Day: April 19, 2025
High-end bar with Middle East-style nut filling is rationed in shops as price of raw kernels surges
Product promotion on TikTok is now powerful enough to influence the vast agricultural economies of the US and Iran – at least when it comes to the consumption of high-end confectionery.
A chocolate bar stuffed with a creamy green pistachio filling has become incredibly popular after a series of video clips shared on the social media site. The first bit of footage praising the taste of the expensive so-called “Dubai chocolate” was posted at the end of 2023 and has now been viewed more than 120m times, to say nothing of the many follow-up videos.
Nearly 70 percent of CEOs disapprove of Trump’s tariffs, according to a survey https://t.co/wxgax1NhFO
— The Hill (@thehill) April 19, 2025
- Ukraine accuses Russia of breaching Easter ceasefire with ongoing attacks France 24
- Putin announces Easter ceasefire, Zelensky calls for 30-day truce. The Kyiv Independent
- Zelensky says Russian attacks ongoing despite ‘Easter truce’ BBC
- Ukraine Says Russia Violated Easter Truce The New York Times
- Putin accused of breaching own truce as brief pause to fighting in Ukraine nears end CNN
- Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin and Zelensky accuse each other of breaking Easter ‘truce’ The Independent
- Russia attacks Ukraine despite ongoing ‘Easter truce’: Zelensky The Hill
- Russia creating an ‘impression of a ceasefire’ as attacks continue, Zelensky says New York Post
- Zelensky on truce: Ukraine will respond in kind—mirroring Russia’s actions Ukrinform
