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Musicians dressed as Santa Claus perform during the World Santa Claus Congress, an annual event held every summer in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Mortensen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Being Santa Claus is an all-year job if you ask the … Continue reading Summertime, and the living is easy for Santas in Copenhagen
TOKYO (Reuters) – Two wheelchair-bound candidates won seats in Japan’s upper house vote on Sunday, media projections showed, a sign of changing attitudes towards disabled people in a country where they have long been encouraged to stay in the shadow. … Continue reading Two severely-disabled candidates win seats in Japan upper house vote
HAMBARINE, Bosnia (Reuters) – Thousands of relatives from Bosnia and across Europe gathered in the village of Hambarine for the burial of 86 Bosniak Muslims on Saturday, 27 years after they were killed and dumped in a ravine in one … Continue reading Bosnia buries 86 victims of 1992-95 war recovered from grisly ravine
Dutchman Wiebe Wakker holds a charging cable as he poses with his electric vehicle, the Blue Bandit, after travelling 34 countries to reach Bluff, New Zealand’s most southern tip, in this handout photo released July 19, 2019. Wiebe Wakker/Handout via … Continue reading World’s longest electric road trip ends in New Zealand
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s traditional summer festivals harked back to the Arab world’s musical past this year, highlighted by a performance by the great-granddaughter of the legendary 1930s diva Asmahan in a mountain palace. Yasmina Joumblatt, the granddaughter of the … Continue reading Descendent of Arab musical legend brings nostalgia to Lebanese festival
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba may be known now for upbeat salsa, but long before that genre even emerged its Afro beats fed into the melancholic Argentine tango which was widely popular on the Caribbean’s largest island. People dance tango in … Continue reading Cubans seek to revive little-known tango legacy
A waiter takes a drink prepared by a robotic bartender in Karlovy Lazne Music Club in Prague, Czech Republic, July 17, 2019. REUTERS/David W Cerny PRAGUE (Reuters) – For revelers at one Prague megaclub, gone are the days of being … Continue reading Shaken or stirred: robotic bartender serves up cocktails for Prague clubbers
VEVEY, Switzerland (Reuters) – Switzerland uncorked a once-in-a-generation celebration of its winemakers on Thursday, with fancy dress, alpine horns, cows and dancers kicking off a festival that dates back to the 18th century. Armaillis perform the Ranz des Vaches during … Continue reading Swiss raise a glass to winegrowers in rare vintage festival
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shot through by German machine gun bullets and tattered by the wind, an American flag that flew on the first U.S. invading ship on D-Day came home on Thursday in a White House ceremony. U.S. President Donald … Continue reading Bullet-riddled U.S. flag that survived D-Day comes home 75 years later
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shot through by German machine gun bullets and tattered by the wind, an American flag that flew on the first U.S. invading ship on D-Day is being returned home on Thursday in a White House ceremony. The … Continue reading Bullet-riddled U.S. flag that survived D-Day coming home 75 years later
KLADRUBY, Czech Republic (Reuters) – The Kladruby stud in the Czech Republic has been breeding horses for royal service since the 1500s, when its sleek grey stallions were seen as a symbol of Habsburg power. A horse from The National … Continue reading Habsburg stud farm rides to UNESCO world heritage status
An archaeologist gestures as he stands inside the remains of a mosque discovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority and which they say is one of the world’s oldest mosques, in the outskirts of the Bedouin town of Rahat in southern … Continue reading Archaeologists find mosque from when Islam arrived in holy land
