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- Thai artist dishes out communal curry at US’ Hirshhorn museum
- Wingmums: How wild bonobo mothers help their sons find love
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- Sherpa ascends Everest twice in a week, sets record with 24th summit
- Could the fabled Orient Express take to the rails from Paris again?
- The ‘MasterChef’ selling papaya salad from his modest eatery
- Israel drinks to old times with ancient-style beer
Climate change forces ski stations in Chile to produce artificial snow
Once deep in powder this time of year, Chile’s ski stations are fighting the ravages of climate change and pollution that have brought less and less snow to the central Andes.
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Harassed Moroccan women shun beach for Rabat’s new pool
Publication date 20 August 2019 | 21:22 | ICTMorccan women seeking to escape harassment at the beach are flocking to Rabat’s vast new public swimming pool instead, but many still eschew swimsuits for fear of voyeurs and disapproving glances.
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Canadian woman takes on stereotypes as a drag king
Publication date 20 August 2019 | 21:20 | ICTMelodie Rousseau is an actress by day, but at night, the 33-year-old Canadian makes herself up as a man – and takes the stage at Montreal’s cabaret halls as a drag king.
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English town celebrates local hero Ed Sheeran
Publication date 20 August 2019 | 18:51 | ICTThe little-known town of Ipswich in eastern England has historically prided itself on farming and football, but is now celebrating the stellar pop career of its most famous son, Ed Sheeran.
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Mobile cinema brings movie magic to Syria’s Kurd children
Publication date 20 August 2019 | 18:50 | ICTIn a schoolyard of rural northeastern Syria, boys and girls break out into giggles watching Charlie Chaplin’s pranks, a rare treat thanks to a mobile cinema roving through the countryside.
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Nang Leng Pub and Seafood
Publication date 20 August 2019 | 16:35 | ICTNang Leng – Pub and Seafood, located near the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh, provides delectable feasts from the sea in a beautifully decorated environment meant to delight diners.
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Award-winning film In the Life of Music on journey to Oscars 2020
Publication date 19 August 2019 | 21:34 | ICTAfter winning the Audience Choice Narrative Feature award at the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF) in November, In the Life of Music has followed this up by being selected to represent Cambodia in the Intern
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Dead pets get earthly feast at VN animal cemetery
Publication date 19 August 2019 | 20:43 | ICTSausages, grapes, milk and mooncakes are laid at the gravestones of beloved cats and dogs at Hanoi’s pet cemetery – an earthly feast for the souls of dead animals believed to return from the afterlife for a meal to mark ghost month.
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Playing god: Japan’s centuries-old temple puts faith in robot priest
Publication date 19 August 2019 | 20:42 | ICTA 400-year-old temple in Japan is attempting to hot-wire interest in Buddhism with a robotic priest it believes will change the face of the religion – despite critics comparing the android to “Frankenstein’s monster”.
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Rape rows take sheen off starry Venice film festival
Publication date 19 August 2019 | 20:40 | ICTThe star-studded Venice International Film Festival opens on Wednesday with a row raging about the inclusion of controversial directors Roman Polanski and Nate Parker.
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Obamas’ film charts life at Chinese-run factory in US
Publication date 19 August 2019 | 20:38 | ICT‘They refer to us as the foreigners,” says a downbeat employee at the Ohio car glass factory where hundreds of Chinese laborers have come to work, far from their wives, children and homeland.