Lifestyle
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Italy to launch 500-euro arts bonus for 18-year-olds next month
Sep 17, 2016News Hour: Emerging from an underfunded school system into a bleak jobs market, Italians turning 18 this year at least have one birthday treat to look forward to — 500 euros ($562.10) from the state to... -
New life in the U.S.
Sep 17, 2016News Hour: The focus was on the universal sport that has helped unite these young people – mostly high schoolers – from around the world. Heman Rai, a 21-year-old Bhutanese refugee, came to Baltimore in 2008... -
Kung Fu’ nuns bike Himalayas to oppose human trafficking
Sep 17, 2016News Hour: The similarity, however, ends there. This journey is longer and tougher, the prize has no financial value or global recognition and the participants are not professional cyclists but Buddhist nuns from India, Nepal, Bhutan... -
Belgian brewery’s pipe dream brings relief to medieval Bruges
Sep 17, 2016News Hour: A Belgian brewery is turning on the taps of a pipeline buried beneath the medieval city of Bruges to transport its beer to a bottling plant some 3 km (2 miles) away. Four years... -
Kung fu master keen to bend the trend on suogugong
Sep 16, 2016News Hour: The 70-year-old kung fu master Li Liangui is an expert in suogugong, or body shrinking kung fu, where practitioners dislocate their bones to help them achieve unlikely positions and feats. For 50 years, kung fu... -
Google’s The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks
Sep 16, 2016News Hour: The U.S. National Parks are full of wonders, but most people don’t get the chance to visit in person. While nothing beats the real thing, for this month’s 100th anniversary of the National Parks... -
Activists, participants clash at Spanish bull-lancing festival
Sep 14, 2016News Hour: Animal rights activists clashed with locals holding an annual bull-lancing festival in central Spain on Tuesday at which participants were for the first time in centuries banned from killing a bull after chasing it... -
Transgender Serbian army veteran celebrates new identity as woman
Sep 14, 2016News Hour: More than a year after she was sacked from Serbia’s army for coming out as transgender, Helena Vukovic has finally received a passport, driving license, health and ID cards confirming her identity as a... -
California to end breeding of captive killer whales
Sep 14, 2016News Hour: California will no longer allow the breeding of captive killer whales such as those used in SeaWorld’s famous “Shamu” shows under a measure signed on Tuesday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. The move comes... -
Miss Arkansas crowned Miss America 2017 in pageant’s 96th year
Sep 12, 2016Savvy Shields, a college student from Arkansas, won the annual Miss America pageant on Sunday after impressing judges with a jazz dance routine and her answer to a question about her take on presidential candidate Hillary...
