off the South Carolina coast.Recovery operations concluded Thursday after the U.S. Navy successfully located and retrieved the wreckage, according to a U.S. Northern Command statement.

Host nation: Qatar Dates: 20 November-18 December Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app.Day-by-day TV listings  - Full coverage details  

England booked a meeting with African champions Senegal in the last 16 of the World Cup with Tuesday's 3-0 win over Wales.

F our Londoners have spent a month grappling with 30-foot waves, biblical rain, and 40C heat as they row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean for charity.Friends Oliver Collins, Will Hole, Louis Cruysmans and Henry Putt set off from La Gomera in Spain's Canary Islands on December 12, embarking on the world's toughest rowing race, the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.

ALBANY, N.Y.Even then, the gender imbalance was glaring.The so-called Million Dollar Staircase, spanning 444 steps and four floors of the New York State Capitol, memorialized the faces of dozens of distinguished figures in delicate carvings, but not one was a woman.Scrutiny prompted a state official to hastily authorize the addition of several women to the staircase's lower level.

Explorers trudged the Atlantic Ocean searching for World War II artifacts lost at sea, but they stumbled on something else  a 20-foot-long piece of debris from the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was destroyed shortly after takeoff in 1986.The History Channel and NASA revealed Thursday that the Challenger segment was discovered off Florida's east coast during the filming of a new series called The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters.

On January 28th, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger - carrying six crew members and one teacher - broke apart shortly after its launch, killing everyone on board.It was a day seared in the memories of thousands of Americans who watched live from home and near the launch pad, and now, 37 years later, more debris from the crash has been found - by accident.

The Challenger liftoff NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration/NASA A documentary crew searching the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida for a World War II-era wreckage uncovered a very different historical artifact.While digging in the seabed, crew members from the History Channel discovered a piece of the 1986 space shuttle Challenger, the explosion of which resulted in the death of all seven astronauts onboard mere seconds after liftoff.

Culture In this week's StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative, Nazim Abdul Karriem reflects on his time as a young Black soldier in World War II.SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Time now for StoryCorps's Military Voices Initiative that records and shares the stories of service members and their families.A note now - this piece contains offensive, racist language.

When US President Joe Biden learned a suspected Chinese spy balloon was drifting through the stratosphere 60,000 feet above Montana, his first inclination was to take it down.By then, however, it was both too early and too late.After flying over swaths of sparsely populated land, it was now projected to keep drifting over American cities and towns.

The French government is taking legal action over an environmental nightmare caused by waves of tiny plastic beads washing up on the coast of Brittany.The white pellets the size of grains of rice, nicknamed mermaids' tears, have been appearing on beaches in France and Spain for the last year.They are believed to have come from shipping containers lost in the Atlantic Ocean.

The US Defense Department has released a selfie taken in the cockpit of a U-2 spy plane, as an airman flew above the Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down by the US military earlier this month.The selfie, taken by the pilot of the U-2, shows the shadow of the aircraft on the balloon and a clear image of the balloon's payload as it crossed across the continental United States.

The downing of a Chinese spy balloon on Saturday afternoon ended America's fixation on the balloon's days-long journey across United States airspace and provided Saturday Night Live with irresistibly topical subject matter for its opening sketch just a few hours later.This weekend's S.N.L. broadcast, hosted by Pedro Pascal and featuring the musical guest Coldplay, started with a sendup of an MSNBC broadcast anchored by Chloe Fineman, playing the TV journalist Katy Tur.

Where: Hambleton Inn Bed & Breakfast, St. Michaels, Md.; 410-745-3350.What's special: Owner/innkeeper Debra Alms, and her partner, Richard P. Beavers, owner of RBCI construction company in Easton, took a neglected waterfront bed-and-breakfast and totally restored it.But the historic mid-1840's shipbuilder's home still retains a Victorian ambiance thanks to its antiques, rugs, chandeliers, and artifacts.

Image Credit...Brian Rea What's the most unusual place you've ever been on a date?We asked Modern Love listeners, and the responses did not disappoint.Rummaging through landfills, listening to cases in night court  the stories got weird.And there's one that our host, Anna Martin, considers the most bizarre of all (hint: dead bodies).

England and Senegal will meet for the first time at a World Cup as they face off in the round of 16 on Sunday (1900 GMT).The West African team overcame an initial loss to the Netherlands with two victories against hosts Qatar and Ecuador to progress out of Group A.
Senegal hope to emulate their golden year of 2002, when they reached both their first Africa Cup of Nations final and World Cup quarter-final.

Letitia Wright in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."(Marvel Studios) StarOutline StarOutline (2 stars) From its frantic opening moments, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" announces its intentions.Princess Shuri (Letitia Wright) is desperately trying to save the life of her brother, King T'Challa (the late Chadwick Boseman), checking his vitals by way of Griot, her personal artificial intelligence aide, and worriedly making micro-adjustments until her mother, Ramonda (Angela Bassett), arrives to deliver the dreaded news: "Your brother is with the ancestors."