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Providence [Guyana], June 27 (ANI): It will be a battle of T20I titans as Men in Blue will be taking on England in the semifinals of the ongoing ICC <keyword id="19921630" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="T20-World-Cup" source="keywords">T20 World Cup</keyword> at Guyana on Thursday. The clash will witness Jos Buttler-led England aim for second successive T20 WC final, while Men in Blue will be aiming to avenge a brutal 10-wicket loss to the same opponent in the final four clash of 2022 tournament at Adelaide. Since that heartbreaking loss at Adelaide, India has made a lot of changes to their white-ball game, introducing a pleothra of young and more explosive talent like Rinku Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, etc leading upto the tournament. Though the Men in Blue decided to revert back to experienced campaigners skipper <keyword id="19899523" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rohit-Sharma" source="keywords">Rohit Sharma</keyword> and <keyword id="19907934" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Virat-Kohli" source="keywords">Virat Kohli</keyword> after an incredible, record-shattering 50-over World Cup in India, the explosiveness and risk-taking defining the modern T20 cricket still form the heart of India's approach. This was evident from the performances of these two legends in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, especially Virat, who turned into a six-hitting, spin-demolishing machine of the older days, abandoning his more conservative and measured approach to the short format. However, Virat has failed to translate his IPL form into an international arena, scoring just 66 runs in six games at an average of 11.00, with the best score of 37 and two ducks. Having scored the most runs in T20 Cup history, this campaign has put somewhat of a dent on his legacy as the best batter ever to grace the tournament. All would be forgiven, however, if Virat returned to his clutch ways in knockouts. Notably, Virat has smacked a half-century in every T20 World Cup knockout game, including 72* (2014 semifinal), 77 (2014 final), 89* (2016 semifinal) and 50 (2022 semifinal). Despite this poor run, England coach Matthew Mott is not taking Virat lightly. In the pre-match presser, he said about the star batter, "Virat has proven his class over a very long period of time and he is one of the players we have prepared well for. We know how he can play; we know how destructive he can be and we also know his game smarts. If the game demands an innings of a different nature, he has got that skill." On the other hand, skipper Rohit Sharma has shown much better form. In six matches of the tournament so far, Rohit has scored 191 runs at an average of 38.20, with a strike rate of 159.16 and two half-centuries. His best score is 92. The semifinal will be a battle of two high-octane opening pairs, India's 'Ro-Ko' pair against England's Buttler (191 runs in six innings) and Phil Salt (183 runs in six innings). This pair has managed to put up 286 runs together in six innings this tournament at an average of 57.20, with their best partnership being a 117-run effort. Salt himself has been in fantastic form ever since he posted two successive centuries against the West Indies in a T20I series last year, having a fantastic IPL campaign for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), scoring 435 runs in 12 games, including four fifties for the champions. In the last 12 T20Is, Salt has scored 507 runs in 11 innings at an average of 63.37 and a strike rate of over 182, with two tonnes and fifty. His best score is 119. The batter averages 52.2 and strikes at 180 in the West Indies, where he has gotten two centuries and two fifties in 14 innings with 574 runs. England will be in battle against two of the best pacers of this tournament, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh. In six matches, Bumrah has taken 11 wickets so far in the tournament at an average of 8.54 and an economy rate of just above 4. His best bowling figures are 3/7. Arshdeep is the second-highest wicket-taker, with 15 scalps in six games at an average of 11.86 and best figures of 4/9. How Salt and Buttler survive their onslaught in powerplay will be crucial in deciding the course of the match. Men in Blue, on the other hand, have everything going right for them, except Virat's form maybe. Undefeated, they have registered comprehensive wins while chasing and defending alike and their campaign has been an incredible team effort. However, the pressure of playing in knockouts becomes a different kind of beast for India, who have fallen inches short of an ICC trophy nearly every year after a semifinal/final qualification. Rohit attributes India's recent knockout performances both to fear of failure and bad luck. "It is a bit of both. See, we want to treat this game as another game that we have played in this tournament. We don't want to think about what lies ahead, what the context of the game is, and all of that. Everyone knows in the back of their minds that it is a semi-final. But you don't want to keep talking about it again and again and again. And not to think about what has happened in the past. I think we, all of us, the entire group, are in a good frame of mind. We are playing well as a team, enjoying each other's company and each other's success at times as well. I think it's important to just carry on that, carry on from what we have been doing in this tournament," the India captain said in the pre-match press conference. Though the clash looks extremely promising, a <keyword id="21711086" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rain-threat" source="keywords">rain threat</keyword> looms over this 2022 T20 World Cup rematch. As per World Weather, it is currently partly cloudy and 24 degrees celsius in Georgetown, Guyana. At 9 AM local time, before the 10:30 AM start, light and patchy rain is likely to occur in Guyana. Light rains are forecast for every hour till 4 PM, after which the weather will remain partly cloudy for the remainder of the day. India has been allocated the Guyana semifinal due to match timings, as the 10:30 AM local time slot, as per Indian Standard Time, is a much more TV-friendly slot of 8 PM. The final, to be held in Bridgetown, Barbados, on June 29, will take place at 10 AM local time, and happen at 7:30 PM in India, as per ESPNCricinfo. There will be no reserve day for the second semifinal. However, an extra 250 minutes worth of time will be given to the match. This extra time has been added since the tournament schedule does not allow for a reserve day. If reserve day was given for semifinal two, it would have meant just a day's worth of gap for recovery and practice between that game and the final. The second semifinal could be in for a tight squeeze if persistent rain takes place because, as per rules, a result can only be decided if both teams bat for at least 10 overs. In the majority of T20 games, the teams batting second are supposed to bat for at least five overs in order to achieve a result. This system was in place for the majority of the ICC T20 World Cup matches. But in the knockout games though, teams batting second will have to face at least 10 overs in order to decide on a result as per the Duckworth-Lewis method. This was also the case for the knockout games in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. As per an ICC spokesperson, overs will be reduced only from 2:40 PM, which is 250 minutes after the scheduled start of 10:30 am. For a 10-over match, the game will have to start at 4:14 PM local time, the spokesperson added, as per ESPNCricinfo. If the game is not completed and is washed out due to rain, Men in Blue will move to the finals due to them topping the Super Eights group, as compared to England's second-place finish in Group two.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="19935006" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Guyana" source="keywords">Guyana</keyword>, the tiny South American nation, plans to give $500 to every citizen aged 18 and over.</li><li>Its president said the <keyword id="21044249" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cash-payments" source="keywords">cash payments</keyword> aim to narrow disparities and help with higher living costs.</li></ul>The world's fastest-growing economy is giving the equivalent of $500 to each of its adult citizens as it works to share its newfound oil wealth and soften the sting of higher living costs. President <keyword id="21170274" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mohamed-Irfaan-Ali" source="keywords">Mohamed Irfaan Ali</keyword> of Guyana, the South American country with just 800,000 people, announced the move last week and said his government would begin distributing the cash immediately. He previously said each household would receive the Guyanese-dollar equivalent of $1,000, but switched to an individual payment after locals raised concerns about how a household would be defined and how the money would be shared within each home. "This is how we are promoting prosperity, ownership, distribution of wealth," Ali said. "This is how the resources and revenue of this country are being spent every single day to lift the lives of people, to expand national wealth, coastal wealth, and community wealth." Guyanese authorities have taken other steps to combat the rising cost of living, the post noted. They've removed more than 200 taxes and fees, including the excise tax on fuel and VAT on water, electricity, and some basic foods. They also gave a one-time, tax-free grant worth about $120 a person to a group that included teachers and public servants last year. Nicolas Suarez, a senior economist at S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence who covers Latin America, told Business Insider the original plan would "increase the average household's disposable income, alleviating some budget constraints." He estimated the initial program's scale at 1.5% of national GDP and 7.9% of Guyana's Natural Resource Fund, which officials set up in 2019 to prudently manage the country's oil revenues. The scale of the updated plan is less clear. World Health Organization data suggests there are about 711,000 Guyanese aged 15 and over, so if we assume the 18+ population is 660,000 people and all of them receive $500 each, the program could cost $330 million —not far off the government's estimate of $290 million for the original household payout. "In the short term, this measure could boost private consumption growth, but it may not ease <keyword id="19895000" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="inflation" source="keywords">inflation</keyword>ary pressures," Suarez said about the previous plan. "On the contrary, higher government expenditures could lead to significant inflationary pressures over the next 12 months." He noted that inflation in Guyana has climbed from a pre-pandemic average of 2.3% a year to 3.3% in August. He noted that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/investing/what-is-inflation">inflation</a> in Guyana has climbed from a pre-pandemic average of 2.3% a year to 3.3% in August. <h2>Riding an oil wave</h2>Guyana, an English-speaking former colony that gained independence from Britain in 1966, borders Venezuela to the west, Brazil to the south, and Suriname to the east. Its natural resource fund is similar to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/norway-sovereign-wealth-fund-to-dump-russian-assets-ukraine-invasion-2022-2">Norway's oil fund</a>, set up in the 1990s to invest profits from the Scandinavian nation's oil-and-gas sector, protect the economy from fluctuations in energy revenues, and serve as a financial reserve and long-term savings plan for Norwegians. Norway's gas-powered sovereign wealth fund has helped to make it one of the world's wealthiest countries with an estimated population of 5.5 million and a GDP per capita of about $88,000 last year, according to World Bank data. Its oil fund held over $1.7 trillion of assets at the end of June, or more than $300,000 per Norwegian citizen. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/warren-buffett-chevron-hess-guyana-oil-economy-berkshire-hathaway-stock-2023-10">Exxon</a>, which has discovered an estimated <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/oil-market-outlook-opec-price-cuts-us-crude-production-guyana-2023-12">11 billion barrels of oil equivalent</a> off Guyana's coastsince 2015, forecasts the country will produce about 1.3 million barrels a day once the company's six projects are online in 2027. That amount rivals Qatar's current output and would rank Guyana among the world's 20 largest oil producers. Guyana ramped up production to more than 600,000 barrels a day earlier this year, fueling roughly 50% <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-market-guyana-economy-crude-production-outlook-opec-price-cuts-2023-12">GDP growth</a> in the first half and putting Guyana on track to grow about 43% this year, Ali said in an August webcast. Real GDP soared by about 62% in 2022 then 33% in 2023, while GDP per capita has surged from $7,000 in 2020 to around $26,000 this year, International Monetary Fund data shows. <h2>Sharing the wealth</h2>Guyana's payment to its people "sounds like great news," Karl Widerquist, a philosophy professor at Georgetown University-Qatar and the author of several books about universal basic income (UBI) told BI. He described the one-time distribution as "basic capital" or a "stakeholder grant" instead of a basic income, but said "it's a big step in that direction if they go through with it." UBI typically refers to a recurring cash payment made to every individual in a society regardless of their wealth, with no restrictions on <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-people-spend-universal-basic-income-ubi-food-housing-transportation-2024-4">how the money is spent</a> and no requirement to pay it back. Proponents hail it as a safety net against poverty that relieves financial strain and frees people to change jobs, start businesses, and weather periods of bad luck without stressing about paying their bills. Guyana's one-off, unconditional cash grant is a "positive step," Cleo Goodman, the basic income lead at the Autonomy Institute think tank, told BI. "This is a welcome injection of cash for citizens." However, she noted a guaranteed, regular income would be a "much more comprehensive commitment to redistributing this newfound wealth." Guyana was colonized by the Netherlands before Britain gained control in the late 18th century. The nation, which shares borders with Venezuela, Brazil and Suriname, became independent in 1966. Correction: October 18, 2024 — An earlier version of this story mistakenly reported an outdated version of the policy. Guyana announced Wednesday it had decided to give the equivalent of $500 to every adult, rather than a higher amount to each household as previously planned. The story also misstated the value of the previously announced figure in US dollars. It was $1,000 a household, not $2,000.

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<ul><li>India is scheduled to take on England in the second semifinal of the <keyword id="19921630" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="T20-World-Cup" source="keywords">T20 World Cup</keyword>.</li><li><keyword id="19991168" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rain" source="keywords">Rain</keyword> is expected to impact the match, with weather forecasts predicting rain during the game.</li><li>Here’s what will happen if it rains during the <keyword id="22187546" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="India-vs-England-T20-World-Cup" source="keywords">India vs England T20 World Cup</keyword> semifinal.</li></ul> India is all set to take on England in the second semifinal of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 on June 27. India defeated Australia to climb to the top of Group 1 in the Super Eight. Ahead of India’s clash with England, Afghanistan will take on South Africa in the first semifinal. Rain has been a concern in the second leg of the tournament and both the semi-finals could get affected by rain. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="India vs England semifinal date and time" comment="subhead" text="India vs England semifinal date and time"><keyword id="7831140" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="india-vs-england-semifinal" source="Orion">India vs England semifinal</keyword> date and time</cmsannotation> The India vs England semifinal is scheduled to take place on June 27 at 8 PM Indian time, which is 10:30 AM local time in Guyana where the match is being held. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Ind vs Eng semifinal weather report" comment="subhead" text="Ind vs Eng semifinal weather report">Ind vs Eng semifinal <keyword id="21020218" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="weather-report" source="keywords">weather report</keyword></cmsannotation> As per AccuWeather, it is expected to rain starting from 10 am on June 27, with a 61% probability of rain, which increases to 68% at 11 am. There is an 88% chance it will rain during the morning, which might also impact the game. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Is there a reserve day for the Ind vs Eng T20 WC semifinal?" comment="subhead" text="Is there a reserve day for the Ind vs Eng T20 WC semifinal?">Is there a reserve day for the Ind vs Eng T20 WC semifinal?</cmsannotation> While there is a reserve day for the South Africa vs Afghanistan semifinal, there is no reserve day for the India vs England semifinal. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Additional time for T20 WC semifinal" comment="subhead" text="Additional time for T20 WC semifinal">Additional time for T20 WC semifinal</cmsannotation> Instead of a reserve day, a provision of an additional 250 minutes has been made for the India vs England semifinal. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="What happens if the match is washed out?" comment="subhead" text="What happens if the match is washed out?">What happens if the match is washed out?</cmsannotation> If the match is washed out without a single ball being bowled or no result being possible even with the additional time, India will move on to the final of the T20 World Cup as they are on top of the Group 1 table while England is in second position of Group 2. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/webstories/vraj-iron-and-steel-ipo-opens-price-band-to-risk-factors-all-you-need-to-know/slidelist/111277048.cms">Vraj Iron and Steel IPO opens – Price band to risk factors, all you need to know</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/webstories/oneplus-nord-ce-4-lite-vs-poco-x6-which-phone-should-you-buy-under-25000/slidelist/111257892.cms">OnePlus Nord CE 4 Lite vs Poco X6 – which phone should you buy under ₹25,000?</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/sports/news/t20-world-cup-afghanistan-qualify-for-semis-for-the-first-time-australia-eliminated/articleshow/111250546.cms">T20 World Cup: Afghanistan qualify for semis for the first time, Australia eliminated</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Anthony McWilliams has been chronicling his travels on the 9-month Ultimate World Cruise on TikTok.</li><li>McWilliams got off the ship in Grenada and won't be able to reboard until the ship docks in Uruguay.</li></ul>Despite all the TikTok fervor, there have been very few actual moments of drama from the 9-month Ultimate World Cruise excursion that set off earlier this month. Antoine McWilliams is the exception to that rule.McWilliams signed up for Royal Caribbean's Ultimate World Cruise in 2021 as a solo traveler, taking the trip in memory of his late husband Michael, who died of cancer in 2018.Before he died, Michael made McWilliams promise to travel."He said, 'Travel will be your sanity, travel will be your salvation.' And that's exactly what I've done for the last five years is travel the world," McWilliams told Business Insider.<div type="image" title="couple kissing under a pergola on the beach getting married" height="2048" width="1536" msid="106389282" hostid="261" sizebytes="303952"></div>The 54-year-old retired public health project coordinator wanted to take a side trip to Brazil during the cruise to visit friends and some of the special places he and Michael had traveled to in past years, so he asked ship officials for approval to leave the ship at one stop and then hop back on a few days later.According to Royal Caribbean's official policy, guests are allowed to hop off at one port and reboard at another. It's called "downlining," and must be requested in advance (because, among other things, cruise ships hold on to passengers' passports while on board).But each country has different policies when it comes to disembarking and rejoining a trip, and Royal Caribbean told him Brazil would not allow him to disembark at one port and then get back on at another. BI has been unable to independently verify this.So instead, McWilliams said he disembarked in Grenada, missing the ship's planned port in French Guyana, and plans to reboard the ship when it docks in Montevideo, Uruguay.The problem? That won't be until January 4, 2024. McWilliams has some time to kill on land, but he doesn't seem to mind."Brazil is my favorite place to visit. I love it here. It's so scenic. And then again, my very first time coming to Brazil was in 2007 — my husband Michael brought me here," he told BI. "I walk the streets of Brazil and remember him."McWilliams chose to disembark in Grenada because flights to Rio de Janeiro were about $1,000 cheaper than from French Guyana. But it turned out the ship had been unable to dock in French Guyana because of bad weather anyway. Had he stayed in French Guyana, he would have never been able to make a flight. McWilliams considers it kismet."God worked in mysterious ways because I'm not on the ship," he said.<div type="image" title="group of four people on the deck of a cruise ship" height="967" width="1290" msid="106389283" hostid="261" sizebytes="189886"></div>Despite not being able to board the ship again for about a week McWilliams plans to meet his Ultimate World Cruise friends for an excursion to Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro."It's really kind of sad in a way that I'm even going to go to the ship and meet them, but I just can't go on the boat. It's such a crazy thing," he said.McWilliams said he's enjoying his time no matter what, though."I would love to believe that I had figured life out, but it's because of my husband that I am able to do this trip," he said. "The older we get, the less mobile we may get, and I want do it now. I want to be able to make these kind of moves and see the world when I'm able to actually really enjoy it in my body and in my spirit."

An Ultimate World Cruise passenger took a side trip to Brazil and is now not allowed to reboard the cruise for another week

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Spanish police are investigating what appears to be an ocean-going narco-submarine that sunk in the waters of Galicia in the country's northwest.</li><li>Galicia has long been an entry point for cocaine smuggled from South America, but the use of this kind of vessel would be a first.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Spanish police were studying Monday how to refloat a submarine believed to be carrying tons of cocaine, which if confirmed would make it the first time such a vessel has been found to be used in drug trafficking in the country.The submarine was intercepted Sunday in an inlet in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia, an official from the government's office in the province of Pontevedra told the Associated Press.The winding Galician coast, with secluded inlets and isolated beaches, has long been <a href="https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/04/10/inenglish/1554879472_974974.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">used by smugglers</a> bringing cocaine by sea from South America into Europe.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with government rules, told the AP a police diver had entered the submarine and extracted one package of cocaine.Media reports said the vessel - believed to be about 72 feet long - could be carrying 3 metric tons of cocaine. A Galician government official told news outlet <a href="https://www.elperiodico.com/es/videos/sociedad/interceptan-en-galicia-un-submarino-con-3000-kilos-de-cocaina/4723709.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">El Periodico</a> that there were drugs inside the vessel.Sources familiar with the investigation <a href="https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/11/25/inenglish/1574680401_772913.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Spanish newspaper El País</a> that the groups responsible for the shipment must be "big, since just the submarine itself must have cost around €2.5 million," or about $2.75 million.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div>The official from the government's office told the AP two Ecuadorian crew members were arrested on land Sunday after police moved to seize the submarine while a third managed to flee. He said it was not clear if the vessel had been purposely sunk by the crew or had suffered some mechanical problem.The official said the submarine was some 20 feet under water and that bad weather was complicating how police might be able to bring it to the surface.He said Spanish police, in coordination with other countries' forces, had been monitoring the submarine's journey for some days.According to El País, the vessel departed from Colombia, the world's largest producer of cocaine and a frequent embarkation point for narco subs, which typically travel through the Pacific to Central America or Mexico with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coast-guard-cocaine-seizures-decline-in-2018-2019-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">multiton loads of cocaine bound for the US</a>.Portuguese police confirmed the submarine passed by Portugal and that detectives and the Portuguese navy were involved in a joint operation with Spanish authorities to track it. However, a police spokesperson said Portuguese authorities were not immediately making public any details of the operation. The spokesperson spoke on condition of anonymity, in accordance with police rules.The Spanish official could not say from which country the submarine had come, but media reports said it was suspected to have set off from Colombia.The sources familiar with the investigation <a href="https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/11/25/inenglish/1574680401_772913.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told El País</a> that the sub was built in Guyana and had been in operation "for years," making "at least two trips a year."Another homemade narco sub was found in an estuary in Vigo, also in Pontevedra province, in late 2006, <a href="https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/11/25/inenglish/1574680401_772913.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to El País. It was carrying <a href="https://es.finance.yahoo.com/noticias/espa%C3%B1a-captura-narcosubmarino-cargado-coca%C3%ADna-103939658.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">about 1,650 pounds</a> of cocaine and was loaded with fuel and its engine was running. Six people later received two-year prison sentences for trying to smuggle cocaine into Galicia.Besides Galicia's inlets, gangs often use Spain's southwestern port of Algeciras to smuggle cocaine into Spain. In April 2018, police found nearly 9 tons of cocaine concealed in a banana shipment from Colombia in the port. Two months earlier, authorities seized 6 tons of cocaine there.___The AP's Ciarán Giles reported from Madrid. AP writer Barry Hatton in Lisbon contributed to this report.

Spanish police are trying to refloat a narco sub that carried 3 tons of cocaine across the Atlantic

<ul class="summary-list"><li>In times of social isolation, people are turning to <keyword id="6181" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Food">food</keyword> to comfort them.</li><li><keyword id="598081" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Comfort-food">Comfort food</keyword> tends to be high in fat, salt, and sugar. </li><li>Twenty people from different cultural backgrounds shared their comfort food of choice and what it means to them.</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Following is a transcript of the <keyword id="21654" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="video">video</keyword>: Herrine Ro: In these stressful and uncertain times of quarantine, people from all over the world are seeking comfort in food. Comfort food can fix any bad day. It's typically high in sugar, fat, and/or salt. And the beauty of comfort food is that it varies from person to person. It's rooted in where you're from and who you grew up with. We asked 20 people from different cultural backgrounds to share what comfort food is to them. I'll start with mine. My favorite comfort food is kimchi jjigae, or kimchi stew. I'm Korean American, and, growing, up my mom made kimchi jjigae pretty often for dinner. My mom's kimchi jjigae has that son-mat. Son-mat in Korean means, like, hand taste. The best way I can describe it is my mom's special touch. Even if I try to make my mom's kimchi jjigae here in New York City, I can't get that taste because it lacks my mom's special touch. So, basically, the flavors that you're getting are, like, spicy, salty, fatty, sour. It's basically everything that I crave when I'm missing my mom. Tomi Obebe: I'm Nigerian, and one of my favorite comfort foods has to be amala and okra soup. To make it, you take some yam flour and you pour it into boiling hot water, stir it up very quickly, and it gets to this nice thick consistency. From there, you portion it out to whatever size you'd like for your meal. And then you can dip it into your soup of choice. And not only is it a super-tasty meal, but after you eat it, [snaps] it hits you, and it puts you in one of those nice food comas. I remember sneaking into the kitchen as a toddler and trying to tear off small pieces of amala, or, like, the eru seeds that they put in the soup and taking it back to my playroom. So, of course, now anytime that I have it, I just automatically think of home. Sarah Isoke: I'm Trinidadian, and my favorite comfort food is bake and saltfish. Bake and saltfish is a dish comprised of bake, which is dough rolled out, and a fish called bacalao. It's a salted cod that we chop up, we boil, and we sauté with sweet tomatoes and sweet onions. I think it's my favorite comfort food just because it brings back a memory of my grandmother. She used to own a daycare, and whenever she was making something with dough, like bake, she would roll up little pieces of the dough and give it to the children to play with. And we would just go crazy for those little pieces of dough. Matthew Ferere: My favorite Haitian comfort food is griot. Griot is fried pork shoulder that has a special cut where it has just the right amount of fat and just the right amount of skin on it. You would season it well, bake it briefly, and then fry it. So, after that, it'll get that nice crispy on the outside, tender on the inside taste. I can remember being a child, you know, at every Haitian gathering, family party, if you had griot on your plate that night, you knew it was gonna be a good night. Lisa Paradise: My comfort food has always been pastina, which is like a really unhealthy version of Italian wedding soup. It has no vegetables. It's really just pasta and meatballs. So, the way that my mom makes her meatballs is really what I always crave. She does a mix of pork, of ground pork, ground beef, and ground veal. And then she adds in just five ingredients. So, the five ingredients are salt, pepper, garlic powder, parsley, and cheese. It's not just, like, Parmesan cheese; it's always pecorino Romano cheese. That's, like, the go-to key ingredient. Whenever I go home or whenever I'm, like, sad or sick or whatever, that's what I want my mom to make me, or that's what I, like, want to eat. Naja Newell: I'm from New York, and my favorite comfort food is grilled cheese. Growing up as picky eater, grilled cheese was the No. 1 thing I could get from every single family member and every single restaurant and it be almost the exact same every single time. So, today when I make grilled cheese for myself, I just use white or wheat bread, and I'll use white American cheese. It reminds me of being best friends with my mom. Alyson Brown: I'm Alyson Brown, and today we're gonna talk about beef patties, because that's my favorite Jamaican comfort food. Growing up, my father used to bring home, like, a box of beef patties. And he used to put them on the table and it was first come, first serve, and if you did not get your beef patty, you would be tight. I love beef patties because of how diverse they are. You could get a beef patty, a callaloo patty, a ackee patty, any type of patty. My family is Jamaican. The're from Jamaica. I'm American, I was born here. But when we go to Jamaica, it's over. The patties are, like, hot and ready. They delicious. Manuel Silva-Paulus: I'm from New York, I'm Dominican, and my favorite comfort food is mangu. Mangu is basically like mashed potatoes, but instead of potatoes, it's plantains. And it's a breakfast food, so most Dominicans will eat it in the morning. Mangu is typically eaten with cebollas on top, which is onions; queso frito on the side, which is fried cheese; salami, which is a type of meat; and usually, like, some people will get a fried egg on it. Personally, I love eggs, so I always get them on it. The reason why mangu is my favorite comfort food, besides the fact that it's delicious, is because it just reminds me of being in the Dominican Republic and just, like, being around great weather, sunny, like, just an all-around great vibe. Selena Singh: My comfort food is pepperpot. It came from Guyana's first people, known as the Amerindians. Pepperpot is a meal that is boiled with cassareep and spices and any choice of meat, but my personal favorite is beef. It can be eaten with anything; bread, cassava bread, rice, anything you would like. Pepperpot reminds me of Christmastime and all the family time and a rich culture in Guyana. Samantha Lee: My favorite comfort food is congee, a type of rice porridge. It's often eaten with yau ja gwai, also known as a Chinese doughnut. There are also many different types of congee. I've had it plain, with dried scallops, with preserved egg and salted pork, and just whitefish. Growing up, my mom would make this for breakfast some days, and she would also make it for me when I was sick and I couldn't keep any solid foods down. My mom passed away in January of 2018, so the process of making congee and eating it reminds me of her love, her dedication, and her patience as my mother. Isabella Paoletto: I'm Mexican American, and my favorite comfort food is tamales. Every year, my grandma and her sisters get together and they all make tamales for us to eat on Christmas Eve, so it really reminds me of home and of Christmastime and of my family, so it's really special. My family makes the dish with shredded pork in a red chili sauce with green olives. Basically, right now only my grandma and my aunts know how to make it, but they've started to teach me and my mom and my sisters how to do it, so that way, we can pass it on to the next generation. Harry Kersh: My favorite comfort food is Marmite on toast. It just has this really rich, really savory, and quite salty flavor. And it's just really comforting, especially when it's put on some thickly buttered toast. I have very vivid memories of eating Marmite on toast, particularly when I was feeling a bit sick. I had an operation when I was 3 years old. I went under general anesthetic. When I woke up, the nurse said, "Is there anything we can get you?" And my first request was Marmite on toast. Nisha Stickles: My favorite comfort food is kuay teaw, or Thai noodle soup. Thai noodle soup is the Thai equivalent of what a deli sandwich is to New Yorkers. And you can customize each kuay teaw order to be your own. My go-to order is kuay teaw ped, so duck noodle soup with sen mee, which are the rice noodles that are thinner than the ones you have in pho. And I only will eat it in this one noodle shop, and I refuse to have it elsewhere because they just make it so special. And it sucks because I can't really replicate that experience in any Thai restaurant here since they don't really specialize in that. Jennifer Hernandez: My favorite comfort food are Colombian arepas. Arepas are cornmeal patties that are typically made with salt, water, and masarepa. This is my favorite comfort food because when I was a kid, my dad and I didn't have matching schedules at all. So by the time he would get home, I was already sleeping, and we wouldn't see each other till the weekend. And at the weekends, our favorite family-time activity was to make arepas. It was also the first meal I learned how to make. So, we're gathered in our tiny kitchen. Mold them together, put it in the stove top, and then once they were ready and hot, my dad would put butter on top, sprinkle it with a little bit of cheese, and it was delicious. And it's still one of my favorite meals. Cory Villegas: My favorite comfort food is Puerto Rican pasteles de yuca. In Spanish, we call it a masa. It's like a doughy kind of thing. It has, like... you can put stuff in it. So, you can put, like, meat, chicken, you can put vegetables. I mean, they wrap it around a banana leaf, and then they boil it. And we make them in bulk. I mean, it takes two to three days to make. It's my favorite comfort food because my aunts and my mom, they sit around, we talk, and they're making this dish that is so reminiscent of our Puerto Rican culture. Caroline Aghajanian: My comfort food is lahmajun. It's a thin flatbread, almost like pizza, that's enjoyed in and around the Middle East. It's typically made by taking small dough balls and flattening them into really thin pieces, and then it's topped with beef or lamb, some vegetables, and spices, and then it's cooked in the oven for just a few minutes. My family and I typically buy a dozen or so of them from Armenian bakeries or grocery stores here in LA because they make them really tasty. Arturo Valenzuela: My comfort food is aji de gallina. It's a spicy chicken mixture that my grandma used to make all the time. A yellow pepper that's found in Peru, aji amarillo, is mixed with, you sauté some onions, then you're gonna add some chicken broth, milk, and crackers or bread. It's a nice little paste sauce, and then with some boiled chicken that you shredded. Aji de gallina reminds me of just Peru in general. Living there, my grandfather had 50, 80 chickens, and my grandma would just grab one, and it would be fresh. Ruqayyah Moynihan: I'm British Pakistani, and my favorite comfort food is a dish called aloo ki tarkari. The reason I love this dish so much is because it's a curry. It's very carby as opposed to one with lots of gravy. My mum usually adds to it aloo, potatoes; mirch, chili; namak, salt; haldi, turmeric; and then she adds something called panch phoron, which is a blend of five spices. You blend the spices, you fry them, you add your chopped-up potatoes, add water, boil the water off, and let the potatoes break up. It's really heartwarming, very flavorsome. And it also reminds me of coming home from school and cooking with my mom, learning to cook with my naani, my mom's mom, who passed away a few years back. Barbara Corbellini Duarte: My two favorite Brazilian comfort foods are cheese bread and feijoada. For cheese bread, there's definitely not an occasion. It's just everywhere, all the time. You can eat it at any time of the day. It's without a doubt the food that I miss the most because it's just the perfect snack. Feijoada is basically a giant black bean soup. It's definitely something that I grew up eating, and it's very iconic in Brazil. Almost everyone eats it. Aynour Elkasaby: My favorite comfort food has to be ful, which is fava beans. And it's usually served hot. And it's really easy to make, so that's why we make it all the time. It contains tomatoes, onions, some people put tahini in it, and we put in it a lot of spices. Usually, people eat it with pita bread. It's my favorite comfort food because, over the summer, my grandpa would make it for breakfast a lot. So we'd wake up, and it would be there. So it reminds me a lot of home. Herrine: As social beings, social distancing may not be easy. Let's do what we can and make the most of it by enjoying our favorite comfort foods. Let us know what your favorite comfort food is and why in the comment section below. Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/comfort-food-around-the-world-video-2020-4">Insider</a>

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