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News of the World | Young players get a chance to shine at Euro 2016
Many nations are betting on youth at the European Championship, giving promising youngsters a chance to shine in France. Some of the top nations ... -
News of the World | In image-conscious Dubai, even police patrol in luxury cars
The high-end squad cars fit into the greater gearhead ethos of Dubai, where fire-engine red Ferraris growl at stoplights and convertible Rolls Royces prowl ... -
China’s high-tech future emerges in factory town Shenzhen
Forget Beijing and Shanghai. China’s economic future is emerging in Shenzhen. Once a collection of fishing enclaves next door to Hong Kong, Shenzhen, which ... -
Digital Life | Bias complaints on Facebook’s ‘trending’ tool
A former Facebook contractor with self-described conservative leanings said Facebook downplayed news that conservatives are interested in and artificially promoted liberal issues such as ... -
‘The Godfather’ studio is hoping for an offer it can’t refuse
Behind the fabled arch off Melrose Avenue, Hollywood history is everywhere. Over here is the stage where “Rear Window” and “The Graduate” were shot. ... -
News of the World | ‘I am here’ – Silenced by autism, young man finds his voice
Though he cannot speak, Benjamin Alexander has much to say, one typed word at a time. Ben was diagnosed with nonverbal autism and epilepsy ... -
NEWS OF THE WORLD | Beijing auto show showcases China’s SUV love affair
Sales of SUVs, seen as the safest option on China’s rough, chaotic roads, soared 52 percent last year. That helped the overall market grow ... -
NEWS OF THE WORLD | At Disney, running a race is all about the costume
Disney has races to honor classic Disney and Pixar characters (January and September), princesses (February), Tinker Bell (May) and superheroes from Disney’s Marvel comic ... -
News of the World | Boxing – Pacquiao, Roach fondly recall 15 years at the Wild Card
Manny Pacquiao was all kinds of hungry when he first walked into the Wild Card Boxing Club 15 years ago. An undernourished and largely ... -
Art Basel and Art Central | Bringing big money to art and big art to the people
Art fairs’ raison d’etre may be to sell art but that’s far from the whole story. New York gallery owner Ethan Coen offers an ... -
News of the World | Still ‘Viva Las Vegas’ for Elvis Presley? Less so lately
Vegas really is, ironically, a challenging market for Elvis,” said Jack Soden, CEO of Elvis Presley Enterprises, which runs the Graceland attraction in Memphis, ... -
News of the World | Radiation fears keep Japan’s nuclear refugees from returning
Tokiko Onoda, 80, lives with her husband in a cramped, cluttered apartment on the 21st floor of a high-rise in the edge of Tokyo ... -
News of the World | Kate Mara and Jamie Bell hit star-filled H&M Paris show
COURREGES TOWS THE LINE It was the sophomore outing for the revamped house of Andre Courreges — the influential French designer who gained global ... -
News of the World | Academy Awards may be hooked on ‘Oscar bait’
In the Coen brothers’ recent 1950s Hollywood satire, “Hail, Caesar!” Ralph Fiennes’ ascot-wearing British director Laurence Laurentz is helming a stuffy drawing room drama ... -
News of the World | Facts about gene editing as Britain OKs study
Genome editing is a technique that lets scientists alter the DNA of plants, animals or humans more precisely than ever before, much like a ... -
Digital Life | With restraint, YouTube rolls out original programming
Michael “Burnie” Burns hears a discrepancy. Before greeting moviegoers at the debut of his film, the writer-actor is eavesdropping on all the big-budget movie ... -
News of the World | In latest fad, Thais treat ‘child angel’ dolls like pets
Mix one part superstition, two parts fashion, a dab of celebrity idolatry and a heap of media frenzy, and what do you get? The ... -
News of The World | Instagrams of ‘Dog Named Jimmy’ turned owner’s life around
Rafael Mantesso turned 30 in an empty New York apartment after divorce left every wall, floor, closet and shelf bare. The only things he ... -
News of the World | India: Scientists ID new genus of tree frogs long thought extinct
A group of scientists, led by renowned Indian biologist Sathyabhama Das Biju, has rediscovered the “vanished” frogs and also identified them as part of ... -
News of the World | David Bowie never stopped looking ahead
It was hardly a coincidence that David Bowie named his greatest hits collection “Changes.” Bowie changed musical styles, fashion, even his name — from ... -
Travelog | Kyu Asakura: Finding serenity in a historic Tokyo house and garden
Coming from the high-rise neon madness of Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood just one train stop away, simply walking through the neighborhood of Daikanyama may feel ... -
News of the World | Chinese medicinal herbs provide niche market for US farmers
Expanding interest in traditional Chinese medicine in the United States is fostering a potentially lucrative new niche market for farmers who plant the varieties ... -
Holidays | Travel industry embraces virtual reality as marketing tool
From roller coasters to cruises to destinations, virtual reality is exploding as a way to market travel. You can parasail and paddle-board using virtual ... -
Travelog | Diving in the Marshall Islands with tuna, turtles and wrecks
It was clear right away it was a tuna swimming past because of the distinctive bumps along its back that lead to its angular ... -
MDT Feature | Local illusionist strives to keep the magic alive
It was only two months ago that Iong’s Magic & Co Macau found its place on a street near St. Lawrence’s Church. At the ... -
News of the World | Probe will test technology to detect ripples in space-time
The European Space Agency yesterday launched a rocket carrying two cubes of gold and platinum almost a million miles from Earth so that scientists ... -
MDT FEATURE | New bookshop enriches cultural life of Zhuhai
On 30th May this year, Zhuhai’s largest and most modern bookshop celebrated its first birthday with six cultural events that attracted hundreds of people ... -
News of the World | Behind pomp of APEC summit, crushing poverty endures
Just a few miles from the gleaming venue hosting President Barack Obama and other world leaders sits Manila’s slum of slums on a mountain ... -
Toys have best year in a decade
Toys are staging a comeback. The U.S. toy industry is expected to have its strongest year in at least a decade after several years ... -
News of the World | NATO tests its capabilities – and wants Russia to take note
The U.S.-led alliance’s aim is to train and exercise, but it is also “sending a very clear message to our nations and to any ... -
Digital Life | Apple TV brings iPhone-like apps to the big screen
Apple TV has been a depend-able streamer, but until now its repertoire was limited to a few dozen services. Sure, these included Netflix, Hulu ... -
Travelog | ‘Halal tourism’ emerges as businesses serve Muslim travelers
A rental company in Orlando, Florida, is offering “halal vacation homes” with curtained pool decks and rooms with prayer mats and copies of the ... -
Digital Life | Amazon’s gizmos aim to be assistants for your abode
When I brought home review models of Amazon’s Echo speaker, a sort of smart, voice- controlled speaker, and two Dash buttons that reorder household ... -
News of the World | Luxury birthing clinics spur cesarean ‘epidemic’ in Brazil
Thais Faria sank into a leather love seat, relaxing under the ministrations first of a masseuse, then a manicurist and finally a hairdresser-cum-makeup artist. ...
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