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Barbecued beef is so spicy, even the big cat had a bawl

This Thai dish of charcoal-grilled steak, served thinly sliced with a sauce containing copious amounts of chilli, seems straightforward enough. After all, the steak-and-condiment combination is common in many other world cuisines. However, it is known to Thais by a peculiar name, seua rong hai, or 'crying tiger'. One story the dish's name is said to originate from involves a tiger that once killed a cow. He found the loin and began his meal there, enjoying the bovine's most tender sections, right up to the neck.

Chinas EV sector a live wire for US, with war of words over excess capacity casting shadow over J

United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is expected to consult American companies on China’s industrial overcapacity, particularly in solar power and electric vehicles (EVs), at a planned meeting during her trip to China next week – a discussion that is likely to inform the tone of subsequent talks with her counterparts in Beijing, as both sides have deployed heated rhetoric on the issue. The town hall-style meeting will last for one and a half hours in the early afternoon of April 5 according to information obtained by the Post, twice as long as the 45 minutes previously reported.

EastEnders shuns iPlayer release for explosive Christmas Day murder episode - but there's a catch

THE BBC has confirmed that the EastEnders Christmas Day episode will not be available to view early ahead of the big The Six reveal - dashing any hopes of an early Christmas gift from the soap. Fans can usually expect to find brand new episodes of the soap available to stream on BBC iPlayer at 6am on the day of its television airing. But this Christmas that will not be the case with bosses holding out in order for everyone to discover the truth behind the storyline at the same time.

How to disrupt the beauty industry

“It’s humbling building a start-up,” says Gina Farran, “because everything you think you know gets destroyed in the first month!” Farran is talking about her whirlwind journey over the past two years co-founding Glaize, a new beauty brand that produces made-to-measure stick-on gel nails for at-home manicures (customers send in photographs of their hands and receive a laser-cut sheet of peel-off gel nails, tailored to their size and in the colour of their choice).

Ibiza on a budget: How to visit the White Isle in style

Ibiza. Fun, beautiful - and bloomin' expensive. Yep, at around £25 for a vodka and Red Bull, £37 to get into a club and as much as a tenner for a mini bottle of water, a trip to the White Isle can make you poor. However there are ways around this island’s expensive tastes. As its final, and best, month of the season rocks around, you can pop over there and make it one savvy September break.