Lifestyle
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Faith puts Ghana at heart of global Christianity
Feb 27, 2017News Hour: Ghana is embracing the Christian faith with a fervor that is increasingly shaping its national identity. The country is central to a wave that puts West Africa at the heart of global Christianity, said... -
Bao Bao the panda departs to new home in China from National Zoo
Feb 22, 2017News Hour: Bao Bao, the 3-year-old giant panda who rose to fame while growing up on live video at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, left for her new home in China on Tuesday under a... -
Contemporary art brings life to Cairo’s City of the Dead
Feb 16, 2017News Hour: On a winding road leading into Cairo’s City of the Dead, a cartoon mouse with round ears and green eyes adorns the shop fronts and walls of the mausoleums where thousands of Egyptians live... -
Villagers glorify their children in China festival
Feb 16, 2017News Hour: Looking like living dress-up dolls, elaborately costumed children are paraded through an eastern China village as firecrackers roar, commemorating the end of barbaric child sacrifices hundreds of years ago. It’s an annual event in... -
Refugees get museum trip as WW2 bomb forces huge evacuation in Greece’s Thessaloniki
Feb 12, 2017News Hour: A World War Two bomb forced a massive evacuation in Greece’s second-largest city on Sunday but also gave a group of stranded refugees a rare day-trip to the museum. The bomb was deactivated by... -
Hottest cut of all – Gaza barber wields blowtorch
Feb 10, 2017News Hour: In Ramadan Odwan’s barbershop in Gaza, hair isn’t just blow-dried, it’s blowtorch-dried. “People have gone crazy about it, many people are curious to go through the experience and they are not afraid,” he told... -
Obama kiteboards in Caribbean with billionaire Richard Branson
Feb 8, 2017News Hour: Former U.S. president Barack Obama is trying some new and dangerous water sports that the Hawaii native had to miss out on for safety reasons while serving in the White House. Obama, whose eight... -
Golden chariot restored for Thai king’s “ascent to heaven”
Feb 8, 2017News Hour: Inch by gilded inch, the chariot to take Thailand’s late king on his last journey is being restored by workers in Bangkok in a labor that will last months. Built of wood and decorated... -
U.S. dictionary adds new words
Feb 7, 2017News Hour: The next time someone throws shade at you for ghosting them so you can binge-watch a TV show or retreat to your safe space, you can let them know your behavior has been recognized... -
Blue-collar bathers revel at alternative to Rio beach scene
Feb 2, 2017News Hour: In a city best known for fashionable beaches and world-class surf, bathers at one local watering hole take pride in the exact opposite – the no-fuss atmosphere of a giant, artificial pond. Known as...
