Life
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From Great Barrier Reef to Tanzanian game reserves, UN World Heritage sites in danger
From Australia's Great Barrier Reef to the city of Budapest and the watery wonderland that is Venice, several beauty spots risk losing their treasured UN World Heritage status because of environmental damage, excess development or overtourism
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The futuristic maritime shuttle powered by hydrogen
The Swiss company Almatech has unveiled ZESST, an ambitious hydrogen-powered shuttle project. Scheduled for 2025, this hydrofoil-type shuttle promises to 'fly' over water
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Fever clinic and Covid kits: Tokyo 2020 shows off Olympic Village
Tokyo 2020 organisers are in the home stretch before the July 23 opening ceremony, and are trying to build confidence that the mega-event will be safe for athletes and the Japanese public
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Dutch 'Golden Coach' exhibition revives racism debate
The horse-drawn carriage called the 'De Gouden Koets' has been embroiled in a racism controversy over a picture on the left-side panel of the opulent coach
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As Cyberpunk reboots, can unloved games win an extra life?
Some games—even some studios—go under after a botched start, but when the hopefully revamped 'Cyberpunk 2077' goes back on sale the developers will be hoping they emulate the revival of games like 'No Man's Sky'
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Dior channels ancient Greece for Cruise collection
French fashion house Dior on Thursday returned to live audience shows with a firework-punctuated presentation of its 2022 Cruise collection in Athens.
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Dining at the museum: The Michelin-starred chefs bringing fine dining to France's cultural hotspots
Time to take a tour of some of France's museum eateries, where top chefs serve up the finest of culinary concoctions for a post-culture-fix treat.
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Herders to hoteliers: China lures millions of tourists to Tibet
Tourism in Tibet fits with one of China's key aims — poverty alleviation—but also, experts warn, follows a pattern of co-opting and reshaping outlying areas with a history of resistance to Beijing's rule
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End of road for controversial Snapchat 'speed filter'
Snapchat said Thursday it is putting the brakes on a controversial feature that let users of the social network share how fast they were moving.
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Can dad pants take over skinny jeans fad?
The global pandemic may finally put an end to the long reign of skinny jeans as women don't seem quite so keen to squeeze their bodies into this far-too-tight fashion item after spending many a lockdown month in jogging pants
